Fund management

At the end of 2022, the market value of SLS’s assets was in the region of EUR 1.9 billion. The capital consists of SLS’s (22.5%) and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland’s (77.5%) funds.

The first objective of the asset management is a stable and predictable return. SLS’s activities, prizes and scholarships are funded with the direct return, as well as the grants and funding from the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland. The second objective is to achieve a competitive total return on invested capital in order to secure the real value of our assets and the purchasing power of funds used in the long term.

We invest primarily in equity investment funds and listed, internationally active Finnish and Swedish companies, and private equity funds. Fixed income and real estate investments are supplementary forms of investment and help to compensate for cyclical market fluctuations in terms of the direct and total returns.