DNB Critical Materials
DNB Critical Materials is a thematic index fund that invests in companies within gold, copper, metals, and mining.
DNB Critical Materials
DNB Critical Materials provides exposure to critical materials, including gold, copper, and diversified metals and mining industries—resources that are essential to industry and the global economy.
The fund’s objective is to deliver a return over time that closely tracks the benchmark index before fees. Its composition and risk profile will generally mirror those of the benchmark index.
Minimum investment: NOK 100.
Costs for DNB Critical Materials
- Annual fee: 0.20%
- Ongoing charge: 0.10%
- Platform fee: 0.10%
Example: For an investment of NOK 100,000, the platform fee will amount to NOK 100 and ongoing charges to NOK 100 over one year—NOK 200 in total per year.
Any transaction costs charged by the fund manager are not included in this cost overview. These are specified in the cost details on the summary page before you purchase the fund.
Investment focus
DNB Critical Materials provides exposure to critical materials. In this context, critical materials refer to metals and minerals characterized by scarcity and strategic importance for long-term economic value creation, energy security, financial resilience, and stable value chains.
The fund is designed for investors seeking: Long-term real returns, diversification beyond traditional equity markets, exposure to structural trends such as the energy transition, electrification, geopolitical resource security, and inflation hedging.
The fund follows DNB’s Group Policy for Responsible Investments.
Diversified metals and mining industry
Refers to companies that extract metals and minerals. Examples include:
- Precious metals such as gold and silver
- Industrial metals such as copper, iron ore, and aluminium
- Battery and energy metals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and uranium
Historical returns are no guarantee of future returns. Future returns will depend, among other things, on market developments, the skill of the Portfolio Manager, the mutual fund's risk, and the management costs. Returns may be negative as a result of mark-to-market losses.