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Håkon Astrup ...
  • Martin Arnell
  • Niclas Gehin
  • Nicolas McBeath
  • Ole Martin Westgaard
  • Ole-Andreas Krohn
  • Simen Mortensen
  • Tomi Railo
Underlyings
Castellum AB

Castellum operates as a real estate company in Sweden. Co.'s real estate portfolio is located in five regions: Greater Gothenburg, Oresund Region, Greater Stockholm, Malardalen and Eastern Gotaland. At Dec 31 2013 Co.'s real estate portfolio comprised 626 properties, of which 324 were office/retail properties, 263 were warehouse/industrial properties, 16 were for project, and 23 were undeveloped land.

Citycon Oyj

Citycon is an active owner, operator and developer of shopping centers. Co. aims to increase its net yield from shopping centers over the long term through active retail property management and systematic redevelopment efforts. Co. is involved in the day-to-day operations of its shopping centers. As of Dec. 31, 2011, Co. owned a total of 36 shoppings centers: 23 in Finland, 9 in Sweden, 3 in Estonia, and one in Lithuania. Co. also owns 43 other retail properties: 36 in Finland and 7 in Sweden and one undeveloped lot in Finland. Co. manages two commercial shopping centers in Finland.

Europris ASA

Europris ASA is a Norway-based discount retailer. The Company offers a broad assortment of brand name merchandise and own labels. Its offering is divided in 12 product categories: Home & Kitchen, Groceries, House & Garden, Electronics, Personal Care, Clothes & Shoes, Handyman, Hobby & Office, Candy & Chocolate, Laundry & Cleaning, Pets, and Travel, Leisure & Sport. The Europris chain comprises more than 220 stores across Norway. Its business model is based on direct ownership and franchise.

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

Gjensidige Forskring provides insurance products to private and commercial customers in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Baltic states. Co.'s activities are divided into six segments in addition to the asset management unit which manages Co.'s investment portfolio. The Private segment provides a range of general insurance products besides banking, savings and investment products. The Commercial segment provides a range of general insurance products to the commercial and municipality markets. Co.'s investment portfolio includes all investment funds in Co. except for investment funds in the Pension and Savings and Retail Bank segments. Co.'s other segments include Nordic and Baltics.

JM AB

JM is a developer of housing and residential areas in the Nordic region. Co. focuses its operations on new production of homes, with the main focus on metropolitan areas and university towns in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Belgium. Co. is also involved in project development of commercial premises and contract work, primarily in the Greater Stockholm area. Co. is divided into five business units: JM Residential Stockholm, JM Residential Sweden, JM International, JM Property Development and JM Production.

Kone Oyj Class B

KONE is an elevator and escalator industry group based in Finland. Co. is engaged in the provision of products and services for the installation, modernization and maintenance of elevators, escalators and automatic building doors. Co. provides its products and services throughout the entire lifecycle of the equipment, beginning from the installation of new equipment to the maintenance and modernization during their lifecycle and the full replacement of the equipment. Co.'s customers are active in industry segments such as residential, office, retail, public transportation, hotel, hospital, and marine.

Kungsleden AB

Kungsleden is a property company based in Sweden. Co.'s property holdings consist of commercial premises in Greater Stockholm, Malardalen, southwest Sweden and growth towns in Norrland. The portfolio is segmented into Office, Industrial/warehouses, Retail and Other. Co.'s operating segments are properties, which manage and develop properties and provides premises for external customers; and Nordic Modular, which lets modular buildings in a corresponding way as traditional premises and also produces and sells modules to external customers. As of Dec 31 2013, Co. had 366 total properties, of which 139 were offices, 135 were industrial/warehouses, 68 were retail, and 24 were other properties.

Orkla ASA

Orkla is a consumer goods company in the Nordic and Baltic regions. The Branded Consumer Goods area comprises five business areas: Orkla Foods, Orkla Confectionery and Snacks, Orkla Home and Personal, Orkla International and Orkla Food Ingredients. Co.'s other businesses consist of Granges, a supplier of solutions for the heat exchanger industry; Hydro Power, which produces and supplies power to the Nordic power market; and Orkla Financial Investment, which consists of Orkla Eiendom; in addition to its investments in Sapa (JV), which is engaged in extruded aluminium solutions; and Jotun AS, which is a manufacturer of paint and powder coatings.

Sbanken

Sbanken ASA, formerly Skandiabanken ASA, is a Norway-based online retail bank. The Bank operates a digital platform, through which serves individual customers in Norway. Its financial products and services comprise current accounts, payment and card services, savings, investment products, as well as long- and short-term loans.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Class A

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken provides corporate, retail, investment and private banking services, as well as asset management and life insurance services. Merchant Banking provides wholesale and investment banking services to corporations and institutions. Retail Banking provides products mainly to private customers and small and medium-sized corporate. Wealth Management performs asset management and private banking activities and Life provides life, care and pension insurance. Division Baltic provides retail, asset management and private banking services in the Baltic countries. As of Dec 31 2013, Co. had total assets of SEK1,904.16 billion and total deposits of SEK821.47 billion.

Sparebanken Ost ASA

Sparebanken Ost (the Bank) is a Norway-based regional bank. The Bank is engaged in the provision of both banking and financial products and services to individuals and businesses. The Bank's primary market area is the lower part of Buskerud county and the Drammen region. Its product and service offering includes loans, cards, payment services, savings accounts, pension funds, life and non-life insurance, investment services and foreign exchange. As of December 31, 2011, the Bank had such subsidiaries, as Sparebanken Ost Boligkredit AS, a mortgage company; AS Financiering, a car financing company; Sparebanken Ost Eiendom AS, which was engaged in real estate development and operations, and Ost Prosjekt AS, a subsidiary supporting the Bank's activities. As of December 31, 2011, the Bank's largest shareholder was MP Pensjon (9.89%).

Storebrand ASA

Storebrand ASA is the parent company in a financial group. Co. is a provider of pension savings. Co. provides range of products within life insurance, property and casualty insurance, asset management and banking, to companies, public sector entities and private individuals. Co.'s corporate organization includes the business areas of Savings, which comprises of non-guaranteed Defined Contribution in Norway and Sweden, Asset Management and Bank products to the retail market; Insurance, which includes Co.'s risk products; Guaranteed Pensions, which includes long-term pension savings products that give customers a guaranteed rate of return; and Other.

Provider
DnB Markets
DnB Markets

DNB Markets is the investment banking arm of DNB Bank ASA and is focused primarily on the Nordic region, as well as internationally on niches such as global shipping, energy and related services, and seafood. DNB Markets offers services in FICC, Equities and Investment Banking advisory from offices in Oslo, Stockholm, London, Singapore and New York. Equity research coverage is offered on c250 Nordic companies. DNB was ranked no.2 in Extel Nordic Research 2017. The DNB Markets’ Credit and FICC Macro & FX Research teams are repeatedly highly rated by Prospera Nordic Institutional Investor Surveys.

 

Analysts
Håkon Astrup

Martin Arnell

Niclas Gehin

Nicolas McBeath

Ole Martin Westgaard

Ole-Andreas Krohn

Simen Mortensen

Tomi Railo

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