Nordea: René Kappaun to Become New Wholesale Sales Director

René Kappaun has more than 15 years’ experience in the investment industry. Prior to joining Nordea, Kappaun worked for AXA Investment Managers in the roles of Wholesale Director and Senior Sales Manager IFA and for KanAm Grund in the role of Head of Sales for Central Germany & Luxembourg. Kappaun qualified as a Marketing Communication Economist (VWA) at the Academy of Business Administration and Public Management in
Frankfurt am Main.

About Nordea Asset Management

Nordea Asset Management (AuM 194 bn EUR*), is part of the Nordea Group, the largest financial services group in Northern Europe (AuM 290 bn EUR*). The business area offers Global investors exposure to a broad range of investment funds via its active distributors, which include banks, asset managers, independent financial advisors and insurance companies.

Nordea Asset Management has a presence in Cologne, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York, Oslo, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich. Nordea’s local presence goes hand in hand with the objective of being accessible and offering the best service to clients.

Its main product is the Nordea 1, SICAV, which encompasses a diverse spectrum of high quality products. Nordea 1, SICAV has constantly grown in terms of volume and has steadily gained in reputation. This growth is the result of the success of its active management of products belonging to the following asset classes: value stocks, growth stocks, theme-oriented funds and dedicated sector funds, as well as multi-asset strategies, long/short strategies, bond and money market funds.

*31.03.2015