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A Scandinavian-based wealth manager is seeking to allocate €50-75 million to a liquid alternative strategy. According to a request for proposal (RFP) via Global Fund Search, the mandate spans equity market neutral approaches across discretionary stock picking, multi-manager “pod shop” platforms, quantitative, and thematic strategies, as well as long/short...

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Nordic Wealth Manager Targets €50-75m Hedge Fund Allocation

A Scandinavian-based wealth manager is seeking to allocate €50-75 million to a liquid alternative strategy. According to a request for proposal (RFP) via Global...

Elo’s Slow-Moving Hedge Fund Portfolio Built Around Access

Soon after Kari Vatanen joined Finnish pension insurer Elo as Head of Asset Allocation and Alternatives, he praised the team behind the firm’s hedge...

Apoteket CIO Leans on Hedge Funds for High Sharpe

Gustav Karner, Chief Investment Officer of Apoteket’s Pension Fund since 2017, has delivered one of the highest Sharpe ratios among Sweden’s largest institutional investors,...

Building Liquidity Around an Illiquid Core at Aars

Morten Christensen, Chief Financial Officer of Norwegian family office Aars, has effectively built the structure of the investment management of the family office from...

AMF Hires Former Alcur Portfolio Manager

AMF has strengthened its investment organization with the addition of Erik Eikeland, a former portfolio manager at hedge fund boutique Alcur Fonder. Eikeland brings...

High Yield’s Allocation Dilemma in a Tight Spread Market

High-yield bonds have long functioned as a carry-driven return engine in institutional portfolios, offering enhanced income and access to the corporate credit risk premium....

PKA Names New CIO as Long-Time Investment Chief Retires

After nearly four decades at PKA, including 25 years as Chief Investment Officer, Michael Nellemann Pedersen is stepping down from the helm of one...

Folketrygdfondet on Nordic High Yield: More Global, but Is It More Resilient?

While Norway’s global sovereign wealth giant, the Government Pension Fund Global, widely known as the Oil Fund, invests trillions across international markets, its lesser-known...

AP3 Hires Lynx’s Mattias Sundbom as Head of Portfolio Strategy

After spending the past decade at some of Sweden’s largest systematic asset managers, most recently at Lynx Asset Management, Mattias Sundbom has now moved...

Core, Satellite, and Structural Premiums: PensionDanmark’s Approach to Emerging Market Debt

Many institutional investors have gradually internalized mandates once awarded to external managers, seeking tighter cost control, greater transparency, and improved alignment. Emerging market debt...

Veritas Looks Beyond Benchmarks to Frontier Markets for Carry

After several years of strong performance in fixed income, the easy gains in credit markets appear largely exhausted. With corporate spreads now hovering near...

Climate-Focused Credit Specialist Returns to AP4

After nearly a decade away from the institutional investor side of the market, Ulf Erlandsson is returning to the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund...