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Independent auditors’ report

To the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs

Auditors’ report on the consolidated and Parent Company financial statements

Opinion
We have audited the consolidated and parent company financial statements of the independent public company Finansiel Stabilitet for the financial year 1 January to 31 December 2023, comprising the income statement, statement of comprehensive income, balance sheet, statement of changes in equity and notes, including information about accounting policies, for the Group as well as for the Parent Company and the cash flow statement for the Group.  The consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU, while the parent financial statements are presented in accordance with the Danish Financial Business Act.
In our opinion, the consolidated and parent financial statements give a true and fair view of the Group’s and the Parent Company’s financial position at 31 December 2023 and of the results of the Group’s and the Parent Company’s operations and consolidated cash flows for the financial year 1 January to 31 December 2023 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU in respect of the consolidated financial statements and in accordance with the Danish Financial Business Act in respect of the parent financial statements.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and the additional requirements applicable in Denmark, and in accordance with standards on public auditing as the audit is conducted on the basis of the provisions of the Danish Act on Restructuring and Resolution of Certain Financial Enterprises and the Danish Auditor General’s Act. Our responsibilities under those standards and requirements are further described in the “Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated and parent financial statements” section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Independence
The Auditor General is independent of Finansiel Stabilitet in accordance with section 1(6) of the Danish Auditor General’s Act and the approved auditor is independent of Finansiel Stabilitet in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA Code) and the additional ethical requirements applicable in Denmark. We have both fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these rules and requirements.
Management’s responsibilities for the consolidated and parent financial statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated and parent financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU with respect to the consolidated financial statements and in accordance with the Danish Financial Business Act with respect to the parent financial statements. Management is also responsible for such internal control as Management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated and parent financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 
In preparing the financial statements, Management is responsible for assessing the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern, and using the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the consolidated and parent company financial statements unless Management intends either to liquidate the Group and the Parent Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. 
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated and parent financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated and parent financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and additional requirements applicable in Denmark as well as the standards on public auditing, as the audit is conducted on the basis of the provisions of the Danish Act on Restructuring and Resolution of Certain Financial Enterprises and the Danish Auditor General’s Act, will always detect a material misstatement when it exits. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated and parent financial statements. 
As part of an audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and additional requirements applicable in Denmark as well as the standards on public auditing, as the audit is conducted on the basis of the provisions of the Danish Act on Restructuring and Resolution of Certain Financial Enterprises and the Danish Auditor General’s Act, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
  • Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated and parent financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
  • Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.
  • Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by Management.
  • Conclude on the appropriateness of Management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements and the parent financial statements, and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the consolidated and parent financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusion is based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditors’ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group and the Parent Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
  • Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated and parent financial statements, including the disclosures in the notes, and whether the consolidated and parent financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
Statement on the Management’s review
Management is responsible for the Management’s review.
Our opinion on the consolidated and parent financial statements does not cover the management’s review, and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the consolidated and parent financial statements, our responsibility is to read the management’s review and, in doing so, consider whether the management’s review is materially inconsistent with the consolidated and parent financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
Moreover, it is our responsibility to consider whether the management’s review provides the information required under the relevant legislation.
Based on the work we have performed, we conclude that the management’s review is in accordance with the consolidated and parent financial statements and has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the relevant legislation.
We did not identify any material misstatement of the management’s review.

Report on other legal and regulatory requirements

Statement on compliance audit and performance audit
Management is responsible for ensuring that the transactions comprised by the financial reporting are in accordance with appropriations granted, laws and other regulations and with agreements concluded and normal practice. Management is also responsible for ensuring that due financial consideration has been taken of the management of the funds and the operation of the enterprises comprised by the financial statements. As part of this, Management is responsible for establishing systems and processes that support economy, productivity and efficiency.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is in accordance with the standards on public auditing to perform a compliance audit and a performance audit, respectively, of selected subject matters. In a compliance audit we verify with reasonable assurance in regards to the selected subject matters whether the transactions comprised by the financial reporting are in accordance with appropriations, laws and other regulations and with agreements concluded and normal practice. In a performance audit, we assess with reasonable assurance whether the examined systems, processes or transactions support due financial considerations in the administration of the funds and the operations of the entities comprised by the financial statements.
If, on the basis of the work performed, we conclude that this gives rise to material critical comments, we are required to report thereon.
We have no material critical comments to report in that respect.
Copenhagen, 08 March 2024
EY
Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Business reg. no. (CVR) 30 70 02 28
Rigsrevisionen
Business reg. no. (CVR) 77 80 61 13
Lars Rhod Søndergaard
State-Authorised Public Accountant
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Yvan Pedersen
Assistant Auditor General
Bjørn Würtz Rosendal
State-Authorised Public Accountant
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Marie Katrine Bisgaard Lindeløv
Head of Department

Board of Directors

Anne Louise Eberhard
Anne Louise Eberhard
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Joined the Board of Directors in 2016
  • Born in 1963
Ole Selch Bak
Ole Selch Bak
  • Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Joined the Board of Directors in 2020
  • Born in 1955
Ulrik Rammeskow Bang-Pedersen
Ulrik Rammeskow Bang-Pedersen
  • Joined the Board of Directors in 2016
  • Born in 1970
Ulrik Rammeskow Bang-Pedersen
Morten Sommerfeldt
  • Joined the Board of Directors in 2020
  • Born in 1975
Competencies:
Considerable financial sector experience, including as Senior EVP of Corporate & Institutional Banking at Danske Bank and as Chief Commercial Officer of Intrum Justitia AB. Extensive experience in board work.
Competencies:
Considerable financial sector experience, including as CEO of Djurslands Bank.
Extensive experience in board work.
Competencies:
Considerable insight into legislation in the financial and insolvency areas, including as professor of property, insolvency and enforcement law and considerable insight into civil procedure, including litigation. Extensive experience in board work.
Competencies:
Considerable insight into the financial sector, digital transformation, fintech operations, consumer affairs and political decision-making processes. Extensive experience in board work.
Member of the boards of directors of:
  • Moneyflow Group A/S (Chairman)
  • Moneyflow 1 A/S (Chairman)
  • FLSmidth A/S
  • FLSmidth & Co A/S (Chairman of audit committee)
  • Bavarian Nordic A/S (Chairman of audit committee)
  • Knud Højgaards Fond
  • Simcorp A/S
  • Den Danske Unicef Fond
  • VL52 ApS
Øvrige hverv:
  • CEO of EA Advice ApS
  • Faculty member, Copenhagen Business School, Board programs
  • Advisory board member, Center for strategisk CSRD, Axcelfuture and EY
Member of the boards of directors of:
  • Eldrupgård Fonden (Chairman)
  • Investerinsforeningen BankInvest
  • Kapitalforeningen BankInvest Select
  • Investeringsforeningen BI
  • Investeringsforeningen BankInvest Engros
Other duties:
  • Professor, doctor of laws, Faculty of Law
  • Chairman, Danish Bankruptcy Law Council
  • Editor, Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift
  • Arbitrator, Danish Institute of Arbitration
Member of the boards of directors of:
  • Blaagaard Teater
Other duties:
  • Communications Manager, Industriens Pension

Board of Directors – continued

Management Board

Jesper Rangvid
  • Joined the Board of Directors in 2020
  • Born in 1970
Morten Soommerfeldt
Ulrikke Ekelund
  • Joined the Board of Directors in 2022
  • Born in 1969
Gitte Lillelund Beck
Gitte Lillelund Bech
  • Joined the Board of Directors in 2023
  • Born 1969
Karsten Biltoft
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Appointed in 2021
  • Born 1961
Competencies:
Considerable financial sector insight, including as professor of finance and as former chairman of the Danish Committee on the Causes of the Financial Crisis Extensive experience in board work.
Competencies:
Considerable financial sector experience, including as Director of Communications and Press at PensionDanmark, Chief Economist at BRFkredit and as member of the boards of directors of Sampension and Alka Forsikring. Extensive experience in board work.
Competencies:
Considerable political experience as former defence minister and member of parliament, significant experience with communications, most recently as partner of Advice.
Member of the boards of directors of:
  • Formuepleje
  • Advantage Investment Partners
  • Copenhagen Business School
  • Danish Finance Institute
Other duties:
  • Professor, Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
  • Chairman of the Danish Council for Return Expectations
Member of the boards of directors of:
  • Floating Power Plant A/S
  • European Maritime Finance
Other duties:
  • Member of the Board of Representatives of Realdania
  • Chairman of Advisory Board Communication, Floating Power Plant
  • Member of the Regions Advisory Board of Arbejdernes Landsbank
Member of the boards of directors of:
  • WiLD (Women in Life Science Denmark)
Other duties:
  • CEO, LillelundBech aps
Chairman of the boards of directors of:
  • FS Finans III A/S
  • FS Finans IV A/S
  • FS Finans V A/S
  • FS Finans VI A/S
  • FS Ejendomsselskab A/S
  • Broinstitut I A/S
  • Broinstitut II A/S