Unitedbankers

United Bankers Plc (United Bankers Oyj, "UB") is a Finnish wealth management and investment markets company established in 1986 and headquartered at Aleksanterinkatu 21 A in Helsinki. The group's business segments are wealth management and capital markets services, and in asset management it concentrates on alternative and real-asset investments. Its product range spans traditional equity and fixed-income funds, real-asset funds, limited-partnership private equity funds for professional investors, discretionary and advisory portfolio management, and corporate finance advisory. The group presents itself as a pioneer in forest investing in the Nordics and as the fourth-largest private forest owner in Finland.

The group operates through several regulated subsidiaries, including UB Asset Management Ltd, UB Fund Management Company Ltd, UB Corporate Finance Ltd, UB Nordic Forest Management Ltd, UB Finance Ltd and Fourton Ltd, all supervised by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority, and it also distributes through registered tied agents. Fund products include the UB Nordic Forest Funds, which invest in forest properties and pursue stable cash flow and value appreciation independent of listed markets, and the UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund (UB FIGG), a private equity fund investing in replacements for plastics and other fossil-based materials and in higher-value use of wood and agricultural side streams. UB publishes sustainability material such as a climate roadmap and a whitepaper on integrating biodiversity into forest investment strategies. Clients access services digitally through the OmaUB online service, where investments can be made and portfolios monitored.

United Bankers Plc is majority-owned by its key personnel and its shares trade on Nasdaq Helsinki under the ticker UNITED. John Ojanperä serves as CEO, presenting the group's half-year reviews.

Business model

United Bankers earns revenue from managing client assets and providing capital markets services. Wealth management comprises investment funds (equity, fixed-income and real-asset funds), private equity limited partnership funds for professional investors and portfolio management mandates, while the capital markets segment provides corporate finance advisory on M&A transactions, IPOs and capital raises, including acting as Certified Advisor to companies listed on Nasdaq First North. In 2022 group revenue was EUR 48.6 million with adjusted operating profit of EUR 16.6 million.

Fees tied to assets under management in funds and portfolio management mandates, plus advisory fees from corporate finance services such as M&A, IPO and capital-raising mandates and Certified Advisor duties on Nasdaq First North.

Traction

Assets under management were approximately EUR 4.6 billion as of 30 June 2023, and the H1/2026 half-year report states AUM rose to a record level, supported by two acquisitions. Group revenue was EUR 48.6 million in 2022 with adjusted operating profit of EUR 16.6 million. UB FIGG began operations in January 2023 with over EUR 100 million in investment commitments against a EUR 300 million target. The group employed 163 FTEs and used 31 agents as of 30 June 2023.

Latest developments

The half-year financial report for 1 January–30 June 2026 reported growth accelerated by two acquisitions and assets under management at a record level, with a CEO review by John Ojanperä. Other recent items include a biodiversity-in-forest-investment whitepaper (June 2026), rule changes in funds managed by UB Fund Management Company (March 2026), a megatrends webinar, and an SFR Platinum Award in the Best Challenger category for institutional investor providers (December 2025).