Tomas Gylfe

SEB-PB is an active manager which follows a two-part decision-making process for tactical allocation. The firm's decision team, supported by a systematic analysis apparatus, makes allocation decisions. The underlying data analysis is the responsibility of an analysis team. The decision team can also draw on all other expertise and analysis resources in the Group on an ad hoc basis. The firm believes that short-term decisions and changes in the business environment cause imperfections that can be capitalized upon and their asset management experience provides added value through a disciplined analysis process. Their equity portfolios include Swedish, Nordic and European small-to large-cap, global, technology and health care firms. SEB-PB utilizes a systematic interest analysis model to develop a platform from which to compare their fixed-income scenario with market expectations. The guiding principle of the firm's fixed-income management is to obtain the highest possible level of regular income, so they always seek the highest possible yield on the portfolio without increasing the credit risk.

HBF utilizes active strategies that aim to deliver yields that outperform the index over the long-term. For equity management, every active position is based on fundamental analysis in their proprietary model for company evaluations. Within active fund management, the firm works with several investment processes: Allocation, Theme-based, Selective, Small-caps and Fixed income. The investment process for each product requires the fund manager responsible for the portfolio to take several investment decisions. With each investment decision the fund manager is responsible for ensuring that the decision concurs with the objective, investment strategy and risk mandate for the fund/discretionary mandate in question.