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Danish Pension Fund AkademikerPension to Exit US Treasuries

By Frances Schwartzkopff Source: Bloomberg The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is planning to exit US Treasuries by the end of the month, amid concerns that the policies of President Donald Trump have created credit risks too big to ignore. “The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable,” Anders Schelde, chief investment officer at AkademikerPension, told Bloomberg on Tuesday. AkademikerPension, which manages around $25 billion in savings for academics, held about [...]

CORPaTH2026-01-21T16:07:30-08:00January 20th, 2026|Categories: Economy|Tags: denmark|

Will the US Raise Its Retirement Age to 70 Like Denmark

Source: MSN Denmark’s groundbreaking decision to push its retirement age to 70 has sparked heated debate about whether Americans might soon face similar changes, according to CNBC. As Europe’s highest retirement age takes effect in Denmark by 2040, financial experts are wrestling with what this means for Social Security’s future in the United States. The Nordic country’s move isn’t just numbers on paper — it’s a calculated response to longer lifespans and economic realities that mirror challenges facing the [...]

CORPaTH2025-06-04T10:19:32-07:00June 1st, 2025|Categories: Retirement|Tags: denmark, retirement age|

Majority of Danes concerned over Trump’s impact on pensions

By Sophie Smith Source: EuropeanPensions.net The majority (78 per cent) of Danes are "very highly", "highly" or "somewhat" concerned that having Donald Trump in the White House will cost them their pension savings, research from Sampension has revealed. The research showed that many Danes fear that having Donald Trump as President will have a negative impact on their pension, with particular concerns around increased global uncertainty, trade war and resulting turmoil in the financial markets. Sampension chief advisor, Helle [...]

CORPaTH2025-05-12T09:18:50-07:00May 9th, 2025|Categories: Pension Funding|Tags: denmark, pensions|

Denmark’s Idea Could Help the World Avoid a Great Depression

While the White House and lawmakers haggle over the terms of an emergency economic-stabilization package, Denmark has gone big—very, very big—to defeat the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus. This week, the Danish government told private companies hit by the effects of the pandemic that it would pay 75 percent of their employees’ salaries to avoid mass layoffs. The plan could require the government to spend as much as 13 percent of the national economy in three months. That is [...]

CORPaTH2020-03-26T08:46:10-07:00March 26th, 2020|Categories: Economy|Tags: COVID-19, denmark|