Finland’s pension investors are entering a new phase as regulatory changes allow them to increase their equity exposure and raise long-term return expectations. For...
While parts of the private equity industry have faced a challenging dealmaking environment in recent years, Nordic mid-market buyout manager Summa Equity has navigated...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
Infrastructure has traditionally been viewed as one of the more defensive corners of private markets, characterized by essential services, stable cash flows, and hard-asset...
After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
By Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
By Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi: After a decade of studying CTAs, we have drawn three conclusions about the nature of their alpha generation. At the...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
By Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
By Thomas Babbedge at GreshamQuant: I first went to the Exeter Racecourse when I was thirteen years old with the girl next-door. I don't remember where...
By Bjarne Graven Larsen: For decades during the great moderation, the 60/40 portfolio was the institutional investor's Swiss army knife. Equities grew wealth; bonds...
By Scott Schefrin, Portfolio Manager at AB Hedge Fund Solutions: After a series of slower years for deal activity, merger arbitrage has re-emerged as a compelling strategy...
Finland’s pension investors are entering a new phase as regulatory changes allow them to increase their equity exposure and raise long-term return expectations. For...
Agmentum Capital, the asset manager behind the shipping-focused equity long/short hedge fund Agmentum Maritime, has strengthened its portfolio management team with the appointment of...
After more than seven years at Coeli, energy-focused portfolio managers Joel Etzler and Vidar Kalvoy are leaving the Stockholm-based boutique for what they describe...
Danske Bank Asset Management has strengthened its Quant & Overlay team with the appointment of Jonas Bovbjerg as portfolio manager, following an 11-year career...
July proved a challenging month for trend-following strategies, as a series of abrupt reversals across financial markets disrupted established trends. CTA managers faced losses...
Stock-picking boutique ALCUR Fonder has announced three new appointments across its investment, trading, and compliance functions. Isak Lenholm joins the investment team with a...
Danish fixed-income boutique SRV Capital has strengthened its investment team following another year of strong growth, promoting analyst Peter Dam Skjærbæk to Portfolio Manager...
Proxy Renewable Long/Short Energy gained 44 percent through the end of May, propelled by a 14-month rally in the renewable energy investment universe that...
