Pension companies scrutinize fossil bond portfolios

Several Danish pension companies are assessing their corporate bonds within the oil and gas industry. Bonds do not offer investors the chance to practice active ownership to the same extent as equities do.
Rasmus Bessing, managing director at PFA Asset Management. | Photo: PR/PFA
Rasmus Bessing, managing director at PFA Asset Management. | Photo: PR/PFA
BY ANNE LOUISE HOUMANN, AMWATCH

Eight Danish pension companies are changing their focus and have divested corporate bonds in fossil fuel companies, Danish business daily Børsen reports. The eight companies are Akademikerpension, PKA, AP Pension, Velliv, Danica, Industriens Pension og PFA, which altogether previously owned corporate bonds in fossil fuel companies worth DKK 9.7bn (EUR 1.3bn).

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