Europe’s and the world’s best quality and growth companies.
We are a small and an experienced team, who makes collective investment decisions. Through partnership and our own investments in the funds, our success is directly connected to our investors’ success.
As active investors, we choose the companies in which we believe the most. This approach results in our funds being concentrated and significantly different from the index. Our long-term view means that we invest in companies with structural growth. This strategy reflects our ambition for sustainable and long-term relationships.
We follow strict investment criteria, which serve as our compass in choosing which companies to invest in. Transparency and clarity are central to our decision-making. We don’t invest in weapons, alcohol, tobacco, fossil fuels, or similar areas. Our commitment to ethical investments is part of our core.
Our goal is to deliver high and competitive risk-adjusted returns. We achieve this by building a portfolio with the aim of having lower risk and that performs better during drawdowns compared to our benchmark index.
CB European Quality Fund
Europe’s best quality and growth companies.
Performance, EUR, 2026-07-09
| Share class | MTD | YTD | Annualized Return* |
| A | -2.9% | +10.1% | +7.2% |
| D** | -1.3% | +11.9% | |
| I | -2.9% | +10.7% |
CB Save Earth Fund
The world’s best environmental companies.
Performance, EUR, 2026-07-09
| Share class | MTD | YTD | Annualized Return* |
| RC | -6.4% | +1.5% | +5.9% |
| IC | -6.4% | +1.8% | |
| ID** | -5.0% | +3.3% |
*Annual return since inception, CB European Quality Fund, November 1995, CB Save Earth Fund, June 2008. **Dividend 6% of NAV per year.
See our Swedish page for performance development in SEK.
Historical returns are not indicative of future performance. The money you invest in funds can both increase and decrease in value, and it is not guaranteed that you will receive back the entire invested capital.
Examples of structural growth themes across the funds
Electrification & efficiency
Electrification and efficiency is a theme with clear structural growth as more and more areas of society shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The need to use energy more intelligently is driving demand for solutions that make industry, transport and buildings both more efficient and less dependent on fossil energy.
The transition affects the entire chain, from the generation and transmission of electricity to the components and systems that govern how that energy is used. This includes electrifying vehicles and industrial processes, reinforcing power grids and opting for installations that reduce both energy use and emissions.
Semiconductors
Semiconductors are a cornerstone of the modern economy and a theme with strong structural growth. More and more products and processes are becoming connected, automated and electrified, and every such step increases the need for the chips that make technology work.
Demand is driven by several trends at once, from digitalisation and rising computing power to the electrification of vehicles and industry. This makes semiconductors a critical component in almost all new technology and a prerequisite for continued technological progress.
Construction & materials
Construction and materials are underpinned by long-term, structural needs. A growing and increasingly urbanised population, combined with a far-reaching transformation of society’s infrastructure, creates a lasting need to build, renovate and upgrade.
At the same time, the demands for resource-efficient construction with less climate impact continue to grow. This increases demand for smarter and more sustainable materials, for energy-efficient buildings and for the infrastructure required as societies grow and modernise.
Examples of structural growth themes across the funds
Electrification & efficiency
Electrification and efficiency is a theme with clear structural growth as more and more areas of society shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The need to use energy more intelligently is driving demand for solutions that make industry, transport and buildings both more efficient and less dependent on fossil energy.
The transition affects the entire chain, from the generation and transmission of electricity to the components and systems that govern how that energy is used. This includes electrifying vehicles and industrial processes, reinforcing power grids and opting for installations that reduce both energy use and emissions.
Semiconductors
Semiconductors are a cornerstone of the modern economy and a theme with strong structural growth. More and more products and processes are becoming connected, automated and electrified, and every such step increases the need for the chips that make technology work.
Demand is driven by several trends at once, from digitalisation and rising computing power to the electrification of vehicles and industry. This makes semiconductors a critical component in almost all new technology and a prerequisite for continued technological progress.
Construction & materials
Construction and materials are underpinned by long-term, structural needs. A growing and increasingly urbanised population, combined with a far-reaching transformation of society’s infrastructure, creates a lasting need to build, renovate and upgrade.
At the same time, the demands for resource-efficient construction with less climate impact continue to grow. This increases demand for smarter and more sustainable materials, for energy-efficient buildings and for the infrastructure required as societies grow and modernise.
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Let the experts do the work
We are a dedicated team with more than 15 years of experience in jointly managing CB Save Earth Fund and CB European Quality Fund. We are a small management team with short decision-making processes, and all decisions are made collectively.
CB Fonder is a family- and partner-owned securities company with over three decades of experience in ethical investments and over 15 years of experience in environmental investments. The fund managers are partners in the company and invested in the funds – we have full incentives to do a good job and are in the same boat as you as investor.
Carl Bernadotte
Majority Owner & Portfolio Manager
Marcus Grimfors
Partner & Portfolio Manager
Alexander Jansson
CEO, Partner & Portfolio Manager
How we work
Our passion for environmental and ethical investments is part of every decision we make. We have operated under an ethical framework for over 30 years and have been involved in environmental investments for over 15 years. This has established us as pioneers in environmental and ethical investing. We invest long-term in high-quality growth companies with sustainable business models and stable profit growth.
Active
We are independent, chart our own course, and always make our own active investment decisions that are independent of the index.
Ethical
We invest in quality companies, according to ethical guidelines and frameworks for sustainable investments from UN PRI and SWESIF.
Long-term
We invest long-term in companies with future potential. If the companies we’ve invested in deliver according to plan, then they stay in our portfolio.
Environmental & Ethical Focus
We signed the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Investment in February 2011.
Both funds are working towards the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
We are members of SWESIF, Sweden’s forum for sustainable investments.
Contact
CB Fonder
Strandvägen 5B
SE-114 51 Stockholm
SWEDEN
info@cbfonder.se
+46 (0)8 566 133 10
Responsible for the handling of complaints:
Alexander Jansson