«Neither we nor anyone else really knew what had actually hit us in March last year. We were just as unprepared as everyone else, although we felt pretty certain that we had the right people in place.»
Johan H. Andresen, Owner and Chairman
Ferd´s total value-adjusted equity
“Our role as an active and long-term owner has never felt more meaningful than in 2020.”
Morten Borge, CEO
Ferd’s value-adjusted equity at the close of 2020 has been provisionally calculated to be NOK 41.1 billion (NOK 35.0 billion at 31 December 2019). The return on value-adjusted equity for Ferd was 17.8% in 2020, which represents a very strong performance for Ferd in a unique year that was defined by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ferd Capital has three investment mandates: Private Companies, Listed Companies, and Special Investments. These mandates give the business area significant flexibility in terms of the type of investments it can make. In both the privately owned and listed companies in which we have a significant ownership interest, we are a long-term and active investor that acts on the basis of Ferd’s value platform and competitive advantages.
Year SummaryFerd Real Estate is a leading urban developer that creates value that is more than just a financial return through its active development, management and implementation of environmentally friendly real-estate projects.
Year SummaryFerd External Managers supplements Ferd’s direct investments and invests in international funds comprising a broad spectrum of strategies and asset classes.
Year SummaryFerd Invest is an active investor with a sizeable portfolio of Nordic listed shares.
Year SummaryFerd Impact Investing invests in early-phase companies with the potential both to have a positive impact on the climate and environment, and to generate a robust risk-adjusted financial return. We primarily invest through funds and other forms of complementary and resource-efficient partnerships.We concentrate on three sectors: Renewable energy, proptech and aquaculture.
Year SummaryFerd Social Entrepreneurs invests in social entrepreneurs: innovative companies with a double bottom line, which is to say companies that work to achieve social as well as financial results. We also work to increase awareness of social entrepreneurship and the ways in which the public sector and others can work with such innovative, small-scale organisations to create social impact.
Year SummaryHere you can see Ferds Annual report 2020.