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Institutional LPNo direct investingLAST VERIFIED Oct 2026 · 3 SOURCES

DHL Group Pensions

Pension investment function of DHL Group (Deutsche Post AG)

Also known as DHL Group – Group Pensions, Deutsche Post DHL pension assets

Pension investment function of DHL Group, Bonn; German plan assets €5.6bn (2025); building a global infrastructure portfolio via funds and secondaries with Palladio Partners.

The pension-asset investment function of DHL Group (Deutsche Post AG, Bonn), funded mainly through a contractual trust arrangement that includes a pension fund; not the Versorgungsanstalt der Deutschen Bundespost (VAP), a shared fund for Bundespost successor companies.

HEADQUARTERS
Bonn, Germany
FOUNDED
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AUM
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OUTSIDE CAPITAL
No — own capital only
TEAM LISTED
1 people

FOCUS

STAGES
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SECTORS
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GEOGRAPHY
Global

WHAT IT IS

Institutional LP. Pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign funds that commit capital to funds and, sometimes, directly.

ABOUT

DHL Group funds most of Deutsche Post AG's German retirement obligations through a contractual trust arrangement that also includes a pension fund. Plan assets were €10.56bn group-wide at the end of 2025, of which €5.59bn in Germany, with €304M of German plan assets in alternatives (mainly absolute-return products and private equity). In May 2024 the group said it had chosen Palladio Partners as strategic partner to build a globally diversified infrastructure portfolio through fund investments and secondaries, with co-investments and direct investments also planned, and a target volume to be reached by the end of 2026.

TEAM

  • Christian Mehlinger
    Vice President Group Pensions, DHL Group (as of May 2024) · source

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FAQ

DHL Group Pensions is a institutional investor based in Bonn, Germany.

DHL Group Pensions does not primarily invest directly in private companies. It also commits capital to third-party funds as an LP.

Key people at DHL Group Pensions include Christian Mehlinger (Vice President Group Pensions, DHL Group (as of May 2024)).

No. DHL Group Pensions invests its own capital and does not raise money from outside investors.