Oslo Finans AS is an independent investment firm, founded in 1983. The company is owned by the employees. According to Dun & Bradstreet's credit rating system, the company achieves AAA rating.
The first years the company was a co-ownned subsidiary of Christiania Bank (now Nordea). In the 80's the company was a fully fledged broking house with activities in the brokerage of Norwegian and foreign shares, brokerage of all forms of interest-bearing instruments, corporate finance and fund management.
In a "management buy-out" in 1991, the corporate finance section of the original company was taken over by management. Today's leadership has been with the company since the mid 80's.
To our clients and relationships we seek to appear with integrity, creativity, long-term perspective and understanding of client needs.
We work mainly in two main areas where we offer the following services:
Corporate Finance
. Mergers & Acquistions (sale / purchase of businesses, partnerships, mergers and spin-offs)
. Arrangement and placement of new issues
. Arrangement and placement of investment companies
. Syndication of real estate projects
. Counseling related to enterprises' capital structure and strategy
. Facilitation of guarantees
. Facilitation of loan financing
. Valuations of Businesses
. "Management for hire" within the financing and investment activities
Investment advice
. Consulting in connection with investments in mutual funds. The company has terms of business with international management companies like Fidelity International, GAM, East Capital, Ermitage, etc.