Oslo Finans AS is an investment firm with a license from Finanstilsynet to facilitate and place public offerings and private placements.
We primarily concentrate on raising capital for the SME segment, but have also raised capital for companies that have subsequently experienced strong growth and been listed on the stock exchange. Through 40 years of operation, we have built up an extensive network that gives us a significant placement capacity.
Our capital sources include the entire spectrum from institutions, private investment companies, wealthy individuals to private equity companies (both buy out and venture).
Oslo Finans has a license from the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority to provide the following investment services, cf. the Securities Trading Act § 2 - 1 (1):
- No. 1: Receipt and transmission of orders
- No. 2: Execution of orders
- No. 5: Investment advice
- No. 7: Placement of financial instruments where the company does not issue a full subscription guarantee
The license also includes
- Consultancy relating to the capital structure of enterprises, industrial strategy and related matters, as well as consultancy and services in connection with mergers and acquisitions of enterprises,
- Preparation and dissemination of investment recommendations, financial analyzes and other forms of general recommendations regarding transactions in financial instruments.
In accordance with the Securities Trading Act, all telephone conversations are recorded on tape.
Integrating sustainability
In 2023, the EU Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) was incorporated into Norwegian law on the disclosure of sustainability information in the financial sector and a framework for sustainable investments. In line with the legislation, all investment firms that provide investment advice (defined as financial advisors) are required to publish a statement on how sustainability is integrated into the financial advice. In addition, all relevant sustainability risks that may have a material negative impact on the return on an investment or advice must be assessed on an ongoing basis.
Sustainability in investment advice
Sustainability in investment advice is about how investments affect environmental, social and governance issues (sustainability factors) and how they may contribute to sustainable development. Sustainability risk is the risk that sustainability factors have or could potentially have a negative impact on the value of an investment.
Currently, there is limited access to information about the company's products' exposure to sustainability risks, including whether the investments are environmentally sustainable according to the EU taxonomy, the disclosure regulation (SFDR) and that they take into account the most significant negative impacts on sustainability factors (PAI). This includes whether investments are environmentally sustainable according to the EU taxonomy, the disclosure regulation (SFDR) and that they take into account the key negative impacts on sustainability factors (PAI). Until the company has satisfactory data and data integration that actually integrates sustainability risk into the assessments leading to investment advice, the company will not integrate sustainability risk into its investment advice. We expect that information on sustainability will become more available in the future and that the company's investment advice will increasingly incorporate sustainability risk.
Despite the fact that there is currently limited access to information about the company's products' exposure to sustainability risks, the company works systematically and concretely on how we can influence our business in a positive direction, and how we should manage risks and opportunities related to sustainability. When providing investment advice, we assess, among other things, how well the products we recommend integrate sustainability factors and what opportunities the investments provide for positive sustainable development.
Sustainability preferences in investment advice
When providing investment advice, the Company shall propose financial instruments that are suitable for the individual Customer, given the Customer's preferences and individual circumstances. For customers who state that they have sustainability preferences that they wish to have taken into account in the advice, the Company will seek to clarify which sustainability preferences the customer has and whether the customer wishes to have them taken into account:
o Investments must be environmentally sustainable in accordance with the EU Taxonomy.
o That the investments shall be environmentally and/or socially sustainable in accordance with the SFDR.
o That investments should take into account the most important negative impacts on sustainability factors (PAI).
Customers who wish to invest in securities may have different investment objectives. When providing investment advice where the objective is return, the Company will seek to take into account investment objectives, risk appetite, time horizon, knowledge, experience, financial position and ability to bear losses. When the company has satisfactory data and data integration that incorporates sustainability risk, the company will also take this into account in its investment advice.
Details ofthe company's remuneration scheme
According to the EU Disclosure Regulation, financial advisors must disclose how remuneration schemes are compatible with the integration of sustainability risks. The company has established a risk-adjusted remuneration scheme to promote a long-term perspective and good risk management. Integration of sustainability risk is part of the overall risk assessment for our investment products and is included as part of the assessment basis when determining remuneration.