The Lynx Program posted a strong first half of 2026, returning 25.9 percent, its second-best first-half performance in its 25-year history. Lynx Asset Management’s...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
While parts of the private equity industry have faced a challenging dealmaking environment in recent years, Nordic mid-market buyout manager Summa Equity has navigated...
Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
By Bjarne Graven Larsen: For decades during the great moderation, the 60/40 portfolio was the institutional investor's Swiss army knife. Equities grew wealth; bonds...
By Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi: After a decade of studying CTAs, we have drawn three conclusions about the nature of their alpha generation. At the...
By Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
By Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
By Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
BlackRock has launched the BSF Tactical Opportunities Plus Fund, a new liquid alternatives UCITS strategy designed to meet growing investor demand for macro strategies...
A year after fixed-income boutique Carlsson Norén Asset Management and its investment team joined Meriti Capital, the Swedish asset manager is expanding its fixed-income...
Varberg-headquartered asset manager Simplicity AB has agreed to acquire Norron’s fund management business, taking over the management of the five UCITS funds that comprise...
Nordea’s Alpha 15 MA Fund, the highest-risk, highest-return strategy within Nordea’s three-fund Alpha range of risk premia solutions, celebrates its 15-year anniversary following a...
When macro manager Nils Brobacke stepped down from managing Brobacke Global Allokering in late 2025, the team at Alfakraft Fonder faced a choice: wind...
Nordic hedge funds continued their positive momentum from April into May, as the Nordic Hedge Index advanced 2.54 percent. The gain came against the...
By Bjarne Graven Larsen: For decades during the great moderation, the 60/40 portfolio was the institutional investor's Swiss army knife. Equities grew wealth; bonds...
