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A Scandinavian-based wealth manager is seeking to allocate €50-75 million to a liquid alternative strategy. According to a request for proposal (RFP) via Global Fund Search, the mandate spans equity market neutral approaches across discretionary stock picking, multi-manager “pod shop” platforms, quantitative, and thematic strategies, as well as long/short...

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Origo Fonder Brings in Peter Eliasson as CEO

Wearing many hats is common within boutique asset managers and smaller investment organizations. At Swedish boutique Origo Fonder, founder, CEO and co-chief investment officer...

Protean Hires IR Manager Ahead of Global Launch

Having recently moved to limit inflows into its opportunistic long/short equity fund, Protean Funds Scandinavia is now expanding on another front, strengthening its investor...

AMF Hires Former Alcur Portfolio Manager

AMF has strengthened its investment organization with the addition of Erik Eikeland, a former portfolio manager at hedge fund boutique Alcur Fonder. Eikeland brings...

Alcur Elevates Flöstrand to CIO One Year After Joining

Stock-picking boutique Alcur Fonder has appointed Per Flöstrand as Chief Investment Officer, with the portfolio manager taking over the role from co-founder and long-time...

Archipelago Adds Firepower After Back-to-Back Strong Years

Archipelago Investments is strengthening its investment team with the appointment of Anders Fagerlund as Senior Analyst and Head of Research. Bringing 15 years of...

Svelland Appoints Head of Quant Research from Shell

Commodities-focused asset manager Svelland Capital has strengthened its research team with the appointment of Laurent Hoffmann as Head of Quantitative Research. Hoffmann brings a...

Back at Öhman: Full Circle for Atlant PM

Carl Johan Lagercrantz, a fixed-income portfolio manager at alternative fund boutique Atlant Fonder, has joined Lannebo Fonder as a high-yield portfolio manager. The firm...

Symmetry Builds Out Team with Two Analyst Additions

The Aalborg-based boutique Symmetry Invest has expanded its investment team at the start of the year, with the additions of Thomas Richard from Paris...

Susanna Urdmark Back at Handelsbanken to Lead Europa

Susanna Urdmark is stepping back into a primary portfolio management role, joining Handelsbanken Fonder as the new portfolio manager of Handelsbanken Europa after stepping...

AP3 Hires Lynx’s Mattias Sundbom as Head of Portfolio Strategy

After spending the past decade at some of Sweden’s largest systematic asset managers, most recently at Lynx Asset Management, Mattias Sundbom has now moved...

Tidan Deepens Volatility Arbitrage Expertise

Tidan Capital has strengthened its volatility and options arbitrage platform with the appointment of Laurent Keller as Senior Portfolio Manager. The Stockholm-based hedge fund...

Climate-Focused Credit Specialist Returns to AP4

After nearly a decade away from the institutional investor side of the market, Ulf Erlandsson is returning to the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund...