Nils Kristian Knudsen

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Private Banking) (HBK-PB) is the Swedish wealth management division of Svenska Handelsbanken AB (SSE: SHB) also known as Handelsbanken. The firm operates in close relationship with their fund management department Handelsbanken Fonder. HBK-IM is located in Stockholm with offices in Umeå, Gävle, Linköping, Göteborg and Malmö. The firm also has branch offices in Norway, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, as well as representative offices in France, Spain and Singapore. The firm specializes in private banking and wealth management. They provide investment advisory services and manage discretionary portfolios for an international clientele of institutions including pension funds, endowments and municipalities, corporate clients, family offices and high-net worth private individuals. The firm also manages insurance mandates on behalf of their affiliate, Handelsbanken Liv.

DNB Asset Management AS (DNBAM) is the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Norwegian banking group DNB Bank ASA (OSE: DNB). Formerly known as DnB NOR Kapitalforvaltning AS, the firm was founded in 1998 and changed their name to DNB Asset Management in 2011. DNBAM is headquartered in Oslo and provides tailored investment solutions across a variety of asset classes for institutional, wholesale, high net worth and retail clients.

Part of Svenska Handelsbanken AB, XACT Fonder AB is a Swedish company that provides fund management services. The company is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The CEO of the company is Henrik Norén. XACT Fonder was acquired by Svenska Handelsbanken AB from OMX AB on June 16, 2004.

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Broker) (Handelsbanken-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Svenska Handelsbanken AB (STO: SHB-A; OTCMKTS: SVNLY) in Sweden. Headquartered in Stockholm, Handelsbanken-Broker was founded in 1871 and provides trading services to large corporates. The firm trades in equities, money market instruments, currencies, commodities and derivatives.

DNB Bank ASA is a brokerage division of DNB ASA (OTCMKTS: DNHBY), a financial services group headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1822, DNB Bank provides full service execution services to institutional and corporates clients.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Norway) (SEB Norway) is the Norwegian brokerage division of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) in Sweden. Headquartered in Oslo, the firm provides full spectrum of brokerage services specifically tailored for corporate and institutional clients.

Part of Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Norge AS is a Norwegian company that provides software services. The company is based in Lysaker, Norway.

SpareBank 1 Markets AS is the broker/dealer subsidiary of SpareBank 1 SMN (OL: MING) in Norway. Headquartered in Oslo, the firm was founded in 2008 and provides brokerage services of all asset classes to all client segments, ranging from private investors and SMEs to institutional investors and large-cap stocks.

Cappelen Damm AS operates as a cultural and educational enterprise, focusing on the distribution of literature through bookstores, book clubs, and publishing. The firm’s publishing house produces a range of trade books in both traditional and electronic media. It publishes fiction, non-fiction, and educational books for adults, young adults, and children, as well as magazines, maps, and games. The company was founded on June 11, 2007 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

VisSim AS develops tracking technology and radar image processing techniques. Its solutions are designed to receive and to process information from sources like radar and voice communication. It also introduces solutions to the market such as vessel traffic management, voice communication, closed circuit television, wave height detection and oil spill detection and also serves oil and gas, wind farms, ports and harbors, coastal surveillance and voice communication areas. The company was founded by Finn Fjellheim and Per G. Bruaroy in 1988 and is headquartered in Horten, Norway.

Mytos AS provides telecom management services. It also offers asset management for overview of all mobile equipment. The company is headquartered in Billingstad, Norway.