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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...

Carneo’s Views on Alternative Assets

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Alternative assets provide investors with useful diversification to lower the risk of volatility in their portfolios, helping them achieve better risk-adjusted...

Passive Route to Hedge Funds

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – In mid-February of 2019, Aberdeen Standard Investments launched the ASI HFRI-I Liquid Alternatives Ucits Fund, a vehicle that aims to provide...

Strong Finnish Appetite for Private Equity

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Finnish asset manager eQ Asset Management held the first closing of a new fund of equity funds at €126 million on January...

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...

Daily Liquidity Cannot Always be Sustained

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The International Advisory Board for Fund Selection (IAB) has raised concerns about investors expecting daily liquidity from asset classes that do...

What’s in Store for the HF Industry?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – During 2019, the hedge fund industry continued its evolution while assets under management for the industry continued to reach new records....

ESG-Conscious Lending to Swedish SMEs

London (HedgeNordic) – The general trend in credit is clearly yield compression. Investment grade corporate credit in Europe now has yields near to zero,...

Storebrand selects Northern Trust as Asset Servicing Provider

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Northern Trust  today announced it has been selected by Nordic investment manager Storebrand Asset Management AS (Storebrand) as asset servicing provider...

First Step in Green Financing

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Stockholm-based direct lending fund Scandinavian Credit Fund is making its foray into green financing after signing a direct loan with Danish...

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...