"The quarter has undoubtedly been marked by turbulence, and we expect the landscape going forward to be more volatile than in previous years. However, we remain cautiously optimistic that some degree of stabilization will return in the financial markets, making a steady, long-term perspective more important than ever"
Positive inflow, and strong markets, and the integration of majority-owned AIP (95bn) contributed to Storebrand Asset Management’s AuM increasing to an all-time high of NOK 1 469 billion, as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2024.
"We are particularly concerned by recent suggested amendments that would extend the delay in the EUDR’s introduction and undermine the content of the legislation, in particular traders exempted from the EUDR’s requirements, since they are key participants in the supply chains that need to be monitored".
COP 16 has concluded, leaving behind a mixed legacy of both progress and concern. While important agreements to support biodiversity were achieved, they failed to reach consensus on key issues related to finance. COP 16 suspended without the adoption of a resource mobilization strategy to scale up finance for biodiversity and mainstream biodiversity in the financial planning of governments.
Storebrand Asset Management recognized net revenue of NOK 733 million for the third quarter of 2024, including net performance revenues. Positive inflow and strong markets contributed to an increase in AuM. In total, AuM increased to an all-time high of NOK 1 347 billion.
On August 30th 2024, Cubera Private Equity’s latest Nordic secondaries fund - Cubera X - had its final close. The fund had a target size of EUR 700m, which was significantly exceeded. At the final close the fund was oversubscribed at the hard cap of EUR 780m of external capital, which together with the GP commitment took the total fund size to EUR 807m.
Storebrand Asset Management recognized net revenue of NOK 638 million for the second quarter of 2024, including net performance revenues. Positive inflow and strong markets contributed to an increase in AuM, counteracted by strengthened NOK against other currencies. In total, AuM increased to an all-time high of 1 298 billion.
Storebrand har indgået aftale om at købe yderligere 50 % af aktierne i den danske infrastrukturforvalter AIP Management P/S (“AIP”) så de opnår et direkte ejerskab på 60 %. AIP er grundlagt af pensionskassen PKA og har hovedkontor i København med et samlet tilsagn fra investorer på EUR 8 milliarder (DKK 60 milliarder).
"Biodiversity loss was a breakthrough topic last year in within our sector, after what has been a long battle for many of us advocating for the issue. But now, this issue is increasingly being understood to rank alongside climate change — and to be intrinsically linked to solving it -as areas of significant systemic risk for investors"- Jan Erik Saugestad, CEO Storebrand Asset Management
Nature Action 100 is a global investor engagement initiative focused on driving greater corporate ambition and action to reduce nature and biodiversity loss. Investors participating in the initiative engage companies in key sectors that are deemed to be systemically important in reversing nature and biodiversity loss by 2030
"More than half of the world’s total GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services. Yet, the value of nature and “ecosystem services” has been largely unacknowledged by companies and their investors. This is despite the fact that failure to act could result in collapsing food systems, loss of livelihoods and pose a systemic risk to the global economy"
Storebrand Asset Management (Storebrand) is delighted to announce that it has launched its Emerging Markets ESG Plus strategy as a Common Contractual Fund (CCF) on the AMX platform. This has been funded by an investment from the Lewisham Pension Fund (LPF).
Cubera Private Equity has been recognized as a global leader and the standout European performer at sixth place in the HEC Paris-Dow Jones Performance Ranking of Private Equity Fund-of-Funds.
Jan Erik Saugestad, CEO Storebrand Asset Management: "This pilot project shows how companies can provide meaningful data on their impacts and dependencies on nature. As an investor, this kind of reporting helps us assess risks and opportunities and channel our investments into the most sustainable companies."
A group of shareholders in JFE Holdings (“JFE”), one of Japan’s leading steelmakers, today welcomed the announcement of enhanced climate commitments by the company following recent engagement on the topic.
Storebrand Asset Management generated net revenues of NOK 470 million in the first quarter of 2022, ending the period with NOK 1040 billion in Assets under Management (AuM). The quarter was marked by extreme market volatility as a fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which drove significant macroeconomic shifts, a rise in geopolitical tensions and a new regime of sanctions.
Storebrand Asset Management is launching its first Finnish office in Helsinki this month, bringing a local touch to its ESG-integrated offering for institutional clients.
Den nordiska kapitalförvaltaren Storebrand Asset Management blir största ägare i Bergenbaserade FinTech-bolaget Quatfolio.
The Nordic asset manager Storebrand has invested in Quantfolio and becomes the largest stakeholder in the Bergen based FinTech company. Together, the two companies will develop new services, build shared knowledge about quantitative allocations methods and sustainable investments as well as support the path to international expansion.
Together with more than 65 leading institutional investors, Storebrand is calling on Covid 19 vaccine manufacturers to step up their effort to increase the availability of vaccines worldwide.