The Plover and the Crocodile: Pensam's win-win story with TIAA

When Danish pension fund Pensam hired Carsten Grøhn in 2015, his assignment was clear: Re-think our private equity strategy to give us more control and better returns. In response, Grøhn turned Pensam into an Egyptian plover.

You've seen it on a nature documentary ­ the tiny Egyptian plover implausibly cleaning the teeth of crocodiles swimming in the Nile. In a win-win situation, the bird feeds and the crocodile's mouth stays healthy.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 14 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
  • Must be at least 8 characters, including three of: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols
    Must contain at least 2 characters
    Must contain at least 2 characters

    Get full access for you and your coworkers

    Start a free company trial today

    Share article

    Sign up for our newsletter

    Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

    Newsletter terms

    Front page now

    Further reading