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Blended Finance at an Inflexion Point

London (HedgeNordic) – It is now widely accepted that ESG investing can be consistent with strong risk-adjusted returns and might even enhance them, but...

Sustainable Megatrends at the Core of Co-Investment Strategy

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Buzz words in investments come and go, rising to the top of marketing brochures and investor communications. However, it seems that...

The Nordea Hunt for Relative Value Opportunities

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The Nordic region has been home to a solid group of fixed-income hedge funds, partly because of the proximity to the...

The Siloing Effect of Equity and Credit Markets

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Tidan is different. River Tidan is one of the few rivers in Sweden that flows from south to north. Michael Falken,...

Yield Pickup Persists in Norwegian Credit Markets

London (HedgeNordic) – Bergen-based Borea Asset Management AS has been investing in Norwegian credit since 2004, and launched its flagship high yield fund in...

Mean Reversion Opportunities in FI Arb

London (HedgeNordic) – Brummer & Partners-backed Frost Asset Management’s Scandinavian-focused fixed-income relative value fund is closing down after incurring a loss of 17.6 percent in October....

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%...

Kreditfonden’s Pockets of Yield

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – With high-yielding opportunities in public fixed-income markets being few and far between, investors have been exploring lesser-known or out-of-the-public-eye corners of...

A Tight Ship of Publicly Issued Short Durations

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – With so-called real yields, which reflect the corrosive effects of inflation, hitting lower and lower levels, the riskier corners of the...

Mortgage Funds – Alternative Fixed Income, or Just the New Traditional?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The coronavirus pandemic and associated shutdowns may have forced banks to start thinking about digitizing their mortgage origination processes. Non-bank lenders...

ATP’s Green Bond Push

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish pension provider ATP, Europe’s fourth-largest pension fund, has announced plans to sharpen its climate ambitions to contribute to the global...

Next Stop: Complexity and Illiquidity

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Stuck between low yields, the prospect of higher rates due to rising inflation and the need to include fixed income in...