Index fund
Equity fund for people who prioritise low costs.
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What is an index fund?
An index fund is an equity fund that is suitable for those who prefer to keep costs low and have a savings time frame of more than six years. You can usually choose between two different types of mutual funds, index funds or active mutual funds. One type of equity fund is called an index fund.
The index fund should just follow the growth of a stock market index, not try to beat it. Such funds are therefore cheaper to operate than actively managed funds. This benefits you as a customer by making the management fee significantly lower. Low costs can be positive for the return you get on your savings in the long-term perspective.
Different types of equity fund (in Norwegian only)
An equity fund can be actively or passively managed
A mutual fund can be managed according to different guidelines. The main categories are active and passive management (index-based management).
Active management means that the fund manager selects a different composition of securities in the mutual fund than the composition of the fund’s benchmark index in order to try to generate better returns.
Passive management means that the fund’s portfolio has only minor deviations from the benchmark index it follows. Since the index fund, among other things, does not have managers trying to generate better returns than the index, the costs are lower than for actively managed funds.
Who are index funds suitable for?
Index funds are suitable for those who are concerned with low costs. The value of an equity fund may go up and down and must therefore be able to tolerate fluctuations in the value of your savings.
Our index funds
DNB Klima Indeks
DNB Klima Indeks (Climate Index) is an index-related global equity fund. The index is compiled to be in line with the Paris Agreement.
DNB Global Indeks
The fund is an index-based equity fund that is passively managed. It invests in companies listed on stock exchanges and regulated markets in developed economies
DNB Barnefond
DNB Barnefond is an indexed equity fund where around 80 per cent is invested in shares which are listed on the Nordic markets.