Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – High-yield bond manager Storm Capital Management has strengthened its team with the appointment of Gustaf Amlé as the third portfolio manager. He joins CIO Morten Eivindssøn Astrup and portfolio manager Morten Venold in managing Storm Bond Fund, a €271-million high-yield fund that returned 13.6 percent in 2021 and 1.9 percent in the first seven months of 2022.
“We are thrilled to welcome Gustaf to the team at Storm Capital Management,” announce Morten Eivindssøn Astrup and Morten Venold. “Prior to joining Storm Capital Management AS, he was a partner and credit research analyst at Fearnley Securities having covered many of the companies in our portfolio and investment universe. We have had the pleasure of working with Gustaf for many years and his fundamental research and idea generation capabilities are truly impressive,” the duo continues. “We are therefore confident that he will contribute early on.”
“We are thrilled to welcome Gustaf to the team at Storm Capital Management.”
Gustaf Amlé worked at Fearnley Securities, an Oslo-based investment bank focused on maritime, ocean and energy-related industries, for five and a half years, most recently as an equity and high-yield research analyst. He joined Fearnley Securities in early 2017 as an equity research analyst focused on offshore before transitioning into high-yield research in late 2018.
“The Nordic high yield market is growing and so does Storm Capital Management AS and I am looking forward to contribute to an already well functioning fundamental research-driven approach.”
“I covered multiple companies in the Nordic High Yield space over many years on the credit research side and have developed an efficient research framework for covering multiple companies at an in-depth level,” comments Amlé. “I am looking forward to contribute to the fundamental research of existing portfolio companies, but also on new idea generation at Storm Capital Management AS,” he continues. “The Nordic high yield market is growing and so does Storm Capital Management AS and I am looking forward to contribute to an already well functioning fundamental research-driven approach.”
