After several years of strong performance in fixed income, the easy gains in credit markets appear largely exhausted. With corporate spreads now hovering near historical lows, investors are once again confronted with a familiar challenge: how to generate meaningful carry without assuming disproportionate downside risk. For Ville Iso-Mustajärvi, portfolio...
After several years of strong performance in fixed income, the easy gains in credit markets appear largely exhausted. With corporate spreads now hovering near...
After nearly a decade away from the institutional investor side of the market, Ulf Erlandsson is returning to the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund...
Hedge funds continue to play a meaningful role in the portfolios of Finland’s largest pension investors. Combined hedge fund allocations across six major institutional...
The State Pension Fund of Finland (VER) allocates just over €1 billion to hedge funds and systematic strategies, representing a modest 4.3 percent of...
Emerging markets have spent much of the past decade testing investors’ patience. After years of trailing U.S. equities, the asset class finally turned the...
A Swiss family office is currently seeking to allocate capital to a manager specializing in liquid hedge fund strategies, with an initial commitment of...
A large institutional investor from the UK is considering an initial allocation of $20 million to a liquid alternatives strategy, with the potential to...
Diversification is often discussed in terms of broad asset allocation. For Jonas Thulin, the CIO of the Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3), diversification...
In an effort to safeguard the long-term sustainability of Finland’s pension system amid demographic pressures, new rules for private-sector earnings-related pensions are set to...
Although Swedbank Robur does not manage hedge funds in-house, Swedbank’s manager research team continues to find selective external hedge funds attractive for client portfolios....
ESG integration remains a standard component of private credit investing, particularly in Europe and among Nordic institutional allocators, but its momentum has slowed. Conversations...
