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Folketrygdfondet is an active, value-oriented, long-term manager which administers the Government Pension Fund Norway following rules set by the Ministry of Finance mandate requiring them to invest in equities and fixed-income instruments in a counter-cyclical manner in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The strategic benchmark stipulates a 60 percent allocation to equities and 40 percent to fixed income, with a regional split of 80-90 percent in Norway and 10-20 percent across the rest of the Nordic region. The firm’s managers apply both qualitative and quantitative criteria. Folketrygdfondet focus on fundamental factors such as macroeconomic assessments, performance trends, equity returns, capital structure, pricing, cash flow and analyses of corporate governance, environmental and social matters.

DNB-AM uses both active and passive investment processes to invest globally in a variety of asset classes including equity, debt, money market instruments, commodities and alternative investments. They invest across market-caps and sectors, with the bulk of their assets in Norwegian blue chip equity. The firm's investment approach for fixed-income and money market instruments takes into accounts short-term trends and long-term strategy. Index funds are geared towards maximal cost effectiveness. Actively managed portfolios are diversified, uncorrelated and favor liquid markets. They use disciplined review and exit processes including stop-losses. DN- AM’s SRI screening process includes risk classification according to objective risk criteria, verification through independent sources and, direct company contact.

NIM Norway’s investment process starts with dynamic asset allocation. Thematic portfolio construction follows a combination of top-down and bottom-up processes, and seeks to identify long-term trends due to major structural changes such as technology advances, demographic shifts or globalization. Connected themes span a variety of sectors and include outsourcing, privatization, deregulation and TMT. Stock selection focuses on undervalued companies with an ability to exploit the opportunities offered by a particular theme. NIM Norway constructs value-based portfolios, targeting companies with strong financials and high free cash flow potential, and traded below their intrinsic value by a large margin. This approach focuses on under-researched small- to mid-cap companies.