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Jenny Askfelt Ruud new head of Alternatives at AP4

Stockholm (HedgeNordic)  - AP4, one of the buffer funds in Sweden’s state pension system managing a total of SEK357bn (€34.4bn) , has newly appointed Jenny...

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 months to 30 June 2017 – almost three times...

AP3 Cutting Exposure to Hedge Funds

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - The third Swedish national pension fund, AP3, has been trimming the overall exposure to hedge funds due to a combination of...

Martin Källström joins Lynx from AP1

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Martin Källström will be joining Swedish CTA manager Lynx in September 2018 as a partner and member of management. Källström will...

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 up with Martin Källström, who heads the team behind...

Hedge funds – the right medicine for Swedish pharmacy pension foundation

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Gustav Karner, who took over the leadership of the pension foundation for the Swedish state-owned pharmacy retailer Apoteket in May 2017,...

Engaging With Alternative Managers

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - In preparation of a featured editorial HedgeNordic's upcoming quarterly report, we had the opportunity to interview Martin Källström, Head of Alternative...

Market Neutral and Volatility Strategies Under the Spotlight

(HedgeNordic) - The Nordic Hedge Award has been recognising the best Nordic hedge fund managers every year since 2012. After a quantitative screening finds...

Hedge Fund Returns Exceeded Institutional Investors’ Expectations in 2017

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Almost three quarters (74 percent) of institutional investors say that their hedge fund portfolios met or exceeded expectations in 2017, according...

Hedge Funds Regain Appeal for Ilmarinen

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Mikko Mursula (pictured), the chief investment officer of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co., says “we are...

Jury board for 2017 Nordic Hedge Award Announced

Sstockholm (HedgeNordic) - The Nordic Hedge Award is set to distinguish outstanding hedge fund managers from and active in the Nordic region. Compared to...

Round Table: Family Offices & Hedge Funds

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - While ultimately families are patient investors with investment horizons often spreading across generations, there are flaws with their typical, long-only heavy...