Julia Axelsson is head of manager selection and a member of the asset allocation team at the Swedish branch of Alandsbanken. She is responsible for sourcing investment ideas through analyzing a broad range of externally managed products, including both long-only and alternative strategies. She is co-managing several of Alandsbanken’s discretionary balanced mandates and funds. Julia has more than ten years of investment experience managing balanced portfolios and fund-of-funds, previously at Kaupthing Bank and Nordea Investment Management. She holds a Master’s degree from Sofia University and has completed further studies at Stockholm University and Stockholm School of Economics. Julia is a Chartered alternative investments analyst (CAIASM). Since February 2015 Julia acts as senior hedge fund analyst for HedgeNordic.