EU greenlights Denmark’s export and investment fund

(ScandAsia, Bangkok, 18 May 2023) The European Commission has approved Danish measures to set up Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund. The fund has a total estimated value of over €4 billion. It aims at supporting economic development, competitiveness, innovation, and growth for Danish companies. Denmark notified the commission its plans to set up the fund, with an initial capital of up to €807 million. The fund will be established as a new, fully state-owned entity gathering three existing state-owned entities: the Danish Growth Fund, the EKF Denmark’s Export Credit Agency and the Danish Green Investment Fund.