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SEB-AM is an active, GARP-oriented investment manager with a long-term outlook. The firm invests in European fixed-income and equity with a strong domestic focus. The firm's investment philosophy is thematic. The investment process starts with a top-down global view, aiming to identify factors affecting the global economy, particularly new trends and themes. The themes are used to put regions, industries and sectors in perspective and to rank companies within sectors, evaluating potential competitive advantages. SEB-AM seeks to invest in companies for which a competitive advantage is likely to result in exceptional growth over the long-term. Investment decisions follow a bottom-up process based on fundamental research, focusing on management quality, market position, balance sheet soundness and share price potential. Model portfolios are created, that are then mirrored or customized into fund and discretionary portfolios. Macroeconomic fundamental analysis is shared within the SEB group, supplementing in-house research that focuses on the domestic market.

Swedbank Robur aims to create sustainable, long-term return for their investors, while also contributing to the development of society and the environment. All their funds have a strict sustainability overlay where all managers use the firm’s proprietary ESG platform, RobuS, which uses both external and internal analysis to share and evaluate sustainability data. The firm actively selects companies based on fundamental and quantitative analysis.

NIM Europe is a an active, value-oriented manager which invests exclusively in high-grade equity in established markets, avoiding indebted companies. Their investment philosophy revolves around exploiting market inefficiencies. They believe that market price fluctuations in sectors, lines of business and individual stocks are caused by the evolution of pricing models within the investment industry. The firm selects stock based on a conservative valuation of individual companies, seeking to identify companies with understandable businesses, long-term earnings power, strong balance sheets, reliable management and stability of historic results. Investments are based on the firm's fair value calculation based on earnings power and low net debts relative to their earnings stability.

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