Argentum Fondsinvesteringer is a Norwegian government enterprise that participates as a minority owner in

private equity fund A private equity fund (abbreviated as PE fund) is a collective investment scheme used for making investments in various equity (and to a lesser extent debt) securities according to one of the investment strategies associated with private equity. ...

s. The goal of the company is to stimulate to create private equity investment groups in Norway, develop high research competence and to receive high

return of capital Return of capital (ROC) refers to principal payments back to "capital owners" (shareholders, partners, unitholders) that exceed the growth (net income/taxable income) of a business or investment. It should not be confused with Rate of Return (ROR) ...

from investments. The company is based in

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and is owned by the

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. It was founded in 2001. Per 2010, the company had 16 employees.Meld. St. 13 (2010 – 2011)
6.1.1 Argentum Fondsinvesteringer AS
Regjeringen.no, retrieved 12 June 2013

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External links

www.argentum.no
Private equity companies of Norway Holding companies of Norway Government-owned companies of Norway Financial services companies established in 2001 Norwegian companies established in 2001 {{finance-company-stub