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Allocator Interviews

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Fundamentally Driven

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – After a period of drought, 2020 was a good year for CTAs. CTA indices advanced broadly, with the CTA sub-index for...

Where Are the Diversifiers?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The heterogeneous nature of hedge funds and other alternatives may complicate the capital allocation process for large institutional investors such as...

“Small” Compounders

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Accountant-turned-fund manager Andreas Aaen is looking for so-called “compounding machines” where few are looking: in the universe of smaller-sized businesses across...

Nordic Hedge Fund Industry Report 2021

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - The 2021 Nordic Hedge Fund Industry Report kicks off with a review of 2020, a tale of two extremes before we...

Understanding and Capturing Change

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – European stocks have returned an average of 1.3 percent per annum since the end of 1998 in nominal terms, which amounts...

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...

Allianz Strategic Bond Fund: Controlled Risk Taking

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Allianz Strategic Bond Fund is a relatively unconstrained global bond fund that aims to beat its benchmark – the Bloomberg Barclays...

Evolving Concepts of Diversification

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – For some large institutional investors, asset allocation remains dominated by the classic 60/40 model of approximately 60% equities and 40% bonds....

Correlation and Beta – Searching for Diversification

By Linus Nilsson, NilssonHedge – While the oft-repeated mantra that correlation is not causation, it is often a starting point for further discussions about...

The Value of Diversification in CTA Investments

By Michael R. Marcey and Marat Molyboga, Efficient Capital Management – Institutional investors looking to add non-correlating strategies that have historically done well when...

A One Trick Pony or an Eight-Armed Buddha?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Every crash, crisis and recovery is different in terms of its origins, duration, path, and pattern. This means that some crisis...

Can Higher Leverage be Consistent With Lower Risk?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Formuepleje’s Penta strategy, incepted in 1995, can leverage up to 500% and typically has around 400% gross exposure. The portfolio was...