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…
Browsing: Allocator Angle
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…
Italian pension funds cut bonds in diversification push
Italian pension funds reduced their aggregate exposure to government bonds last year as investors diversified…
Jenny Askfelt Ruud new head of Alternatives at AP4
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – AP4, one of the buffer funds in Sweden’s state pension system managing…
University roundup: Cambridge nets 19% investment return
>Cambridge University’s £3bn (€3.4bn) endowment fund (CUEF) posted an 18.8% investment return for the 12…
AP3 Cutting Exposure to Hedge Funds
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The third Swedish national pension fund, AP3, has been trimming the overall…
Breaking with tradition: AP1´s abolition of alternative buckets
A State-led pension fund AP1 is overhauling its approach to alternative investment allocation, HedgeNordic caught…
Hedge funds – the right medicine for Swedish pharmacy pension foundation
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Gustav Karner, who took over the leadership of the pension foundation for…
Engaging With Alternative Managers
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – In preparation of a featured editorial HedgeNordic’s upcoming quarterly report, we had…
Market Neutral and Volatility Strategies Under the Spotlight
(HedgeNordic) – The Nordic Hedge Award has been recognising the best Nordic hedge fund managers…
Hedge Fund Returns Exceeded Institutional Investors’ Expectations in 2017
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Almost three quarters (74 percent) of institutional investors say that their hedge…
Hedge Funds Regain Appeal for Ilmarinen
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Mikko Mursula (pictured), the chief investment officer…
Jury board for 2017 Nordic Hedge Award Announced
Sstockholm (HedgeNordic) – The Nordic Hedge Award is set to distinguish outstanding hedge fund managers…
Round Table: Family Offices & Hedge Funds
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – While ultimately families are patient investors with investment horizons often spreading across…
Nordic Allocators’ View on Real Estate and Infrastructure
Real estate and infrastructure investments have been on the rise among institutions in the Nordics…
Manager Selection Critical Amid Worsening Beta
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Hedge fund managers will have more opportunities to perform well as central…
AP1 appoints Hermes in Global HY diversification
Stockholm (NordSIP) – AP1 (Första AP-Fonden), the first of the five buffer funds in the…
Granit Recruits AP4’s Ulf Erlandsson In FI Expansion
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Granit Fonder, the Swedish fund management company, has recruited Ulf Erlandsson (pictured) from…
Varma Continues Hedge Fund Allocations Unabated
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – An in-depth feature in the May issue of the Investment & Pensions…