Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danske Bank Asset Management has appointed Casper Bruyant Bonde as Head of Illiquid Alternatives amid growing investor interest in alternatives. Bonde joins Danske Bank from Morgan Stanley in London, where he served as Executive Director in Institutional Solutions for almost nine years.

“We are really pleased to be able to attract a profile like Casper, who comes with a very strong background combined with a strong market and product understanding and a successful track record in structuring and executing relevant customer solutions across asset classes,” says Thomas Otbo, Chief Investment Officer at Danske Bank Asset Management, according to a press release seen by FinansWatch. “Casper will have a very strong customer focus at Danske Bank and will, together with the rest of the organization, focus on further expanding our product platform and delivering relevant and competitive solutions to even more customers.”

“We are really pleased to be able to attract a profile like Casper, who comes with a very strong background combined with a strong market and product understanding and a successful track record in structuring and executing relevant customer solutions across asset classes.”

Before joining Morgan Stanely in the summer of 2013, Casper Bonde worked as Chief Sales Manager focused on Institutional Solutions at Nordea Markets for nearly three years. He also worked at J.P. Morgan as an associate in Financial Institutions Derivative Marketing. “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Head of Illiquid Alternatives at Danske Bank,” Bonde writes on LinkedIn.

“Alternative investments, together with portfolio solutions and sustainability, are the central parts of our overall strategy.”

The universe of illiquid alternatives includes private equity, private credit and infrastructure. “Alternative investments, together with portfolio solutions and sustainability, are the central parts of our overall strategy,” comments Thomas Otbo. “We are experiencing a growing interest from our customers to invest in alternatives and we have therefore expanded the area and over the past year launched a number of new products, which customers across both private and institutional customers have received very well.”