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The traditional 60/40 portfolio, combining the complementary roles of equities and bonds, remains a central reference point in institutional portfolio construction. Few investors have as much experience managing a portfolio around this framework as Folketrygdfondet, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Norway, which manages more than NOK 400 billion. Kjetil Houg,...

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Finland’s Distressed Real Estate Market Creates Opportunities for Buyers

Finland’s commercial real-estate market is going through one of its most difficult periods in decades. Much of the coverage has focused on the pain:...

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...

Private Equity No Longer Optional as Value Creation Moves Behind Closed Doors

As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...

A Decade of Thematic Private Equity: Summa Equity Sees Stronger Tailwinds Than Ever

While parts of the private equity industry have faced a challenging dealmaking environment in recent years, Nordic mid-market buyout manager Summa Equity has navigated...

Beyond Traditional Fixed Income: Why Aegon AM Sees Opportunity Across ABS and CLO Markets

Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...

Financing the Energy Buildout: The Growing Role of Infrastructure Credit

Infrastructure has traditionally been viewed as one of the more defensive corners of private markets, characterized by essential services, stable cash flows, and hard-asset...

Litigation Finance Emerges as an Uncorrelated Corner of Private Markets

Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...

Finding Value in a Growth Sector: Sector’s Approach to Healthcare Investing

Healthcare has long been one of the most fertile hunting grounds for growth investors. The sector benefits from powerful structural drivers, including aging populations,...

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...