When macro manager Nils Brobacke stepped down from managing Brobacke Global Allokering in late 2025, the team at Alfakraft Fonder faced a choice: wind...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
Infrastructure has traditionally been viewed as one of the more defensive corners of private markets, characterized by essential services, stable cash flows, and hard-asset...
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...
After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
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 Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
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 Thomas Babbedge at GreshamQuant: I first went to the Exeter Racecourse when I was thirteen years old with the girl next-door. I don't remember where...
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...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
Hedge fund investing has become increasingly institutionalized and resource-intensive, requiring access to specialized managers alongside deep due diligence, portfolio construction, risk management, and ongoing...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
Many institutional allocators spend years building portfolios of single-strategy hedge funds across different asset classes, geographies, and investment styles. Yet there is also a...
Global allocators are once again paying closer attention to multi-strategy and multi-manager hedge fund solutions. But unlike the years before the financial crisis, the...
A Swiss family office is seeking to allocate $5 million to liquid alternative investment strategies, including hedge funds, managed futures, commodities, and funds providing...
For much of the past decade, hedge funds struggled to compete against strong beta-driven markets fueled by ultra-low interest rates and abundant liquidity. But...
Equity hedge fund Impega marked its three-year anniversary this May, concluding the period with annualized returns of approximately 35 percent. According to founder and...
Just months after reducing the capacity of Protean Select to SEK 1 billion, Protean Funds Scandinavia has reached the threshold and decided to suspend...
Two Nordic hedge funds have been recognized at the CTA and Discretionary Trader Awards 2026, organized by The Hedge Fund Journal. Qblue Balanced’s Qblue...
