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Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – One of the first distinctions up for grabs in the lifecycle of a newly launched Nordic hedge fund is “The Best New Nordic Hedge Fund Launch”, known by its petname “Rookie of the Year.”

The best Rookies are determined by the combined scoring of a jury board of fellow Nordic hedge fund managers, making this a peer group award. For the 2020 Rookie of the year, the Rookie jury consists of Henrik Fournais, from the reigning reigning Rookie HP Hedge Fixed Income, Martin Estlander of Estlander & Partners, Mette Østerbye Vejen from CABA Capital, Michael Ekelund of Atlant Fonder and Jonas Martenson of Resscapital, last year´s winner of the prestigous “Best Nordic Hedge Fund – Overall”

The jury selects what is in their opinion the most promising hedge fund debut of the passing year by considering a host of qualitative assessments at the discretion of jury members. The jury is asked to consider things such as:

  • Which of the qualifying funds would I, personally or for the fund portfolio/selection I am responsible for, be most comfortable investing in, despite its short track record and likely small size?
  • Which of the funds is likely and positioned to build a respectable and outstanding, long-lasting and robust track record?
  • Which of the funds is likely to have a meaningful impact on the Nordic hedge fund universe (potential to be “star manager”, sizeable assets)?
  • Which of the funds is positioned to be a “billion Dollar Fund” (if that is even desired or the intention, within the capacity of the strategy)?

The 2020 Nordic hedge fund Rookie of the Year will be presented by Harvest Advokatbyrå on April 23 in a virtual ceremony. For the 2020 Nordic Hedge Award, these funds meet the qualification criteria and are in the races for the Nordic hedge fund Rookie of the Year:

Qualified Funds

Adaptive Paradigm AlphaAntiloop HedgeCoeli Multi AssetDNB Fund Multi Asset
FrostLynx ConstellationMandatum Life Managed FuturesNS Quant
Othania Bæredygtig MakroPriorNilsson Balans

The previous winners of this category to the Nordic Hedge Award were:

YearFundManagement CompanyPortfolio Manager
2023Norselab Meaningful Impact High YieldNorselab Credit ManagementTom Hestnes and Ole Einar Stokstad
2022Protean SelectProtean Funds ScandinaviaPontus Dackmo and Carl Gustafsson
2021Borea UtbytteBorea Asset ManagementMagnus Vie Sundal
2020FrostFrost Asset ManagementMartin Larsén and Anders Augusén
2019HP Hedge Fixed IncomeHP FondsmæglerselskabHenrik Fournais
2018SEB Eureka Fixed Income Relative ValueSEBBo Michael Andersen
2017Asgard Credit FundMomas AdvisorsDaniel Vesterbaek Pedersen
2016Scandinavian Credit Fund ISkandinaviska Kreditfonden ABFredrik Sjöstrand
2015ElementaElementa Management ABMarcus Wahlberg

More info and background on the “Nordic Hedge Fund Rookie of the Year” can be found here: Rookie

The 2020 Nordic Hedge Award will be held virtually in the week from April 19-23 with the support of:

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Kamran Ghalitschi
Kamran Ghalitschi
Kamran has been working in the financial industry since 1994 and has specialized on client relations and marketing. Having worked with retail clients in asset management and brokerage the first ten years of his career for major European banks, he joined a CTA / Managed Futures fund with 1,5 Billion USD under management where he was responsible for sales, client relations and operations in the BeNeLux and Nordic countries. Kamran joined a multi-family office managing their own fund of hedgefunds with 400 million USD AuM in 2009. Kamran has worked and lived in Vienna, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Stockholm. Born in 1974, Kamran today again lives in Vienna, Austria.

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