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Investors Rethink Defense and ESG

Several banks and pension giants still have ESG rules that in practice exclude defense stocks. But new figures reveals that something is happening in...

Active Ownership – The Merchant’s Challenge

By Arne Simensen and Jakob Gravdal at Anchora Capital: In the Dutch Golden Age, Isaac Le Maire, initial largest shareholder in the world's first...

Combining Expertise for Private Equity Sustainability and Energy Transition

HedgeNordic interviewed Federated Hermes Limited’s Head of Responsibility and EOS, Leon Kamhi, and Principal and Head of Portfolio Strategy and Solutions within Private Equity, Christian...

AllianzGI’s Impact Private Credit Strategy: Financing Change Without Compromise

Private credit has matured into an established asset class and is now evolving beyond traditional financing, offering opportunities to contribute to positive change. As...

ESG Remains Part of the “Credit Story” in Private Credit

ESG integration remains a standard component of private credit investing, particularly in Europe and among Nordic institutional allocators, but its momentum has slowed. Conversations...

From PDF to Platform: Why Governance Needs a System, Not a Folder

By Sofia Beckman – Co-founder, North House: “We manage billions with real-time systems,” one COO told me. “But our governance still lives in PDFs.”...

Schroders Brings Active Strategies to Europe Through UCITS ETFs

The Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market in the United States is far more developed than in Europe, reflecting differences in market maturity, regulatory frameworks,...

Tracking Trend: A Closer Look at Managed Futures Index Replication

By Kathryn M. Kaminski and Yingshan Zhao at AlphaSimplex Group: In recent years, there has been a new trend towards creating ETFs that use...

Active Decisions in Passive Wrappers: Othania on ETF Innovation

Founded in early 2016 by brothers Vincent Dilling-Larsen and Christian Mørup-Larsen, Danish fund boutique Othania built its foundation on a proprietary risk model, “Tiger,”...

Navigating CLOs Through ETFs: Opportunities in AAA-Rated Tranches

By UBS Asset Management: Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) have long been a cornerstone of the U.S. securitized products market, evolving from a niche institutional investment...

From Core to Alternatives: The ETF-Driven Approach of a Finnish Wealth Manager

Wealth managers are tasked with designing investment portfolios that align with clients’ needs, objectives, risk tolerance, preferences, and financial circumstances. While high-net-worth clients often...

The Awkward Problem with Managed Futures ETFs

By Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi and Co-Portfolio Manager: The problem with managed futures ETFs is not that they don’t work well. It’s that...