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2020: A Tale of Two Extremes

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – 2020 was a year of extremes for markets, investors and hedge funds managers alike. For the Nordic hedge fund industry, 2020...

Capitalising on Nordic Market Inefficiencies and Volatility

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The SEB Eureka strategy launched in January 2018 has delivered a double digit return in 2020, including a positive month in...

Truly Nordic Hidden Gems

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Making money in the stock market sometimes involves going places everybody else is neglecting or outright avoiding. Places such as an...

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...