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SME Update: Hot returns and cold liquidity

SME Update: Hot returns and cold liquidity (2 pages)
Underlyings
B2Holding ASA

B2holding ASA. B2holding ASA is a Norway-based company, which is primarily focused on the financial services industry. The Company operates as a provider of debt solutions for banks and institutional vendors. The Company operates in five segments, namely: Debt Purchase, Debt Collection, Credit Information, Third Party Debt Collection, Consumer Lending. The Debt Purchase segment is involved in the purchasing debt portfolios, in particular Non-performing loans (NPLs). The Debt Collection segment provides optimal collections through amicable solutions or legal processes. The Credit Information segment offers credit information as a service through Creditreform in Latvia. The Third Party Debt Collection offers collection of debt on behalf of customers. The Consumer Lending segment provides lending services. The Company operates on Danish market through Nordic Debt Collection A/S (Nodeco), as well as owns a majority stake in Spanish entity Confirmacionde Solicitudes de Credito Verifica.

Elk Petroleum

Elk Petroleum is engaged in developing enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. Co.'s activities consist of the development of a CO2 EOR project at the Grieve oil field in Wyoming, U.S., continuation of operations at the Singleton Unit in Nebraska for future implementation of an EOR project, and via its acquisition of the Singleton South oil field in Nebraska, the development of potential by-passed oil pool on the southern flank of the Singleton Unit. Co. has two operating segments: Australia, which comprises the corporate head office function; and the U.S., which comprises administration, production, exploration, evaluation and development of oil and gas fields and ownership of pipelines.

Humana AB

Humana AB is a Sweden-based care provider. It operates through four segments: Individual & Family, Personal Assistance, Elderly Care and Other Nordics. The Individual & Family segment provides psychosocial disorders and mental illness care. The Personal Assistance segment provides personal assistance to people with functional disabilities. The Elderly Care segment provides housing for the elderly. The Other Nordics segment covers the Company's developing market operations in the area. It operates in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

Norwegian Finans Holding ASA

Norwegian Finans Holding ASA is a Norway-based bank. The Company focuses on e-commerce and self-service solutions, and offers deposit accounts and consumer loans, which are distributed through the Internet. It also provides a combined credit card and reward card for buying tickets with the airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. The Company's ownership is divided between institutional and private investors in Norway and abroad. It operates through Bank Norwegian AS, a wholly owned subsidiary.

NRC Group ASA

NRC Group collects, processes and sells map data. Co. provides services to the Norwegian market, but focuses mainly on projects abroad. Co.'s geo server, BlomURBEX®, enables online distribution of Co.'s products and databases to its customers. The content of BlomURBEX® consists of Co.'s oblique aerial images, TerraItaly® database and 3D city models. Co.'s operations are divided into two main business areas: Blom Geo Engineering Services, which collects and produces geographic information; and Blom Information Services, which provides geographic information as standardized services or through applications adapted to various uses and platforms.

Oncopeptides AB

Oncopeptides AB is a Sweden-based clinical development pharmaceutical company, which is primarily engaged in the healthcare industry. The Company focuses on research and development of cancer treatment solutions. The Company's product Ygalo is a peptidase potentiated alkylator, a type of cytotoxic drug that is targeted for use in the treatment of multiple myeloma. Ygalo is an alkylating agent that leverages the overrepresentation of peptidase enzymes in cancer cells to rise the concentration of active cancer fighting molecules in myeloma cells. Ygalo is intended for the treatment of patients with late-stage relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. Ygalo is administered intravenously and is transported into cells where it is cleaved by peptidase enzymes, which impair transport of its active cancer-fighting agents out of the cell at the same time as driving more Ygalo into the cell.

Orica Limited

Orica is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of commercial blasting systems and various chemical products and services. Co.'s segment comprised of: Australia/Pacific and Indonesia, North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia, which is involved in the manufacture and supply of commercial explosives and blasting systems; Minova, which is involved in the manufacture and supply of bolts, accessories and chemicals for stabilisation and ventilation systems in underground mining and civil tunnelling works; and Global Support, which is involved in the corporate and support costs, operation of the Botany Groundwater Treatment Plant and non-operating assets.

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.

 

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