The Role & Value of Hedge Funds
(Stockholm) – HedgeNordic asked three of this year’s Nordic Hedge Award jury members – Ulrika…
Browsing: Allocator Angle
AP1’s Insourcing of HF Strategies Nears Completion
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Sweden’s AP1 fund, which previously embarked on a process of overhauling its…
Pension Provider Alecta Shuns Hedge Funds
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – One of the largest Swedish pension fund managers finds hedge funds unappealing…
SPK´s Hedge Fund Strategy and Allocation
London (HedgeNordic) – SPK, the pension fund for the Swedish savings institutions, has overhauled its…
Intelligence led Advisory to Selling in the Nordic Region
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Gaining actionable intelligence on the Nordic buy-side community has over the years…
Global institutional investors shifting risks from public to private markets, says BlackRock survey
(HedgeWeek) -Amid rising concerns about a downturn in the economic cycle, institutional investors are looking…
Hedge Funds: A Swedish Pension Fund CEO’s Experience Over 25 Years
London (HedgeNordic) – Peter Hansson, the former CEO of Sparinstitutens Pensionskassa (SPK), is a true pension…
Round Table: Uncovering Alpha in a “Fat and Flat” Equity Market
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Equity markets have enjoyed an almost uninterrupted run upward ever since bottoming out…
Nordic Selectors Cool on Alternative Ucits Funds
Stockholm (Hedgenordic/Expertinvestor) – Alternative Ucits funds offering hedge-fund-style absolute return strategies – providing investors with access…
Varma Divests From Credit, Goes Into Macro Hedge Funds
Stockholm (Hedgenordic/Bloomberg) – Varma, the Finnish private-sector pension firm with about 45 billion euros of…
Hedge fund fees hindering investment by pension schemes
(HedgeWeek) – High management fees are a key hindrance preventing pension schemes from investing in…
Family Offices Trim Exposure to Hedge Funds
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Family offices are trimming their exposure to hedge funds for at least…
Danish Pension Provider Goes Solo – External Managers Judged Too Costly
Stockholm (Bloomberg/Hedgenordic) – The biggest commercial pension provider in Denmark has had enough of external…
Challenging the value of hedge funds
Stockholm (Hedgenordic) – Erik Penser Bank’s recently appointed head of asset management, Jonas Thulin (pictured),…
AP3 hires Maria Björklund to Alternatives Team
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Third Swedish buffer fund, AP3 announced the hire of Maria Björklund as…
HF Head Matilainen to leave Varma – set up Shop
Stockholm (HedeNordic) – Jarkko Matilainen, head of hedge funds at one of Europe´s largest hedge…
World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Dings Tesla
(ZeroHedge) – Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund – the largest in the world – reported earnings…
A $12 billion asset manager wants out of the hedge fund ‘fee racket’
South African money manager Sygnia Ltd. closed all its hedge-fund products, ending a 13-year history…
Van den Heuvel: Noise Against a Background of Strong Economics
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – With continued uncertainty over trade wars, potential interest rate rises and geopolitical risks…
Mike Novogratz: A ‘Herd of Institutional Investors’ Is Moving Into Crypto
The institutions are coming for crypto . At least that’s according to one-time hedge fund…