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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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Cyber Risk Tops Asset Managers’ Concerns as Investment Risks Rise

Technology and cybersecurity have emerged as the leading concerns for asset managers over the coming year, even as firms report rising exposure to market,...

How to Make Sure Your Hedge Fund Portfolio Will Disappoint

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Investors typically invest in hedge funds for diversification, uncorrelated returns, and ideally, attractive returns. However, the hedge fund industry has evolved...

Credit Hedge Funds Poised for Comeback

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Credit-focused hedge fund strategies faced an extraordinarily challenging environment so far in 2022 as credit markets sold off significantly. Despite the...

Fixed Income Managers Expect Inflation to Hasten Interest-Rate Hikes

By Russell Investments: Russell Investments’ latest survey of fixed income managers reveals a majority (55%) expects U.S. inflation to track between 2.26% and 2.75%...

Hedge Funds on Par with Private Equity

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Allocations to hedge funds reversed a multi-year downward trend, with allocations to hedge funds (28 percent) and private equity (27 percent)...

In the Face of COVID-19: Unusual Crisis Performance

By Danielius Kolisovas – In January 2021, the BBC published a report on how the coronavirus pandemic changed the world economy. As the number...

Secrets of Long Livers: Crisis Alpha

By Danielius Kolisovas – “Most hedge funds fail,” says the headline of a Financial Times article back in 2014. With an average life span of...

Hedge Fund Investors Driving ESG Uptake

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – One of the main attractions of hedge funds to institutional investors has been their ability to deliver uncorrelated absolute returns. A...

Hedge Funds Gain Favor Again

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Hedge funds have the most positive prospects among alternative investments, according to Preqin’s June investor survey, “though this should be seen...

Hedge Funds Hit by Unconventional Policies

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – A new study by Alexei Orlov of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Massimo Guidolin of the Bocconi University tested...

ESG Incorporation in Hedge Funds

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Whereas traditional asset managers have relatively quick to incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria into their investment decisions, hedge fund...

Running in the Family

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Hedge fund families – think of Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management and his dynasty of proteges running successful hedge funds of their own...