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...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
By Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
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...
By Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
Swedish alternative investment boutique Atlant Fonder has made two appointments over the summer, hiring Mark Mehtonen as portfolio manager and Rikard Östback as chief...
Norwegian boutique Norselab Credit Management is launching its fourth fund in less than four years, expanding its credit platform into the highly cyclical shipping,...
Stockholm-based boutique manager Ridge Capital has strengthened its investment team with the appointments of Oliver Eliassen as Senior Portfolio Analyst and Olivia Berg Wadsten...
Danish boutique asset manager Asset Adviser has appointed Frank Sørensen as Senior Strategist, less than a year after Stonehenge Fondsmæglerselskab, the Danish asset manager...
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...
