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Gard’s Playbook for Short-Duration Fixed-Income Investing

Different asset allocators often have varying objectives that shape their investment allocation decisions. For instance, institutional investors such as protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance...

A Growing Asset Class for Icelandic Investors

The size of the Icelandic pension funds, relative to GDP, is now larger than the combained market value of the country’s banks and insurers,...

AP4’s Thematic Approach to Sustainability Investments

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The AP funds, including AP4 – the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, have a statutory duty to integrate sustainability into their...

For Pension Capital, This is an Ideal Asset Class

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The private markets universe, private equity in particular, has experienced significant growth in recent years. Private equity assets under management increased...

The Private Equity Allocation of a Smaller Institutional Player

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Alternative asset classes have gained popularity during the decade-long low-interest-rate environment as investors sought higher returns and diversification. However, the recent...

Velliv’s Take on Private Markets: The Appeal of Private Credit

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Institutional investors, including those from the Nordic region, have steadily increased their allocations to private market asset classes such as private...

Velliv and ATP: Leveraging Commodities for Portfolio Diversification

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Commodities often behave differently from traditional financial assets due to their cyclical nature, as their performance is heavily influenced by the...

Systematic Strategies in Action at AP1

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Systematic strategies represent a consistent, disciplined, and transparent approach to investing, significantly reducing the risk of human error and emotional decision-making....

Inside Ilmarinen’s Approach to Hedge Fund Allocation

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Ilmarinen, in a tight race with Varma as Finland’s largest earnings-related pension insurance company, has emerged as a noteworthy investor in...

Hedge Funds as an Alternative, Uncorrelated Return Stream

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Norwegian Formue is the largest privately-owned wealth management firm in the Nordic region, overseeing over NOK 140 billion in assets under...

Refined Hedge Fund Strategy Mix at Ericsson Pensionsstiftelse

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The pension fund serving the employees of Swedish telecoms company Ericsson has long been an active investor in hedge funds. However,...

Formue Leads Charge for Cash Hurdles

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – In the decade following the financial crisis, the low-interest-rate environment enabled many hedge funds to launch without setting cash-based hurdle rates...