Jury Board to the Nordic Hedge Award

Pontus von Essen is Senior PM at The Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund (AP7) with a focus on investment structure and Alpha management as well as Fixed income and FX. AP7 is the default choice for the defined contribution part of the government pension system. The total assets under management exceed 650bn SEK. Mr von Essen has over twelve years of asset management and capital markets experience. Prior to moving to AP7 in 2017 he was Deputy CIO at Ericsson Pension with 22bn SEK in AUM.  Before that he held several positions within proprietary trading and capital markets at the Swedish bank, SEB. Mr von Essen holds a Master of Science in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

Gustav Karner is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Apoteket’s Pension Fund since 2017. Before that Gustav was Chief Investment Officer at the Nobel Foundation between 2012 and 2017. Prior to that Gustav Karner worked for Länsförsäkringar for over 10 years. Since 2006 he was Head of Asset Management and Chief Financial Officer. Gustav has also worked for Alecta as Head of Risk Management where he built up the Risk Management function.

In mid 1990 Gustav started his financial career at Handelsbanken as a quantitative analyst. Gustav holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Business and Administration (Major in Economics). Gustav Karner has also been Chairman of the Board for LF Östgöta Brandstodsbolag Kapitalförvaltning AB and Humlegården AB.

Mika Jaatinen is a Portfolio Manager of Elo’s Hedge Fund investments. Mika joined Pension Fennia (Pension Fennia and Pension Tapiola merged in 2014) in 2004 as a risk analyst covering Fennia’s capital market investments. Mika became portfolio manager of hedge fund investments in 2007. Mika has also been responsible for equity mutual fund selection in Fennia from 2010 until the merger with Pension Tapiola. Mika holds an MSc in economics degree from the Jyväskylä University.

Ville Toivakainen, CFA, has over 15 years of experience in alternative investments and currently works as Head of Alternative Investments at Aktia Asset Management and has set up an established the alternative investment business for Aktia. He joined Aktia in spring 2016 from OP Financial Group, where he worked four years as a Portfolio Manager for Insurance and Pension Investments, with main responsibility on alternative investments.

Prior to that, Ville was over 8 years as portfolio manager and partner at RAM Partners, a Finnish-domiciled fund of hedge funds manager. At RAM he had various roles starting from building up quantitative research and risk management functions to selecting hedge funds to board member of the Irish fund umbrella. Ville started his career in early 2000’s at OP Bank Group Pension fund as a quantitative analyst. Ville has M. Sc. in Economics from University of Tampere and is a CFA charterholder.

Linsay has 12 years in experience in asset management, of which four have been at Danica Pension. After gaining an MSc in Finance and Investment at Edinburgh University in Scotland, Linsay joined the graduate programme at Aberdeen Standard, where she stayed for 5 years, working in the multi asset, private equity and hedge fund teams. She later joined Morningstar where she was involved in the fund ratings across the alternative funds.

Linsay is responsible for monitoring the current private equity and infrastructure funds for Danica’s portfolio, and identifying and undertaking due diligence on new investment ideas. Linsay is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Gustav Karner is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Apoteket’s Pension Fund since 2017. Before that Gustav was Chief Investment Officer at the Nobel Foundation between 2012 and 2017. Prior to that Gustav Karner worked for Länsförsäkringar for over 10 years. Since 2006 he was Head of Asset Management and Chief Financial Officer. Gustav has also worked for Alecta as Head of Risk Management where he built up the Risk Management function.

In mid 1990 Gustav started his financial career at Handelsbanken as a quantitative analyst. Gustav holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Business and Administration (Major in Economics). Gustav Karner has also been Chairman of the Board for LF Östgöta Brandstodsbolag Kapitalförvaltning AB and Humlegården AB.

Christian Lundström is the Head of Fund Selection and Compliance Unit at the Swedish Pension Agency, heading the fund selection and due diligence for the premium pension fund platform (approx. SEK 1300 billion).

Lundström ’s background is in fund regulation from his previous employment as a senior economist/policy advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Sweden, but also in manager selection from his previous employment as a fund manager at Carnegie Investment Bank, Folksam, and other firms. Christian has also a strong background in academia, receiving his B.S., M.S., and Ph.Lic., degrees in economics from Umeå University, authoring numerous peer-reviewed papers related to investing, technical trading strategies, and money management.”

Ulrika Bergman, CFA, is a Chief Investment Officer at the Nobel Foundation.

At the Nobel Foundation Ulrika is actively managing a SEK 4 billion fund portfolio, covering all asset classes. Before joining the Nobel Foundation in May 2017, she was heading up a Global Equity Team managing SEK 170 billion at SEB. Up until 2007 she held positions as Risk Manager and Account Manager at RPM where she started her career. RPM is an alternative investment house, focusing on directional investment strategies, specifically Managed Futures and Global Macro. She holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics. Ulrika Bergman is a CFA® charterholder.

Jarkko Matilainen is one of the two Co-Founders of NorthPeak Governance LP, a corporate governance firm established in 2018 and based in Helsinki, which is focused on services of fund governance and independent non-executive directorships. Currently, as part of NorthPeak activity, he serves as an independent non-executive director for funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands and Ireland.

Previously, 2003 – 2006, Jarkko was a portfolio manager and 2006 – 2018 the head of hedge funds at Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company having overall responsibility for the team, portfolio, and investments. Varma, which has carried USD 5-10 bln allocation to hedge funds for the last 10 years, is one of the largest hedge fund investors in Europe. Earlier, 2000-2003, he worked as a risk manager and was one of the four founding partners of Avenir, an equity l/s fund in Helsinki. He started his career in Pension-Varma in 1996 and worked first as an economist and then as a strategist covering macro and investment analysis as well as asset allocation and risk management tasks.

Claudia has 19 years of experience in finance, of which 13 at AP3. After obtaining a MSc in Actuarial Sciences at City University in London, she joined Sun Life Financial as an Actuarial Analyst for 5 years. She started at AP3 in 2002 as a Quantitative Analyst. Two and a half years later she became a portfolio manager in the Global Equity team where she specialised in selecting long-only managers. In 2007, as AP3 operated a separation between alpha and beta strategies, Claudia’s focus extended to alternative asset strategies.

Today, Claudia is responsible for manager research, manager selection and portfolio construction of externally managed strategies for the alpha and beta portfolios. She covers traditional long-only strategies and hedge funds strategies across all asset classes. Claudia is also member of the Risk Management Committee at AP3.

Christer Franzén is the Chief Investment officer at Ericsson Pension Fund. He has extensive asset management experience having been active in the financial markets in Sweden and in the US since 1986. Mr. Franzén holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Örebro in Sweden from 1985 and has also carried out financial studies at Southern Methodist University – Cox School of Business.

Helen Idenstedt,Analyst, Alternative Investments at First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1).

At AP 1 Helen is actively managing a USD 2 billion hedge fund portfolio. Before joining AP1 in 2015, Helen worked as Head of Product Management and Risk Manager at RPM. RPM is an alternative investment house, focusing on directional investment strategies, specifically Managed Futures and Global Macro. She started her career as a statistician at Statistic Sweden and holds a Master in Mathematical Statistics as well as a Bachelor in Economics.

Malin Hallén is a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Asset Allocation team at Swedbank Robur. She is currently managing a range of primarily multi-asset funds, investing across equity, fixed income and alternative investments; both directional and market neutral strategies. The total assets under management exceed 30 billion SEK. Part of the job involves manager selection responsibilities where she covers both traditional long-only and hedge fund strategies across all asset classes. Malin has 19 years of experience in finance, of which 9 is at Swedbank Robur.

Before joining Swedbank Robur in 2009, Malin worked at Handelsbanken Kapitalförvaltning, External Funds and Alternative Investment with responsibility for External Funds within Handelsbanken. Malin has also spent close to 10 years at Skandia as a Senior Fundanalyst and Portfolio manager, where she had a broad coverage across asset classes including hedge funds. There she was a member of SkandiaLinks and Skandia Global Funds investment committees as well as board member of Skandia Investment Advisory Services AB.

She is a certified EFFAS Financial Analyst (CEFA), authorized Financial Analyst (AFA), and a member of the Swedish Society of Financial Analysts.

Mikko Niskanen, CFA, is Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of AIM Capital, an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) located in Helsinki, Finland. AIM Capital focuses predominantly on external manager selection and is the manager of its own fund vehicles (AIFs) which invest in hedge funds, alternative credit strategies and ILS investments.

Prior to AIM Capital, Mikko Niskanen was among others a hedge fund investor at OP Bank Group. He also worked for 12 years at the Bank of Finland as an economist.

Ulrika Bergman, CFA, is a Chief Investment Officer at the Nobel Foundation.

At the Nobel Foundation Ulrika is actively managing a SEK 4 billion fund portfolio, covering all asset classes. Before joining the Nobel Foundation in May 2017, she was heading up a Global Equity Team managing SEK 170 billion at SEB. Up until 2007 she held positions as Risk Manager and Account Manager at RPM where she started her career. RPM is an alternative investment house, focusing on directional investment strategies, specifically Managed Futures and Global Macro. She holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics. Ulrika Bergman is a CFA® charterholder.

Simon is the CEO and Founder of OPM, Optimized Portfolio Management – a Swedish fund management company focusing on actively managed funds of Hedge Funds, Private Equity and low risk equity. The key to the company’s strategy is to deliver attractive complementary investments to institutional portfolios. Besides being committed to the preservation and growth of perpetual capital there is a clear focus on creating additional value through lower portfolio risk and improved correlation patterns.

OPM believes that there is a generally positive relationship between risk adjusted returns for the funds and good ethical standards among the underlying companies that the fund either directly or indirectly are invested in. This conviction is why responsible investing is an integral part in the strategy to create greater alpha.

OPM has also developed proprietary methodology and technology for strategic allocations and assessment of an optimal risk profiles, OPM ESA and OPM ORP,  that today is used by strategic clients. OPM was founded in 2004 and is today a part of CARAM, Carnegie Affiliated Managers. Simon started his career at Investor AB as Head of Investor AB:s Equity Trading. Simon is also one of the founders of Speed Ventures NV, a VC company focusing on early internet ventures with offices in 10 countries.

Björn Wendleby is the Managing Partner of Denovo Advokatbyrå. He specializes in exchange and securities law, banking and finance legislation and fund operations. Björn has significant regulatory experience representing clients in contacts with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. He has over the years participated in a number of long term projects implementing new legislation, such as MIFID, PSD and AIFMD.

Jonathan Sjöö is Portfolio Manager at von Euler & Partners, a partner owned Multi-Family Office based in Stockholm. He is responsible for analysis and allocation of external fund managers and he cover hedge fund strategies across all asset classes. Jonathan holds a Degree of Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics from Linköping University.

Claudia has 19 years of experience in finance, of which 13 at AP3. After obtaining a MSc in Actuarial Sciences at City University in London, she joined Sun Life Financial as an Actuarial Analyst for 5 years. She started at AP3 in 2002 as a Quantitative Analyst. Two and a half years later she became a portfolio manager in the Global Equity team where she specialised in selecting long-only managers. In 2007, as AP3 operated a separation between alpha and beta strategies, Claudia’s focus extended to alternative asset strategies.

Today, Claudia is responsible for manager research, manager selection and portfolio construction of externally managed strategies for the alpha and beta portfolios. She covers traditional long-only strategies and hedge funds strategies across all asset classes. Claudia is also member of the Risk Management Committee at AP3.

Helen Idenstedt,Analyst, Alternative Investments at First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1).

At AP 1 Helen is actively managing a USD 2 billion hedge fund portfolio. Before joining AP1 in 2015, Helen worked as Head of Product Management and Risk Manager at RPM. RPM is an alternative investment house, focusing on directional investment strategies, specifically Managed Futures and Global Macro. She started her career as a statistician at Statistic Sweden and holds a Master in Mathematical Statistics as well as a Bachelor in Economics.

Otto has been managing hedge fund portfolios since 2004. Otto joined SEB in 2007 from Atlas Capital Group in London where he was a portfolio manager and research analyst covering long/short equity strategies. Otto Francke holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering specializing in applied mathematics from The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Martin is responsible for all alternative investments (in total US 7 billion in NAV) at AP1 and consists of teams managing Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Farmland investments. He is the Chairman of the Investment Committee for Alternative Investments at AP1 and is on a day-to-day basis actively managing a USD 2 billion hedge fund portfolio.

Before joining AP1 in 2007, Martin was Head of Investment and Actuarial Consulting at Aon in the region and a member of the Global Investment Practice Committee. He started his career as an actuary at Watson Wyatt and holds a Masters in Finance from Stockholm School of Business and is educated in Behavioral Psychology.

Peter Ragnarsson is Head of Alternative Investments at PRI Pensionsgaranti, covering alternative investments within hedge fund strategies across all asset classes, as well as real estate, infrastructure and private equity investments. Previously he has been an investment professional at AP3 The Third Swedish Pension Fund and at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management.

He has substantial expertise in identifying, analyzing and establishing new strategies and mandates within alternative investments as well as investment execution and portfolio management. He holds a Degree of Master of Science in Engineering, major in Financial Mathematics, from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, as well as a Degree of Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics, major in Financing, from Stockholm University.

Erik is the Chief Investment Officer Coeli and has overall responsibility for the company’s asset management and asset allocation. Erik is also responsible portfolio manager of Coelisstrategic portfolios as well as for the selection of the new management team. 

Erik has over ten years of experience in asset management and analysis. He holds a master’s degree in economics from Örebro University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, CEFA from Stockholm School of Economics.

Claudia has 19 years of experience in finance, of which 13 at AP3. After obtaining a MSc in Actuarial Sciences at City University in London, she joined Sun Life Financial as an Actuarial Analyst for 5 years. She started at AP3 in 2002 as a Quantitative Analyst. Two and a half years later she became a portfolio manager in the Global Equity team where she specialised in selecting long-only managers. In 2007, as AP3 operated a separation between alpha and beta strategies, Claudia’s focus extended to alternative asset strategies.

Today, Claudia is responsible for manager research, manager selection and portfolio construction of externally managed strategies for the alpha and beta portfolios. She covers traditional long-only strategies and hedge funds strategies across all asset classes. Claudia is also member of the Risk Management Committee at AP3.

Michael Petry is Head of Hedge Funds at Danske Capital and at the same time Portfolio Manager of the Danske Invest Hedge Fixed Income Strategies fund. Michael joined Danske Capital in November 2004 from a position as Senior Dealer with Danske Markets where he worked as a market maker in swaps and options. At Danske Markets he has previously worked with derivatives sales. Prior to this, Michael worked as a Portfolio Manager with Danmarks Nationalbank (the Danish central bank).

Michael has 18 years’ experience within Fixed Income and bond markets and holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Economics & Financial Planning) from the Aarhus School of Business.

Previously he has been an investment professional at AP3 The Third Swedish Pension Fund and at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management.

He has substantial expertise in identifying, analyzing and establishing new strategies and mandates within alternative investments as well as investment execution and portfolio management. He holds a Degree of Master of Science in Engineering, major in Financial Mathematics, from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, as well as a Degree of Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics, major in Financing, from Stockholm University.

Jauri has the manager selection and investment responsibility for Nordea’s externally managed alternative investment products, excluding Private Equity and Real Estate. His role includes the portfolio management responsibility for Nordea Institutional Investment Fund SICAV Fund of Hedge Funds as well as overseeing white-label alternative investment funds offered on the Nordea 1 SICAV platform and Nordea’s Guided Fund Universe for Wealth Management clients

Based in Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm, the Nordea Fund & Manager Selection team includes 21 investment professionals dedicated to selecting and monitoring equity, fixed income and alternative investment managers. The team oversees approximately EUR 25 billion in client asset under management.

Before joining Nordea in 2006, Jauri was Chief Investment Officer at Kaupthing Asset Management in the bank’s Finnish subsidiary, responsible for multi-manager investments. He joined Kaupthing Sofi in 1998 from EFG Private Bank (IBP). Prior to that, he has had senior roles at Pohjola (Arctos) and Alfred Berg Asset Management.

Jauri holds a M.Sc. (Econ.) degree from Svenska Handelshögskolan in Helsinki. He is also a certified EFFAS Financial Analyst (CEFA), member of the Finnish Society of Financial Analysts and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Fund Investors (APFI).

Wollert Hvide, born 1961, is CEO of Sector Asset Management AS. Until 2011 he was investment manager of Sector Omega AS. He has 18 years experience from air transportation, management consulting and the shipping industry. He co-founded Sector Asset Management in 1999 from a position as Deputy Managing Director of R.S. Platou Shipbrokers (joined in 1990) where he was responsible for strategic advisory of R.S. Platou’s prime customers with respect to market strategies. In 1987 Mr Hvide joined McKinsey & Co on their Fellowship Program, which included an MBA at INSEAD (distinction).

During his period with McKinsey & Co. Mr. Hvide worked on strategic and operational issues for leading Scandinavian companies including several shipping studies. Mr Hvide holds an MSc in naval architecture and marine engineering from the Norwegian School of Technology (1984).

Magnus has been with Lancelot Asset Management AB since  2011 where he is  responsible for the Fund Manager Selection. Since 2012  Magnus is also Portfolio Manager, responsible for the management of a fund of hedge funds, the Lancelot Global Select fund. Mr. Jahnke has for more than ten years worked with fund  manager selection.

He was previously at Nordea Investment Management and MFEX – Mutual Fund Exchange AB. Magnus Jahnke, born in 1975, MSc in Economics and Business Administration, University of Stockholm.

Julia Axelsson is head of manager selection and a member of the asset allocation team at the Swedish branch of Alandsbanken. She is responsible for sourcing investment ideas through analyzing a broad range of externally managed products, including both long-only and alternative strategies. She is co-managing several of Alandsbanken’s discretionary balanced mandates and funds.

Julia has more than ten years of investment experience managing balanced portfolios and fund-of-funds, previously at Kaupthing Bank and Nordea Investment Management. She holds a Master’s degree from Sofia University and has completed further studies at Stockholm University and Stockholm School of Economics. Julia is a Chartered alternative investments analyst (CAIASM).

Michael Petry is Head of Hedge Funds at Danske Capital and at the same time Portfolio Manager of the Danske Invest Hedge Fixed Income Strategies fund. Michael joined Danske Capital in November 2004 from a position as Senior Dealer with Danske Markets where he worked as a market maker in swaps and options. At Danske Markets he has previously worked with derivatives sales. Prior to this, Michael worked as a Portfolio Manager with Danmarks Nationalbank (the Danish central bank).

Michael has 18 years’ experience within Fixed Income and bond markets and holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Economics & Financial Planning) from the Aarhus School of Business.

Previously he has been an investment professional at AP3 The Third Swedish Pension Fund and at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management.

He has substantial expertise in identifying, analyzing and establishing new strategies and mandates within alternative investments as well as investment execution and portfolio management. He holds a Degree of Master of Science in Engineering, major in Financial Mathematics, from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, as well as a Degree of Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics, major in Financing, from Stockholm University.

Jauri has the manager selection and investment responsibility for Nordea’s externally managed alternative investment products, excluding Private Equity and Real Estate. His role includes the portfolio management responsibility for Nordea Institutional Investment Fund SICAV Fund of Hedge Funds as well as overseeing white-label alternative investment funds offered on the Nordea 1 SICAV platform and Nordea’s Guided Fund Universe for Wealth Management clients

Based in Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm, the Nordea Fund & Manager Selection team includes 21 investment professionals dedicated to selecting and monitoring equity, fixed income and alternative investment managers. The team oversees approximately EUR 25 billion in client asset under management.

Before joining Nordea in 2006, Jauri was Chief Investment Officer at Kaupthing Asset Management in the bank’s Finnish subsidiary, responsible for multi-manager investments. He joined Kaupthing Sofi in 1998 from EFG Private Bank (IBP). Prior to that, he has had senior roles at Pohjola (Arctos) and Alfred Berg Asset Management.

Jauri holds a M.Sc. (Econ.) degree from Svenska Handelshögskolan in Helsinki. He is also a certified EFFAS Financial Analyst (CEFA), member of the Finnish Society of Financial Analysts and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Fund Investors (APFI).

Kathryn M. Kaminski, PhD, is a visiting professor in industrial engineering and management at KTH, affili- ated faculty at the Stockholm School of Economics, and a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan. Kathryn earned her PhD at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her areas of research include: portfolio management, asset allocation, behavioral finance, and alternative investments. Kathryn lectures on derivatives, hedge funds, behavioral finance, and financial management.

In 2011/2012, she was voted Teacher of the Year at SSE as well as being a 100 Women in Hedge Funds, CAIA Scholar. Previously, Kathryn was the CIO and Founder of Alpha K Capital LLC. Kathryn was also a Senior Investment Analyst at RPM, a fund of hedge funds in Managed Futures. She also has quant experience in both emerging fixed-income and credit markets.

Kathryn is a featured contributor for the CME Market Education Group. Kathryn currently serves as an advisor for two hedge funds including Flyberry Capital, a newly launched Big-Data MIT/Harvard based hedge fund.

Prior to founding Alvine in 2005, Thomas was a partner and Managing Director of Key Asset Management (U.K.) Ltd for seven years. Prior to this he was Executive Vice President and the European Head of Fixed Income Sales for Banque Nationale de Paris in London and Executive Director in the Fixed Income and Equity Departments at Lehman Brothers in London and Geneva for over 10 years.

Thomas started his career in the Fixed Income department at CSFB in London and New York. Thomas holds a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in economics from Boston University.

Kristina Jacobsen is head of hedge funds at Ferd, a family owned Norwegian industrial and financial group. Prior to joining Ferd in 2011, Kristina held a position as Marketing Director in Sector Asset Management. She also spent five years working at Storebrand, completing the two year corporate trainee program and three years as senior advisor in Storebrand Asset Management.

Kristina holds a Master of Business and Economics (BI Norwegian Business School 1999) and is a Certified Portfolio Manager (The Norwegian Society of Financial Analysts/Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (2004)

Prior to founding Alvine in 2005, Thomas was a partner and Managing Director of Key Asset Management (U.K.) Ltd for seven years. Prior to this he was Executive Vice President and the European Head of Fixed Income Sales for Banque Nationale de Paris in London and Executive Director in the Fixed Income and Equity Departments at Lehman Brothers in London and Geneva for over 10 years.

Thomas started his career in the Fixed Income department at CSFB in London and New York. Thomas holds a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in economics from Boston University.

Magnus Dahlquist is the Peter Wallenberg Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Financial Research (SIFR) in Stockholm. Dahlquist is also a Research Fellow with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, and with the Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR) in the Netherlands.

Dahlquist obtained his doctoral degree in 1995 at the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University. He joined the Stockholm School of Economics in 1996 and served on the faculty of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University between 1998 and 2002. Dahlquist was the Director of SIFR between 2003 and 2008.

Dahlquist’s research interests lie in the fields of asset pricing and international finance. His current research focuses on (i) risks and returns in global equity markets, (ii) information and incentives as determinants of the portfolio choice of individual and institutional investors, (iii) the behavior and determination of exchange rates and interest rates, and (iv) performance evaluation and practical problems related to portfolio selection.

He has taught courses on debt instruments and markets, investment management, global financial markets, and international business in Master of Science, MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD programs at Duke University, London Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dahlquist has served on the board of and been the advisor to several financial institutions as well as government authorities.

Tomi Långström is CEO and Head of Business Development for Northern Star, a Helsinki based investment management company. Northern Star specialises in Multi-Asset and Emerging Market investment management. Before co-founding Northern Star in 2010, Tomi was Head of Nordics and Emerging Markets in Man Investments in Switzerland from 2004. During his experience in the industry since 1995, Tomi has held positions as Senior Relationship Manager in RMF in 2002-2003, Development Manager in Helsinki Exchanges in 2000-2002 and Senior Management Consultant in Ernst & Young Management Consulting in 1997-2000.

Tomi has an ability to develop businesses and create innovative investment solutions for institutional investors. He has been successful in capital raising for different alternative investment classes and strategies.  Tomi holds MA in Economics from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.

Thomas Bergstrom, CAIA, is a senior portfolio manager and a member of the Nordea Alternative & Manager selection team within the investment management branch of the Nordea Bank. He manages and co-manages several hedge fund portfolios covering all client segments and has been managing hedge fund portfolios since early 2008.

He invests in and covers all strategies including both discretionary and systematic across all asset classes. He was part of the team setting up the fund of hedge funds business and was in charge of the risk m

anagement and was conducting due diligence and manager research. Earlier he was the risk manager of equity based hedge fund strategies in the bank, involved in portfolio construction, risk management and quantitative support for both directional and market neutral portfolios.

Thomas has nine years of hedge fund experience and a total of thirteen years of industry experience including quantitative research and risk management for traditional asset classes. He holds a masters in Finance / Economics from the University of Stockholm

Yngve T. Jordal is a Partner in Pareto Nordic Investments AS, an Oslo-based firm managing hedge funds and Nordic equity and fixed income long mandates.

He currently heads marketing and risk management for Nordic Alpha and Nordic Omega, two Long/Short equity funds.

He has managed a multistrategy fund of hedge funds from 2005 until 2010, and also developed and raised capital for a number of other hedge fund products in the firm under its previous name Orkla Finans Kapitalforvaltning.

Prior to joining the firm, Yngve worked in Equities for Fortis Investments in Paris, and started his career in 2001 as an Equities Fund Manager trainee with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in London, following and internship with Mercury Asset Management in 2000.

He holds an MA Honours degree in Business, French and German from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Lars Lövgren has worked in the financial markets since graduating in economics from Uppsala University in 1984. After university he joined a finance company, Finansor, where he worked with business development and corporate sales. In 1986 he moved on to Götabanken, involved in fixed income sales and trading. His responsibilities were gradually extended and in 1990 he was appointed head of the Fixed Income department. 1994 Lars was appointed head of trading and deputy General Manager at Nordbanken’s (today Nordea) office in Hong Kong.

The following year he joined Skandia Insurance Company Ltd in Stockholm as Head of its treasury vehicle Skandia Capital AB, in 1999 Lövgren was appointed Group Treasurer at Skandia, a post that he held until Oct 2001. After that he joined the hedge fund industry, he became the CEO of a jointly Skandia/DNB owned hedge fund start-up company. Lars today holds the position as Head of Hedge Funds in DNB Asset Management, it includes responsibility for external hedge fund investments through fund of hedgefunds and the overall responsibility for hedgefunds managed internally.