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KINNEVIK

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Kinnevik occupies approximately 20% of my total portfolio value. This is not a fluke! The reason why Kinnevik is my most significant asset is that I believe the company is exceptionally well managed and has an excellent long-term strategy which has revealed itself to be beneficial for their shareholders including myself. Kinnevik most substantial assets comprise of Millicom and Zalando which together constitute almost half of their NAV. Two companies which have during 2017 seen a positive overall growth rate even though Millicom didn't have it easy. Millicom Millicom International Cellular SA for people who don't know is an international telecommunications and media company. They are engaged in providing digital lifestyle services in various markets, through mobile and fixed telephony, cable, broadband, and television. Its segments include Latin America and Africa and operates its mobile businesses in Central America and Africa. If we look at Millicom's market

MEDIA GROUPS FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF CONSOLIDATION OR COMPLETE ANNIHILATION

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As we have seen during the past couple of years, the rise of Amazon, Apple and Netflix within the entertainment business has made many media companies anxious of not being able to compete in the long run in an industry with plunging advertising revenues. To stay relevant many telecoms and media companies have begun buying or placing bids on each other to show that size matters (for example AT&T and Time Warner).  The rise of video streaming from companies such as Netflix, Amazon and Google has taken traditional cable TV by storm, consequently taking large audience numbers and advertising revenues away. Traditional media companies have not been able to transform successfully and certainly not fast enough in a world where the consumption of media has constantly been changing. The question then arises; what kind of deal can traditional media houses be negotiated in a position of balance sheet weakness? The longer they wait in unloading or selling old and rusting parts of their