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Nordic Selectors Cool on Alternative Ucits Funds

Stockholm (Hedgenordic/Expertinvestor) - Alternative Ucits funds offering hedge-fund-style absolute return strategies – providing investors with access to a wider pool of private and illiquid asset...

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 assets, may shift more money into global macro investments...

Hedge fund fees hindering investment by pension schemes

(HedgeWeek) - High management fees are a key hindrance preventing pension schemes from investing in hedge funds, followed closely by a lack of transparency...

Family Offices Trim Exposure to Hedge Funds

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Family offices are trimming their exposure to hedge funds for at least the fourth consecutive year, according to a survey among...

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 funds and is instead using its own people to...

Challenging the value of hedge funds

Stockholm (Hedgenordic) - Erik Penser Bank’s recently appointed head of asset management, Jonas Thulin (pictured), sees little value adding hedge funds over ETF:s as...

AP3 hires Maria Björklund to Alternatives Team

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Third Swedish buffer fund, AP3 announced the hire of Maria Björklund as Senior Portfolio Manager for Alternative investments on their website....

HF Head Matilainen to leave Varma – set up Shop

Stockholm (HedeNordic) - Jarkko Matilainen, head of hedge funds at one of Europe´s largest hedge fund investors, Varma, is said to leave the Finnish...

World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Dings Tesla

(ZeroHedge) - Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund - the largest in the world - reported earnings for Q2 on Tuesday, a quarter in which it...

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 with an investment strategy its chief executive officer now...

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 such as the on-going Brexit negotiations Olaf van den...

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 billionaire Mike Novogratz. Novogratz previously led a notable macro...