VPS Newsletter March 2018
 | Comments from the CEOThe activity in the Norwegian capital market is record-breaking. In particular, the bond market showed high activity in 2017 and 2018 has started very well. | |
 | Opening an account with VPS is simple!We are now launching Hop On - a brand new online self-service account opening service both on client and account level. | |
 | Tax reporting of the Share Savings Account is easy!VPS’ would like to contribute to a comprehensive share savings market in order for even more providers to be able to offer the Share Savings Account (ASK) to their customers. We have recently launched an extended ASK solution where the VPS system takes care of everything from the establishment of ASK accounts to an extensive tax reporting of the entire Share Savings Account including cash holdings. | |
 | VPS’ private cloud is in the basementWe at VPS have established our own "cloud" on our own machines in our own Data center so that no data leaves VPS. This enables VPS to scale new services during busy periods and it also ensures stability and uptime, as well as making the development of new services efficient. | |
 | GDPR – new Data Protection Rules from 25 May 2018New rules strengthen the rights of individuals who have their personal data processed. The rules shall also facilitate digital services in the market. | |
 | Issuer seminar arranged by VPSOn March 16, issuers, lead managers, lawyers and account managers will attend a morning seminar with interesting speaches and discussions. | |
 | The Annual Funds conference 2018One of VPS’ tasks is to promote information about savings in mutual funds. Consequently, we are supporting the work of the Norwegian Fund and Asset Management Association (VFF), and we are proud sponsors of the fund industry's annual conference organised by VFF. | |
 | Did you know that we are safekeeping values for more than NOK 37,795 million on the VPS Share Savings Accounts?The most recent figures show that since the introduction of the Share Savings Account (ASK) on 1 September 2017, a total of 182.019 ASK accounts have been opened with total aggregated value of NOK 37,795 million. |
Market value of securities registered with VPS as of 28.02.2018 |
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| 5,593,627 TOTAL REGISTERED WITH VPS (MNOK) |
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| 2,910,131 EQUITIES (MNOK) |
2,159,563 FIXED INCOME (MNOK) |
523,933 MUTUAL FUNDS (MNOK) |