Carsten Nielsen

NIM-Denmark is an active manager which performs in-house research and follows a thematic investment process, employing top-down and bottom-up methods combined with defined themes based on major global structural changes. The firm's teams of portfolio managers perform top-down analysis to assess the aggregate economy, seeking to determine which industries will prosper and then conduct bottom-up analysis to identify potential companies.

BIAM emphasizes long-term investments, bottom-up stock-picking approach and cash flow analysis. They base their investment process on fundamental research including company visits and extensive use of outsourced industrial expertise from non-financial analysts associated with the sectors in which they invest. The firm invests globally in listed equity, debt and alternative asset classes including private equity. BIAM favors companies with strong cash flow, growth potential within their sector and solid business models. They have specialist expertise in emerging market securities, both equity and fixed income, and invest in the Far East, Latin America and Eastern Europe.

Danske Bank-IM constructs portfolios invested in equity, debt and alternative instruments across strategies and regions with a strong emphasis on European markets. The firm focuses on core investment areas and selects external managers for investments in regions where they do not possess specialist expertise. They seek to identify global trends within traditional and rapidly growing sectors. Danske Bank-IM’s portfolio investment teams employ a bottom-up approach to select equities based on the belief that markets are especially inefficient at pricing companies undergoing change. Their investment process begins with a systematic qualitative and quantitative screening process designed to identify and evaluate companies experiencing or about to experience changes. They then apply their proprietary valuation model, DCF, which is based on fundamental analysis.

Nykredit-IM delivers high-quality products within global shares, Danish shares, bonds, credit bonds, hedge funds and alternatives and offers professional advice on manager selection and responsible investments. The firm believes that ambition combined with a focus on robust and sustainable investments leads to good risk-adjusted returns in the long-term. They work from a boutique structure, which helps ensure high-quality products in all asset classes.

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