Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – After more than ten years in charge of alternative investments and manager selection at Nykredit, Ulla Agesen is joining Nordic Investment Opportunities (NIO) as Head of Infrastructure on July 1. Agesen has been heading Nykredit’s alternative investments with a particular focus on infrastructure equity investing through fund commitments and co-investments.

“After more than 10 years at Nykredit heading alternative investments, I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Head of Infrastructure at Nordic Investment Opportunities (NIO) 1 July,” Agesen announces on LinkedIn. “I’ve enjoyed my time at Nykredit and am very proud of the business I’ve built alongside good colleagues,” she adds. “Nykredit’s ‘fund-of-funds’ strategies have grown to more than EUR 1bn since launch in 2014, and portfolios have proved to be robust, have a strong element of sustainability and have generated strong returns.”

“After more than 10 years at Nykredit heading alternative investments, I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Head of Infrastructure at Nordic Investment Opportunities (NIO) 1 July.”

Nordic Investment Opportunities (NIO), set up in 2018 by partners at two Danish alternative asset managers: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP), seeks to make private markets funds more accessible for family offices, foundations, institutions and high-net-worth individuals. NIO focuses on offering smaller investors the opportunity to invest in institutional-quality portfolios of private market funds within private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure.

“With NIO, I get the opportunity to be part of an organisation dedicated to alternative investments with drive, growth ambitions, and high professionalism which are all features needed to succeed in managing a fairly complex asset class.”

“I’m very excited about joining NIO. With NIO, I get the opportunity to be part of an organisation dedicated to alternative investments with drive, growth ambitions, and high professionalism which are all features needed to succeed in managing a fairly complex asset class,” writes Agesen on LinkedIn. “Joining my new colleagues on this journey and setting up infrastructure portfolios of high quality to NIO’s investors was simply an opportunity not to be missed.”