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DNB ASA Type Allmennaksjeselskap Traded as OSE: DNB Industry Financial services Founded 1822 Headquarters Oslo, Norway Key people Rune Bjerke (CEO), Anne Carine Tanum (Chairman) Products Banking and insurance Revenue NOK 39.59 billion (2010)[1] Profit NOK 14.81 billion (2010)[1] Total assets NOK 1.862 trillion (end 2010)[1] Total equity NOK 111.20 billion (end 2010)[1] Employees 13,430 (average, 2010)[1] Subsidiaries Vital Forsikring, Cresco, Nordlandsbanken, Postbanken, Carlson, DnB NORD Website www.dnb.no DNB ASA (formerly DnB NOR ASA) is Norway's largest financial services group with total combined assets of more than NOK 2.0 trillion and a market capitalisation NOK 102 billion as per December the 31st. The Group includes brands such as DNB, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco, Postbanken, DnB NORD and Carlson. DNB's head office is located in Oslo.
The two largest owners of DNB are the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry (34.0%) and Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR (10.0 %). The latter was created as a foundation with the sole purpose of owning part of the company. It was created when Gjensidige NOR was made a public limited company to ensure that the companies' customers retained partial ownership of the company. The foundation also can give up to 25% of its received dividend as gifts to charity.
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In Norway DNB Bank has bank offices throughout the country. Though both Postbanken and Nordlandsbanken are part of the company, they retain their own brands and offices. Postbanken offers its services through the post offices while Nordlandsbanken has its offices exclusively in the county of Nordland. As of April 2011, Postbanken and its brand has been merged with the DNB Group.
The DnB NOR Bank Group is the largest entity in the DNB Group and Norway's largest bank, offering services to the corporate, retail and securities markets and the public sector. Domestically, the group has an investment bank DnB NOR Markets, the finance company Cresco,the insurance company Vital who is a provider of life insurance products and pension savings, the real estate agency DnB NOR Eiendom and DnB NOR Asset Management, who operates as a fund manager for institutional clients in Norway and Sweden. DnB NOR has the largest customer base in the Norwegian financial market and is a leader in most domestic market segments. In Norway, DnB NOR has more than 2.3 million retail customers and more than 200,000 corporate clients, with 218 Branch offices.
The group's activities are primarily focused on Norway; however, it is one of the world's foremost shipping banks and a major international player in the energy sector. It has an international network of 27 branches and representative offices, including Helsinki (Finland), Copenhagen (Denmark), Hamburg (Germany), Luxembourg, London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Houston (United States), Shanghai (China) and Singapore. The company also has multiple offices in Sweden.
In Denmark, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania DNB markets itself as DnB NORD in what was initially a joint venture with the German bank Norddeutsche Landesbank with DnB NOR owning full stake since December 23rd, 2010. DnB NORD has 930,000 customers and 163 Branch offices.
History
The history of the group goes back to 1822 with the establishment of Christiania Sparebank. The present corporation consists of mergers between Christiania Sparebank (1822), Gjensidige (1847), Bergens Privatbank (1855), Den norske Creditbank (1857), Fellesbanken (1920), Bergens Kreditbank (1928), Postbanken, Vital and Nordlandsbanken. The name DnB NOR was adopted in 2003, when the two banks Den norske Bank (DnB) and Gjensidige NOR merged in 2003. The company changed its legal name and brand to DNB in November 2011.
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References
- ^ a b c d e "Annual Results 2010" (PDF). DnB NOR. https://www.dnbnor.no/portalfront/nedlast/en/about-us/2010/4q2010/4Q2010-dnbnor-group.pdf. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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