Korkia was awarded two prizes in yearly institutional asset management study: our strength is expertise in renewable energy

News | 29.11.2023

Korkia was awarded two prizes in Scandinavian Financial Research’s recent customer study on institutional asset management: the SFR Award and the Responsible Investment Award. The study highlights expertise in renewable energy as one of Korkia’s strengths. Korkia is now the fifth most utilized infrastructure manager. According to the study, a significant number of institutional inverstors are intending to increase the share of infrastructure investment in their portfolios.

Institutional Investment Services, Finland 2023 by Scandinavian Financial Research is a comprehensive study of institutional asset management, carried out annually to learn about Finnish institutional investors’ experiences of asset managers and their future investment plans. The study assesses asset management companies using various quality criteria on a scale of 1–5. The companies are assessed by e.g. insurance companies, foundations and pension institutions.

The prize awarded to Korkia was granted on the basis of ”Service Performance: Average of All Criteria, Challengers & Specialists, Grade Average”, in which Korkia was the only company to obtain over 4 points. In addition, Korkia received excellent points for ”Ability to take a market view”.

”Our long-term efforts are bearing fruit. I wish to thank our institutional team, asset management and the entire investments organization for their top-notch work”, says Korkia’s Jussi Lilja, Executive Vice President, Fundraising and Client Relations.

Korkia was also rewarded for responsible investments: The company was awarded a prize under the criterion ”Sustainable Investment, Challengers & Specialists, Grade Average”.

”The study brings up Korkia’s in-depth expertise in green transition and its renewable energy products as its key strengths. It is great to see that our mission to produce clean megawatts is carrying out successfully. However, we do not work alone. I wish to take this opportunity to thank our cooperating partners as well as our customers, who enable us to roll out more megawatts and create a better tomorrow”, says Korkia’s Group CEO Pauli Mäenpää.

The study shows that Korkia is the fifth most utilized infrastructure manager. According to the study, there is room for growth in the market, because as much as 44 percent of the responding institutions intend to increase the share of infrastructure in their portfolios.

”In October, we launched the fund Korkia Renewables & Energy Infrastructure LP, with which we will continue to strive for good, risk-adjusted return and to provide institutions with high-quality service in their infrastructure investments. Renewable energy is becoming more and more interesting now that we are seeing huge growth in battery storage, and the extensive commercialization of hydrogen projects has come within our field of vision”, says Jesper Nyberg, Head of Institutional Clients at Korkia.

Further information:

Jussi Lilja
Executive Vice President
Fundraising and Client Relations
+358 50 376 0653
jussi.lilja@korkia.fi

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