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Latest news in alternatives

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – After Hans Sterte joined Alecta as chief investment officer in the first quarter of 2018, the Swedish pension fund has embarked...

Havsfrun Divests Hedge Fund Portfolio

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Publicly-listed investment firm Havsfrun Investment AB, which has been managing a globally diversified multi-strategy portfolio of carefully-selected hedge funds, mutual funds...

Going from Strength to Strength

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Whereas some private debt managers are facing difficulties in raising capital amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mandatum Life’s private debt investment programme...

Unlisted Assets Serve as a Cushion

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The combination of higher yields, lower volatility and limited correlations to traditional asset classes have lured institutional investors to unlisted assets...

The Difficulty of Sticking to Your Guns

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Hindsight is always 20/20 but it is harder to look ahead with the same certainty. A safe bet is perhaps to...

Yield-Starved Institutional Investors Look to Private Markets

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Identifying attractive sources of returns is part of the daily business for investors. In today’s environment, with market returns on stocks...

Hedge Fund Manager to Lead Norwegian Oil Fund

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has named Nicolai Tangen (pictured) as its new chief executive. Tangen, who founded and led a...

Don’t Be Naive, Hedge Fund Investor

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The new chief investment officer of Finnish pension insurer Veritas Pension Insurance will review the firm’s allocation to hedge funds after...

AP4 Boosts Alternatives Team

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Hanna Ideström has recently joined the Alternative Investments team at AP4, one of the buffer funds in the Swedish state pension...

Alternative Fixed Income Market – Iceland

London (HedgeNordic) – In the past couple of decades and since the Global Financial Crisis, Iceland has featured in more news than it probably...

Sampension’s Viewpoint on the Low-Return World

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – A once-unthinkable environment of ultra-low and negative interest rates and historically expensive equity markets has been forcing pension funds to search...

Hedge Funds Are Losing Ground to Alternatives

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Allocations to alternative asset classes remain robust and little changed in the past several years. Still, preferences for specific types of...