Oslo Børs reached an agreement last July with Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) that will allow for secondary listings on each other’s exchanges. The initial targets are companies within their common energy, offshore and shipping sectors, where the two exchanges have a strong concentration of listed companies. The first to take advantage have been a Norwegian […]
Norway is internationally known for the ethical investment strategy exercised by the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, which has blacklisted companies such as WalMart and recently sold all tobacco company investments from its NOK 2,640 billion (USD449 billion) portfolio. But the Norwegian fund management industry has been blazing trails in socially responsible investing since the mid-1990s, […]
There are many aspects to consider when entering a new market. Tove Rundtom interviewed partner and attorney Bjarte Bogstad of Vogt & Wiig Law Firm to give you an overview of what to think about when entering Norway. Bjarte Bogstad says that investing in a foreign country for the first time might be like entering […]
Norway is a free market economy with a long-standing record of political stability and generally low trade barriers. Norway has a reputation as a worldclass market leader in a variety of sectors including offshore technology, renewable energy, hydropower, shipping, maritime industry, chemicals, fertilizers and solar technology. Our highly-educated population fits in well with the country’s […]
More than a quarter of trading in Nordic equities takes place outside of the listing exchanges, according to Burgundy, one of the multilateral trading facilities competing with Oslo Børs (the Oslo Stock Exchange). In Norway, the trend toward more trade fragmentation is expected to continue. Fragmentation had one if its key milestones in 2007, when […]
Norway’s banking sector is dominated by its “national champion”, DnB NOR. The nickname was given in the late nineties during the hectic wave of consolidation in the Nordic banking sector. DnB NOR has been involved in a number of consolidations since that period. But it has remained Norwegian. After the last big merger in 2003 […]
When investors consider where to place their money, the safety and professionalism of the marketplace in question is vital. Knowing this, the Oslo Børs takes every precaution to ensure that investors and companies are able to undertake their business in an environment that is transparent and fair – done on a level playing field – […]
As of January 2008, the Norwegian Government required all listed companies on the Oslo stock exchange to fill 40% of their board seats with women or face dissolution. By doing so, the country became the first in the world to demand gender balance on the boards of public limited companies, thus blazing a trail for […]
Norway’s private equity market dates back to the mid 1980s when venture capitalists such as Birger Nergaard moved back home to Norway from California – the centre of the private equity revolution – to found Four Seasons Venture, now known as Verdane Capital Advisors. More than 20 years later, Norway has grown to become the […]
The Norwegian stock exchange, Oslo Børs, is rapidly changing to meet the needs of its local and international clients and an increasingly competitive financial market. The exchange just announced a preliminary agreement for a strategic partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group and plans to launch a new trading system by 2010. Earlier this year, […]