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Finland’s Varma is one of several large Nordic asset owners that has been moving towards a more holistic view of the portfolio – some time before a total portfolio approach turned into a much-hyped concept. Varma’s deputy CEO and CIO Markus Aho says that while the € 71.4 billion...

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Kaspar Hållsten Carries a Family Legacy Into Rhenman’s Next Generation

Career choices are often shaped long before we make them. A parent’s profession, a grandparent’s stories or simply the conversations around the dinner table...

Taiga’s Long/Short Playbook for Nordic Small Caps

A first-time investor looking at the roughly 6 percent cumulative return from Nordic equities over the past two years could be forgiven for looking...

R2 Crystal Finds Room to Grow in a Diversified Hedge Fund Model

The Nordic hedge fund industry has fewer than ten funds managing more than €1 billion, but a growing group is approaching that threshold. Among...

How CABA Capital Is Navigating the New Operational Demands

The role of the chief operating officer at hedge fund boutiques has changed significantly over the past decade. For Mette Østerbye Vejen, Chief Executive...

How Steadnor Combines Systematic Investing, High ROIC and Concentration

After more than a decade as a stockbroker in Oslo and London, Morten Norton Halle developed his own framework for investing in equities, shaped...

Always Opportunities Applies Traditional Credit to an Underserved Market

The origins of Always Opportunities can be traced back to a bond transaction involving mobility company Voi. What initially brought together founders, venture capital...

The New Coda: From Intuition to a Unified Investment Process

Peter Andersland is best known in the Nordic hedge fund space as the co-founder of Sector Asset Management, where he remains a shareholder. While...

When Diversification Fails: Qblue’s Case for Alternative Risk Premia

The notion that a traditional 60/40 portfolio offers meaningful diversification has long been questioned by practitioners. When implementing the Total Portfolio Approach at Danish...

Tidan NOVA Profiting from Volatility Skew as Market Participants Seek Protection

Tidan Capital’s evolution into a multi-strategy platform reflects a broader effort to deliver complementary sources of alpha, with its NOVA strategy serving as a...

Extracting Alpha from the Factor Zoo Through Systematic Investing

There are multiple ways to approach equity investing and, ultimately, the pursuit of alpha. While many strategies rely on market direction or discretionary stock...

Sissener Bottles Its Best Ideas into New Equity Fund

Norwegian fund boutique Sissener has long been associated with its flagship hedge fund, built around a flexible mandate and multi-sector expertise. Seeking to capitalize...

Ridge Capital’s Mantra: “Never Lose Money”

Nordic high-yield-focused fund Ridge Capital Northern Yield has emerged as one of the standout newcomers on the Nordic fund scene. Since launching in January...