Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish fixed-income boutique Asgard asset Management has announced the hiring of Sverre Holbek, chief analyst in credit research at Danske Bank’s Large Corporates and Institutions division. Holbek will join Asgard’s current team of 12, led by CIO Morten Mathiesen, at the start of March.

Sverre Holbek is currently the Chief Analyst in Credit Research at Danske Bank’s Large Corporates and Institutions division in Copenhagen, where he focuses on financial sector research, including Nordic banks and the EUR covered bond market. Holbek has spent more than 16 years at Danske Markets, having begun his career as a Senior FX Analyst in mid-2008.

“A huge welcome to Sverre Holbek, who will join Asgard Asset Management A/S on March 1st. Our funds are growing, and we have ambitious goals. Sverre’s skills and personality are the perfect match,” announces the team at Asgard Asset Maangement. The Danish fixed-income boutique specializes in identifying and capturing risk premiums in interest rate markets to deliver high-risk adjusted and uncorrelated returns. Asgard Asset Management currently manages over €1.54 billion in assets across two fixed-income hedge funds: Asgard Fixed Income Fund and Asgard Fixed Income Risk Premia.

“I look very much forward to becoming part of the team, and I want to say a big thanks to Kenny Friis and Kasper Ullegaard for entrusting me with my new role.”

Sverre Holbek

“I am excited to announce that I will be joining Asgard Asset Management from 1 March 2025,” comments Sverre Holbek. “I look very much forward to becoming part of the team, and I want to say a big thanks to Kenny Friis and Kasper Ullegaard for entrusting me with my new role,” he continues. “That being said, it has of course been a tough decision to leave Danske Markets, and I am grateful to my fantastic colleagues across the business for great learning but also lots of fun times over the years.”