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Private Markets Investing Through an ESG Lens

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – In recent years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have moved from somewhere near the bottom of many investors’ priority list...

The Need for ESG Harmonization and Convergence

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Despite unprecedented growth driven by strong investor demand and net zero commitments, ESG investment remains a much-debated and often controversial topic....

Secured Loans with a Strong Flavour of ESG

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Secured loans, also known as leveraged loans, represent an attractive asset class to diversify one’s high-yield credit portfolio, fixed-income portfolio, and...

ESG Disclosure Tool for Alternative Credit

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Asset managers seem to be becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of standardized and comparable environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data....

An Allocator’s View on Effective Hedge Fund Marketing

By Shaunak Amin and Joe Peta – Novus: Despite the hilariously outdated technology props and some extinct jargon, Oliver Stone’s Wall Street is still...

Emerging Fund Managers: Are You Ready for Institutional Capital?

By Rowen Pillay – Edgefolio: Congratulations. You’re 3 years into your journey as an emerging hedge fund manager. Only the strongest have survived, and...

How to Start a Hedge Fund: 5 Steps for Setting Up for Long-term Success

By Michael Hunter, Senior Vice President, General Manager – SS&C Eze: Throughout my 22 years at SS&C Eze, I’ve seen my share of shifts...

How Global Asset Servicers Can Power Regional Hedge Funds

By Declan Quilligan, Head of Hedge Fund Services – Citco Fund Services: The last two years accelerated change in our industry in a way...

Fund Operations: The Explosion of Algorithmic Trading

As financial markets become increasingly efficient and faster-moving, fund managers are having to adapt their operating models accordingly. Technology plays a key enabling role...

Saxo Bank: 30 Years of FinTech Innovation

London (HedgeNordic) – “When we launched in 1992, we were a FinTech before the term was even coined. Being a FinTech is part of...

Optimising Currency Hedging for Funds and Share Classes

London (HedgeNordic) – Regulators have long advocated for an unbundling of foreign exchange services. New technological advances enable an open architecture approach to selecting...

GRIT-ting the Finnish Hedge Fund Industry

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Finland has historically had the lowest number of active hedge funds among the Nordic countries. High barriers to entry, ranging from...