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More than half of the pension sectors investments are equities
The equity investments of insurance companies and pension funds – both listed and unlisted – now constitute just over 51 per cent of their total investments, while they made up 42 per cent at the beginning of 2018. The increase is due to, among other things, a higher return on equities than bonds in the period and increased investments in equities, because the insurance and pension funds offer market rate products to a higher degree. The market rate products have different degrees of risk. Overall, they have a larger share of equities compared to average rate products, which are basically invested with lower risk.
Just over 51 per cent equities in the insurance and pension sector portfolio
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Portfolio composition of Danish insurance and pension companies in January 2018 and August 2023. Danish investment funds have been looked through so that their distribution of investment in equities, bonds, etc. are visible. Find chart data in the Statbank.