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Nykredit Bank A/S (Investment Management) (Nykredit IM) is the investment management division of Nykredit Bank A/S, ultimately held by Forengin Nykredit in Denmark. The firm was founded in 1851 and changed their name to Nykredit in 1985 when Forenede Kreditforeninger and Jyllands Kreditforening merged. Nykredit IM is headquartered in Copenhagen and provides securities management, deposit and loan products, financial instruments and asset management services for individual, corporate and commercial clients.

Danske Bank A/S (Investment Management) (Danske Bank-IM) is the investment management division of Danske Bank A/S (CO: DANSKE, ADR: DNKEY) in Denmark. The firm was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Kongens Lyngby. Danske Bank-IM manages Nordic, European and Eastern European assets for institutional clients in the life and pensions sector, foundations, municipalities, corporate clients, mutual funds and retail investors. They outsource investment areas outside of their core expertise to external managers.