SPK´s Hedge Fund Strategy and Allocation
London (HedgeNordic) – SPK, the pension fund for the Swedish savings institutions, has overhauled its…
Browsing: Allocator Angle
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…
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…