DnB Asset Management AS

DNB Asset Management AS is a private investment management firm based out of Oslo, Norway. The company is one of the leading financial institutions in the Nordic region that “provides tailored investment solutions across a variety of asset classes to retail and institutional clients.” The firm itself currently operates as a subsidiary of DNB Asset Management Holding AS, which in term operates as a holding company under DNB ASA, Norway’s largest financial services group with over NOK 1.9 trillion. Specifically, DNB Asset Management operates as a subsidiary of DNB bank, the largest entity within the DNB Group of companies and the largest bank in Norway. DNB Asset Management is one of the top 5 managers in the region with over half a million mutual fund customers in Norway and over 300 institutional clients combined in Norway, Sweden and Continental Europe. The firm currently has 75 portfolio managers and analysis who manage over 61 billion euros in assets under management. DNB Asset Management has a global presence with locations in Stockholm, Bergen, Luxembourg, Chennai, and Hong Kong. The company offers a wide range of products and services across many asset classes under the DNB name. DNB Asset Management offers a variety of mutual funds including its Far East, Technology, Global Emerging Markets, Global SRI, India, Private Equity, Renewable Energy, and SEK Long Bond funds, all of which have a Morningstar rating of 3 stars or above. The company invests most heavily in the information technology sector, which alone makes up almost a third of its total asset allocations, and the firm also invests in the health care, finance, consumer discretionary, industrials, energy, and consumer staples sectors, among others to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing allocation. DNB Asset Management’s top 10 holdings make up over a quarter of its total holdings and the company has a 11.5% turnover rate.