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Comparison of
investment focuses

Comparison of
investment focuses

Learn how our investment focuses, PFA Plus, PFA Index Plus and PFA Climate Plus, differ from one another in the tables below.

General comparison of investment focuses

PFA Plus, PFA Index Plus and PFA Climate Plus are all balanced life cycle products in which you can invest your pension savings based on your selected risk profile.

  • PFA Plus: For those who want a product that embraces PFA’s entire investment universe, adjusted to the global situation.
  • PFA Index Plus: For those who want a product that tracks the performance of selected indices.

  • PFA Climate Plus: For those who want extra focus on climate.

In general, different returns should be expected from the three products.

Below, you can see the key product differences between the three investment focuses.

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Parameters
Icon for PFA Plus PFA Plus
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Icon for PFA Index PlusPFA Index Plus Icon for PFA Climate Plus PFA Climate Plus
ESG, responsibility and active ownership
Specific focus areas in the products
Extra focus on the green transition
- through more ambitious CO2 targets


✓ (9)
Increased focus on corporate responsibility
- the opportunity to invest in, for example, start-ups, security and the green transition

(✓ (10))
Increased focus on Denmark
- through investments in Danish companies (1)


Selection and deselection of investments
Tracks fixed market indices (2)



Unlisted investments (3)      
Currency hedging of equities (4)

Risk management (5) & active management (6)
Investment in oil, coal and gas companies
Investment in weapons manufacturers
Fluctuations
Short-term fluctuations in returns (7) May be
slightly greater
than in
PFA Plus
May be
slightly greater
than in
PFA Plus
Costs
 Compared with PFA Plus (8)   Lower   The same level

 

(1) A higher proportion is invested in Danish shares than the proportion they represent in the global equity market. PFA does this because market knowledge and proximity make a difference and investments in Danish companies benefit the Danish economy. Returns on Danish shares may be higher or lower than returns on global shares.

(2) In PFA Plus and PFA Climate Plus, PFA can adjust the investments in both the long and short term. In the long term, this may involve, for example, changing the composition of the portfolio. In the short term, it may involve, for example, increasing or reducing the proportion invested in shares or reducing investments in the US technology sector. In PFA Indeks Plus, fixed market indices are followed and the portfolio composition remains constant. In general, different returns should be expected from the three products.

(3) Unlisted investments include, for example, property, private equity and infrastructure. This provides both risk diversification and the opportunity for higher returns. However, returns may be higher or lower than those on listed shares and bonds.

(4) Currency hedging is used, for example, to seek protection against significant fluctuations in exchange rates. This may involve a cost. Returns may therefore be higher or lower compared with global shares without currency hedging.

(5) Risk management enables PFA’s investment experts to continuously adjust the investments to the current global situation, for example by providing protection when the economy experiences major shocks. There is no guarantee that risk management will generate higher returns.

(6) Active management is used where PFA believes it can create value. This applies, among other things, to Danish shares and bonds, because market knowledge and proximity make a difference. There is no guarantee that active management will generate higher returns.

(7) Returns on PFA Indeks Plus may fluctuate more in the short term than returns on PFA Plus. This applies in both a positive and a negative direction. This is partly because the currency risk associated with shares is not hedged.

(8) You can find the prices of the individual funds in PFA Plus, PFA Indeks Plus and PFA Climate Plus under Cost and prices. You can always view your specific costs on mitpfa.dk.

(9) Article 8 product Read more under sustainability-related information. PFA Climate Plus has a slightly lower long-term expected return than PFA Plus due to a more limited investment universe. In practice, however, it may be either higher or lower.

(10) Primarily by focusing on the green transition.

Read more about PFA Plus, PFA Index Plus and PFA Climate Plus, as well as Asset allocation and Returns in PFA.

Comparison focusing on ESG and the green transition

PFA Climate Plus promotes the green transition to a greater extent than PFA Plus and PFA Indeks Plus by focusing on a low carbon footprint. This is achieved, among other things, by excluding the fossil fuel sector and weapons manufacturers, imposing stricter climate requirements on the share portfolio’s carbon footprint and setting more ambitious targets for becoming carbon negative.

The table below compares the three products based on a number of key parameters:






Parameters
Icon for PFA Plus PFA Plus- Icon for PFA Index PlusPFA Index Plus Icon for PFA Climate Plus PFA Climate Plus
PFA’s liabilities and policies
PFA’s policy for responsible investments and active ownership
PFA’s commitment to the Science Based Targets Initiative
PFA’s overall target for CO2 reduction
Exclusions
Exclusion of tar sand and coal companies*
Exclusion of oil and gas companies*
Exclusion of weapons manufacturers**
Exclusion of controversial weapons***
CO2 targets
CO2 footprint relative to the global index (Scope 1+2+3) Lower Lower Minimum
60 % lower
Target year for CO2 neutrality (Scope 1+2) 2050 2050 2025
Target year for becoming CO2 negative (Measured by Scope 1+2) 2030

 

*For listed equities this happens by following the exclusion criteria for EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB), as well as excluding oil, gas and coal companies measured after MSCI’s Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector Energy. For corporate bonds, companies that are producers of oil, gas and coal are excluded, as measured by the Bloomberg Fixed Income Classification System (BCLASS) sector Energy. For alternative investments, assets that extract oil, coal or gas will not be invested in.

**Measured according to MSCI’s Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sub-industry Aerospace & Defense.

***Controversial weapons: Anti-personnel mines, cluster weapons, biological weapons and chemical weapons.

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