Aktia´s way of investing is a combination of our asset management strengths, our top products, and our partners’ best solutions

Kati Eriksson, Executive Vice President for Asset Management and Pasi Vuorinen, Head of Customers explain what makes Aktia's asset management unique and how to ensure a first-class customer experience.

 
What are the strengths of Aktia's institutional asset management?
“High-quality products and brilliant investment activities. A culture driven by portfolio management, with the portfolio manager's competence at the centre and a genuine dialogue between the customer and the portfolio manager. Our activities and products meet international quality standards, proven by the many awards we have received”, Vuorinen says.

“Personal service, which is a key element especially in the large customer segment. We know our customers and understand their operating environment and needs”, Eriksson says. 

How does Aktia stand out from other asset managers?
“Our way of investing is the Aktia Way. Our investment philosophy and processes are unique. Our activities are advisory, disciplined, and thought-through, and we stick to what we say and promise”, Vuorinen says. 
 
“The quality, performance and ESG integration in our investment process meets the high requirements of institutional customers as regards Aktia's own funds, as well as our selection of managers and asset allocation. We tailor services for our customers through a genuinely open architecture and by using our flagship products and some of the best managers in the world as building blocks”, Eriksson says. 

What are the flagship products in asset management?
“We are the best fixed-income house in Finland and one of the top emerging market bond experts in Europe. In equities, we are an expert in the Nordic market. Next, we will take alternative products to a new level in order to offer the best solutions in this asset class as well”, Eriksson says. 

“When building products, we do not cling to an index, but rather invest according to what we believe in, without compromising the investment philosophy”, Vuorinen says. 

How do partners complement Aktia’s asset management?
“We focus on developing our core competencies and flagship products. It is not worth developing all competencies in-house. Instead, we find the best managers in the market to complement the customer's investment strategy. Our customer promise is that all selected funds must be above average”, Eriksson says. 

“After selecting the manager, we begin monitoring, which means that we actively oversee that the selected idea is sustained”, Vuorinen says. 

What are the benefits for private customers?
“The funds, customer portfolios and discretionary asset management solutions offered to private customers summarise the core of all our activities, i.e. Aktia's own competencies as well as a clear investment process, vision, and manager selection – features also appreciated by the largest institutional investors”, Vuorinen says. 

What exactly does the “Aktia Way” mean in asset management?
“We are an organisation of just the right size to maintain consistency across the board. In our organisational culture, people are at the heart of our activities. People, performance, and boutique asset management is the Aktia Way”, Eriksson says. 

This article has also been published in Aktia´s annual review 2024.