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Whipsaws and Trend Reversals Challenge Nordic CTAs in July

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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...

ALCUR Strengthens Investment, Trading and Compliance Teams

SRV Capital Promotes Portfolio Manager, Adds New Analyst

Renewables Catch Their Breath

Impega Stays Selective as Fear and Greed Drive Markets

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Private Markets Are Not the Problem

Formue is the largest privately owned wealth management firm in the Nordics, overseeing and advising on a total of NOK 250 billion with 425...

More Unknowns, More Dispersion in Private Equity

Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...

Beyond Traditional Fixed Income: Why Aegon AM Sees Opportunity Across ABS and CLO Markets

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 Equity No Longer Optional as Value Creation Moves Behind Closed Doors

As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...

Litigation Finance Emerges as an Uncorrelated Corner of Private Markets

Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...

Direct Lending Goes Through First Proper Credit Cycle 

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After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...

A Decade of Thematic Private Equity: Summa Equity Sees Stronger Tailwinds Than Ever

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...

Financing the Energy Buildout: The Growing Role of Infrastructure Credit

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...
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In-Depth: Multi-Strategy Investing

Tidan Builds Multi-Strategy Platform Around Diversified Alpha Engines

What began as a natural evolution of Tidan Capital’s...

HSBC’s Three Decades of Building Hedge Fund Portfolios

Hedge fund investing has become increasingly institutionalized and resource-intensive,...

The Benefits of Multi-Manager Portfolios in CTA Investing

At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous....

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Systematic Multi-Strategy as a Portfolio Diversifier

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By Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds...
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Allocators Seek Sharpe, Not Spectacle When Opting for Multi Managers

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Global allocators are once again paying closer attention to...
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OP’s R2 Crystal Sees Stronger Case for Hedge Funds

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For much of the past decade, hedge funds struggled...

In-Depth: CTA ETFs

Two Allocators, One View: Liquidity, Cost and Control Behind CTA ETF Adoption

On the surface, Morten Christensen, Chief Financial Officer at...

Maybe CTA Alpha is Simpler Than You Think: Evidence from the ETF Space

By Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi: Managers of CTA hedge funds...

Othania Positions Trend-Following at the Core of Multi-Asset Portfolios

Not many investors in the Nordics explicitly allocate to...

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Build Your Index

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By Harold de Boer, Managing Director and Head of...
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Stop Making Room for Managed Futures

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By Corey Hoffstein, Co-Founder, CEO and CIO at Newfound...
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Muddling Through the Mess: Managed Futures ETFs

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By Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk...
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There Can Only Be One

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By Linus Nilsson of NilssonHedge: In the beginning, CTAs...

In-Depth: High Yield

Ridge Capital’s Mantra: “Never Lose Money”

Nordic high-yield-focused fund Ridge Capital Northern Yield has emerged...

PIMCO: Similar Yields, Better Risk Profile in European High Yield

The U.S. high yield market has long been regarded...

Avoiding the Echo Chamber: Kraft’s Playbook in Tighter High-Yield Market

Delivering strong returns during a market rebound is one...

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Folketrygdfondet on Nordic High Yield: More Global, but Is It More Resilient?

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While Norway’s global sovereign wealth giant, the Government Pension...
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High-Yield Bonds Knock Out Stocks

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Nordic high-yield bonds and the managers specializing in them...
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Benchmark-Plus High-Yield Investing at LD Pensions

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Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish pension fund LD Pensions manages...

In-Depth: Emerging Markets

Veritas Looks Beyond Benchmarks to Frontier Markets for Carry

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After several years of strong performance in fixed income,...

The Emerging Markets Revival and the Case for Systematic, Diversified Exposure

Emerging market equities outperformed developed markets in 2025 for...

Emerging Markets Back in Focus, but Still a Satellite Allocation at Folksam

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Emerging markets have spent much of the past decade...

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Emerging Markets

AP2 Extends Systematic Approach to Emerging Markets Bonds

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Systematic investing has become a widely embraced approach in...
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Veritas Rethinks Emerging Market Exposure: Shift to “Ex-China” Allocations

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Emerging market investing has never been a one-size-fits-all approach,...
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AP2’s Quant Approach to EM Equities: Balancing Risk, Return, and Sustainability

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With some SEK 460 billion under management across virtually...
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AP3 Re-Enters Emerging Markets with a Fresh Lens

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Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Sweden’s buffer fund, AP3 Tredje AP-fonden,...

In-Depth: Diversification in a Correlated World

AP3’s Tactical Layer: A New Dimension of Diversification

Diversification is often discussed in terms of broad asset...

Diversifying with Gold and Silver: Why Miners Amplify Opportunity

In the institutional investor’s world, diversification is not a...

SilverDome One: Building Resilience in a Correlated World

In early 2023, two Swedes who had spent six...

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Diversification in Correlated World

Trade-off Between Illiquidity and Rebalancing Premium

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In the search for diversification and higher returns, institutional...
Diversification in Correlated World

Diversification in the Era of Monetary Reset

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Diversification has long been a cornerstone of investing, designed...
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AP3’s Tactical Layer: A New Dimension of Diversification

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Diversification is often discussed in terms of broad asset...
Diversification in Correlated World

Diversifying with Gold and Silver: Why Miners Amplify Opportunity

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In the institutional investor’s world, diversification is not a...

Systematic Strategies

Finding Alpha: Strategy vs. Manager Selection. What Actually Drives Returns?

By Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...

Horse Racing and Maretocracy

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...

Systematic Merger Arbitrage in 2026: Why a Rules-based Approach Matters More Than Ever

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...

The Hidden Beta in LLM Recommendations

By Victor Brassart and Dan Edelstein at Hafnium: As LLMs become useful in coding, copywriting, and even mathematics, it is natural to ask whether...

Aspect Capital’s Evolving Approach to Chinese Futures

Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...

CTAs and Alpha Generation: Is Efficient Implementation the Answer?

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...

Beyond 60/40: The Case for Liquid, Systematic Diversification

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...

Not So Lazy Prices

By Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
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More Unknowns, More Dispersion in Private Equity

Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial...

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Whipsaws and Trend Reversals Challenge Nordic CTAs in July

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...

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