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Specifically, we asked this question: for all these various asset classes, over the next 12 months do you expect to increase your weighting (positive), keep it the same (neutral) or decrease it (negative) or do you not use the asset class at all (not used)?   Outlook            This data is…

Heightened demand for Danish sovereign bonds, driven by the country’s perceived status as an economically and politically stable safe haven, has put its central bank in a difficult situation. While the inflows offer the Danish government access to funding on terms that southern European nations can only dream of (see News Round-up), the shift has…

Danish investors continue to invest, however, following strong inflows into most asset classes during 2010, they expect 2011 to be more challenging. Governments on both sides of the Atlantic don’t seem to be able to get the sovereign debt crisis fully under control, casting doubts over bond investments. In addition investors have mentioned paying more…

true Danish funds have seen significant inflows into foreign equity funds; most increases are in Latin America and Emerging Markets funds (as well as Far East ex-Japan). Apart from European bonds, a similar development can be seen for fixed income investments. Danish asset managers benefit from investors’ trust in local expertise and one can notice…