Orkla Financial Investments comprises the Share Portfolio, Orkla Finans and Orkla Eiendom. The Share Portfolio manages one of Europe's largest share portfolios. Its investment universe is essentially the Nordic region, Eastern Europe and Asia. Orkla Finans offers investment services to institutional and private investors, while Orkla Eiendom invests in and develops property. Orkla also owns Borregaard Skoger, which develops and manages Orkla's forest properties.
Orkla Financial Investments' pre-tax profit was NOK 5,480 million, compared with NOK 4,375 million in 2006. The Share Portfolio's market value was NOK 17,513 million at the end of 2007. The Share Portfolio realised gains and received dividends worth a total of NOK 4,703 million, which was NOK 673 million more than in 2006. Return on the share portfolio was 16.2 %, while MSCI Nordic climbed 11.7 % and OSEBX returned 11.5 %. Orkla Finans saw good demand for its investment products in 2007, particularly in the field of alternative investment and operating revenues were 22 % higher than in 2006. Orkla Eiendom divested from real estate development projects at Fornebu at a gain of NOK 261 million.
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