2020 - SKAGEN Funds

CEO update: An odd year

As this extraordinary year draws to a close, we reflect on what we have learned. While the pandemic has served to remind us of our essential ...

18.12.2020

Optimistic sustainability guru: Mike Berners-Lee

He is the climate expert who has garnered fame through his books "How Bad are Bananas?" and "There Is No Planet B". In January, you can hear him ...

17.12.2020

One of the world's leading bank economists to speak at our New Year's Conference

Torsten Slok spent many years at Deutsche Bank before recently being appointed chief economist at Apollo Investment. At SKAGEN's New Year Conference, ...

17.12.2020

Monica Hsiao: Asian credit market is rife with opportunities

Our New Year's Conference speaker Monica Hsiao, CIO of Triada Capital, believes that China still has a number of tools in its monetary policy box to ...

14.12.2020

Elite Division: Catherine L. Mann

The world-renowned economist and researcher Dr. Catherine L. Mann has a long and impressive track record. Now she warns of the consequences of a ...

09.12.2020

Mark Mobius: full-time nomad

The emerging markets pioneer who advocates ESG as the next frontier will be speaking at SKAGEN's New Year's Conference.

02.12.2020

Value investing: the big reset

Following a decade in the wilderness, value investors like ourselves may finally be witnessing the beginning of a major turn in the investment cycle. ...

27.11.2020

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Dealing with the unexpected

Nassim Nicholas Taleb made his fortune by holding a steady course through unpredictable financial events. He later gained international recognition ...

23.11.2020

Best-selling author Michael Lewis to speak at SKAGEN's New Year's Conference

Few people are better equipped to write the contemporary history of the financial world, or to express their dislike of injustice more entertainingly ...

20.11.2020

Small companies, big returns?

In the summer I wrote about the record disparity between growth and value stocks. Since news broke of a possible COVID vaccine, value stocks have ...

19.11.2020

Five commandments for value investors

In order to succeed as a value investor, it is not enough to just find companies that have low valuation based on earnings and book value.

18.11.2020

Japanese journey: Property investing in Japan

SKAGEN m2 is finding value in Japan's property market, supported by the country's corporate governance transition.

17.11.2020

US Presidential Election: A SKAGEN Perspective

Investors hoping for a swift resolution to the US election have clearly been left disappointed as the Presidential result remains undecided.

06.11.2020

The Tortoise and the Hare: Differentiating between companies in the race towards sustainability

All companies these days are competing in a race, in some way or another, towards the necessary transition to a sustainable globe. Depending on their ...

28.10.2020

SKAGEN Kon-Tiki update: Recovery in motion

Emerging markets outperformed developed markets in the third quarter, as is often the case in periods of a weakening US dollar. SKAGEN Kon-Tiki ...

21.10.2020

The tortoise, the hare and the companies that contribute to a sustainable future

Our sustainability report for the third quarter addresses societal issues, sustainability in the funds and future transition efforts, amongst a range ...

16.10.2020

SKAGEN Vekst: Weathering the perfect storm

COVID-19 created severe headwinds for SKAGEN Vekst but the portfolio managers' focus on finding and creating long-term value for clients remains ...

16.10.2020

SKAGEN Focus continues strong performance in third quarter

SKAGEN Focus performed strongly in the third quarter, outstripping the underlying equity markets and essentially de-coupling from value averages, ...

13.10.2020

Trump or Biden – Does the stock market care who wins the US election?

As we enter the final stretch of the US election campaign, should investors care who wins and make decisions based on the expected outcome? A look at ...

05.10.2020

What is value investing?

The concept of value investing a simple one: By focusing on fundamental company analysis, investors can outperform the stock market by identifying ...

02.10.2020

Better to lose at dice than at Russian roulette

Getting it right in investing comes down to experience, patience and a little bit of daring.

28.09.2020

SKAGEN awarded high PRI scores

SKAGEN has been awarded top scores in the most recent Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) assessment report.

24.09.2020

Not all property funds created equally

While the COVID-19 pandemic has generally been painful for real estate markets, it also highlights the relative benefits of listed property assets ...

22.09.2020

SKAGEN Kon-Tiki: Is value on its way back?

There are signs that value stocks may be making a comeback after a long period during which expensive growth stocks have outperformed, writes SKAGEN ...

11.09.2020

Climate policy strengthened to accelerate green transition

The Storebrand Group has today launched a new climate policy to intensify action against global warming and quicken the transition to a greener ...

24.08.2020

SKAGEN Global: An all-weather performer

SKAGEN Global survived the COVID-19 market crash and is designed to thrive, no matter what comes next.

14.08.2020

CIO update: When the music stops

With the decade-long valuation and performance divergence between growth and value stocks continuing to widen over the summer, it is no wonder that ...

13.08.2020

A green but jobless recovery

Why the nature of work matters for a sustainable future

23.07.2020

Second quarter sustainability report

Follow the progress of our sustainability work – read our Q2 ESG report.

22.07.2020

Active ownership and Samsung: Targeted sustainability work pays off

Following a prolonged period of targeted sustainability work and active engagement with Samsung, the company has been removed from the Storebrand ...

20.07.2020

How does SKAGEN work with sustainability?

How can a fund manager contribute to sustainable development? Here, sustainability expert Sondre Myge Haugland talks about corporate social ...

26.06.2020

Value investing: a generational opportunity?

The disparity between value and growth stocks which began following the financial crisis has widened during COVID-19 to record levels. Is value ...

18.06.2020

What next for global real estate?

A look at the coronavirus impact, the outlook for different segments and why stock selection is key in an increasingly fragmented market.

12.05.2020

Sustainability reporting on a quarterly basis

SKAGEN has a long history of incorporating sustainability into our investment process, and last year we took our work one step further.

11.05.2020

SKAGEN supports important sustainability initiative, TPI

SKAGEN has become a supporter of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), an investor-led initiative to assess companies’ preparedness for the ...

07.05.2020

Best global property fund award to SKAGEN m2

SKAGEN m2 has been named best global property fund over three years.

29.04.2020

SKAGEN signs up to the UN Global Compact

SKAGEN Funds has become a signatory of the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, the UN Global Compact.

23.04.2020

The road to stock market recovery

With equities ending the quarter by reversing some of their heavy losses, we assess previous recoveries and what could be in store when the next one ...

15.04.2020

Coronavirus market reaction

Global stock markets dropped sharply yesterday. SKAGEN's Investment Director, Alexandra Morris, provides an assessment of market events and why ...

13.03.2020

How SKAGEN has prepared for COVID-19

With the escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak throughout Europe, it is timely for me to provide you with an assessment of the current situation from ...

12.03.2020

Five reasons emerging markets investors should feel reassured

Coronavirus uncertainty and an oil price war have created fear but future stimulus and lessons from history provide reassurance for investors.

12.03.2020

Sustainability report for 2019

We are pleased to be publishing our first annual Sustainability Report for 2019; a year which will probably be recorded as the year in which ...

06.03.2020

Where next for traditional value investing?

How unpopular equities can rediscover their unconventional success.

04.03.2020

Coronavirus market reaction: A SKAGEN perspective

Global stock markets fell sharply on Monday as fears grew about the spread and potential impact of the coronavirus outbreak. As global investors, ...

29.01.2020

Illiquidity Bites

Why SKAGEN m2's listed exposure to an attractive asset class helps navigate real estate's liquidity mismatch while safeguarding its strong returns in ...

28.01.2020

SKAGEN Insight to close

SKAGEN has decided to close the shadow activist equity fund SKAGEN Insight. The liquidation will be effective from 23 January 2020.

23.01.2020

Over the wall of worry

Global equities recovered strongly in 2019 after the sharp sell-off at the end of 2018, boosted by unrelenting US momentum and a resurgence from ...

14.01.2020

Optimism drove the markets in the fourth quarter

In the final quarter of the year, markets were cheered by signs that the manufacturing cycle may have turned and that there might finally be a trade ...

05.01.2020

Value investing in the next decade: Is it time to retire the price-book metric?

SKAGEN Global looks at the rise of intangible assets, their antiquated accounting treatment and the profound impact on traditional valuation metrics.

03.01.2020