Statement by Management on the annual report
Identifikation af den godkendte årsrapport:We have on this day presented the annual report for the financial year 01. 01. 22 - 31. 12. 22 for North-East Group ApS.
Management's review
Beskrivelse af virksomhedens væsentligste aktiviteter:Primary activities
North-East Group ApS is the parent group company of North-East Family Office ApS (North-East) and North-East Family Office Fondsmæglerselskab A/S (North-East AM). The company’s activities constitute a private full-service family office and handles several types of investments in accordance with the family office’s investment strategy and the families’ individual preferences when it comes to risk, portfolio composition, etc. Investments are monitored with the help of modern digital infrastructure and span all asset classes and relevant investment instruments.
NORTH-EAST FAMILY OFFICE
North-East Family Office ApS (North-East) is a family office established in 2013 to take care of the interests of the families we work for. North-East works according to a value-based approach and covers a wider range of specialist areas in order to help our families.
North-East's services include accounting and legal matters, philanthropy, personal services, and a wide range of other services. North-East develops tailor-made solutions for the families. Among its many goals is to make a lasting positive impact on the world, both on its own behalf and on behalf of the families.
North-East has offices in Copenhagen and Singapore and activities in numerous international locations.
NORTH-EAST FAMILY OFFICE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
The North-East Family Office’s many activities in Southeast Asia are coordinated and operated from the Singapore office which is responsible for many of the North-East’s philanthropic activities. It also handles contact and dialogue with local authorities and the regulatory environment and develops and operates several trusts and philanthropic foundations for our families residing in Asia.
NORTH-EAST FAMILY OFFICE ASSET MANAGEMENT A/S
North-East Family Office Asset Management A/S (North-East AM) was founded in 2017 and is regulated by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. North-East AM manages the families’ assets based on a unique value-based investment strategy ensuring that ESG considerations are truly integrated into investment decisions.
Since its inception, North-East AM has gradually made allocations to unlisted assets and is now seeing the results of the first vintages that are far beyond the expectations when the commitments were made. This is very satisfactory.
When managing the families’ assets, North-East AM looks at the long term by investing in companies that will benefit from expected structural changes in the global economy and demographics. This approach has entailed a concentrated portfolio with a growth bias that has generated extraordinary returns since inception.
NORTH-EAST PRIVATE EQUITY ASIA PTE. LTD.
North-East Private Equity Pte. Ltd. (NEPE) was established in 2015 in recognition of the great growth and investment potential in Asia. The company is based alongside North-East in Singapore and invests in the entire region, across sectors and stages of asset development. NEPE invests primarily in well-established capital funds (Private Equity) and venture funds in Southeast Asia.
North-East still sees major strategic potential in the region and remains committed to the NEPE strategy. The first vintages are now maturing and showing returns that exceed our expectations in 2015.
NORTH-EAST VENTURE APS
North-East Venture (NEV) invests in early-stage companies working in sustainable lifestyle, impact, and new technology. The focus is on innovative companies that technologically are in front and have ambitions to challenge their own category. Today, North-East Venture's portfolio consists of 14 companies, and the team in North-East Venture has participated in both exits, stock exchange listings, and minor and major capital rounds.
NORTH-EAST HEALTH CARE INVESTMENT APS
North-East Health Care Investment ApS (NEHCI) and North-East SNIPR Invest ApS make direct investments in life sciences and healthcare companies. Investments are in both mature companies and startups. Investments are made either in cooperation with experienced and highly qualified entrepreneurs or with other dedicated investors.
HEMONTO A/S
North-East Group ApS has since 2016 been the majority shareholder in Hemonto, a Danish fintech company that administers and monitors wealth management for foundations, family offices, municipalities, pension funds, unions, and wealthy individuals.
Hemonto has over the past years invested substantially in developing a new platform that can replace the external platform that Hemonto has relied on until now. The plan is now to further develop the front-end of the platform and sell the fully developed platform to potential customers as a family office software as a service solution. To succeed with these strategic ambitions requires a different business model than the one Hemonto has had so far.
On this basis, Hemonto was split into two separate companies. One company is Hemonto as we know it today with the addition that Hemonto is close to securing its Investment Advisor License from the Danish FSA. This will enable Hemonto to deliver family office-related services in addition to its current offerings. The other company is Aleta which is the company through which the new platform will be further developed and sold. Hemonto will continue to be a partner on Aleta’s platform and continue its activities in Denmark and Norway as they do today.
The vision with this split is to focus on Hemonto’s core competencies as a partner-driven company with immense potential, and where new strategic initiatives regarding family office services can help grow the business further. At the same time, it is the ambition of Aleta to achieve a larger customer base, and there is a great belief that there is a high demand globally for such platform in the financial service sector, including from family offices.
North-East Group will remain majority shareholders in both Hemonto and Aleta.
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS
North-East Group ApS has implemented a corporate strategy for strategic investments. The purpose of the corporate strategy is to ensure that strategic investments in North-East always take a family-centric approach and help improve the services we deliver to the families we work for. In addition, strategic investments in North-East must be necessary to always achieve our strategic goals from time to time.
An example of strategic investment is our investment in Hemonto and Aleta. North-East will continue to look for strategic investments that can create value for the families we work for and support our strategy.
VALUE-BASED INVESTMENTS
North-East has developed a value-based investment strategy to build return-driven portfolios that are managed actively according to our values and that we believe will generate an attractive and responsible return.
An important part of the North-East value-based investment strategy is to invest into companies that are benefiting from selected long-term trends. Preferably by solving long-term problems and making the world a bit more sustainable.
North-East rarely selects the individual assets in the portfolios. Instead, we develop partnerships with specialist portfolio managers that share our values, select assets carefully, and manage their mandate actively. North-East will continuously challenge the managers to ensure that the strategy stays on track and that we are aligned when handling potential ESG issues.
In North-East Group, the portfolio has a tilt towards strategic investments by collaborating with strategic partners such as Rothchild Capital Management and People Ventures.