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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 in recent years. Partly influenced by the low-interest-rate environment, Ilmarinen has significantly ramped up its allocation to hedge funds, climbing from under two...

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BlueOrchard’s Climate Insurance PE Fund Edges Toward $100M

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – BlueOrchard’s private equity fund dedicated to climate insurance has secured commitments of close to $30 million from two new investors, British...

One of Finland’s Largest Forestry Transactions

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Finnish asset manager United Bankers has reached an agreement to sell 33,000 hectares of forests in Finland to MEAG, the asset...

LD Fonde Partners with BankInvest for Alternatives

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish pension fund LD Fonde has chosen BankInvest to oversee its listed alternative investments, amounting to up to DKK 2 billion....

Danske Expands Illiquid Alternatives Fund Range

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danske Bank Asset Management is launching a new open-ended alternatives fund focused on private equity and infrastructure investments expected to generate...

Investors Turning to Private Assets for Resilience

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Schroders has released the findings of its annual survey conducted among institutional investors, shedding light on how 770 major investors with...

Private Assets’ Role in a Diversified Portfolio

Private assets are an increasingly important source of returns and diversification. The Q&A with Shaniel Ramjee, Senior Investment Manager of Multi Asset, Pictet Asset...

VC and Growth Deals: High Level of Activity Continued in 2022

By Argentum: In 2022, 359 transactions were completed by venture funds in Nordic start-ups and growth companies. The amount invested in the segment remained...

PortCo Performance: Finding Gold in Ore

By Patrick Carlevato – SEI: Explore best practices to help LPs extract meaningful insights from the mass of private equity portfolio company data. When a...

Mitigating the J-Curve with Private Equity Co-Investments

London (HedgeNordic) – HedgeNordic had the opportunity to interview Susanne Forsingdal, Head of Americas for Allianz Capital Partners (part of Allianz Global Investors), who...

First-Time Funds can be a Make-or-Break Proposition

By Olivier Keller – PineBridge Investments: The private capital universe has matured significantly over the past two decades. According to PitchBook, private market funds...

Industriens Pension Hires Trio of Senior Managers

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish pension fund Industriens Pension has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Martin Munkesø, Linsay McPhater, and Claus Bajlum...

UK-Based Alts Manager Boosts Nordic Presence

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – London-headquartered alternative asset manager ICG has appointed Tor Herno as Managing Director within its EMEA Marketing and Client Relations team to...