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...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
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...
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 markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
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...
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...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
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 Scott Schefrin, Portfolio Manager at AB Hedge Fund Solutions: After a series of slower years for deal activity, merger arbitrage has re-emerged as a compelling strategy...
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...
Longevity is not a defining feature of the hedge fund industry. Wide performance dispersion, impatient capital, and a high fixed-cost base create a fragile...
Soon after Kari Vatanen joined Finnish pension insurer Elo as Head of Asset Allocation and Alternatives, he praised the team behind the firm’s hedge...
The notion that a traditional 60/40 portfolio offers meaningful diversification has long been questioned by practitioners. When implementing the Total Portfolio Approach at Danish...
Tidan Capital’s evolution into a multi-strategy platform reflects a broader effort to deliver complementary sources of alpha, with its NOVA strategy serving as a...
There are multiple ways to approach equity investing and, ultimately, the pursuit of alpha. While many strategies rely on market direction or discretionary stock...
Gustav Karner, Chief Investment Officer of Apoteket’s Pension Fund since 2017, has delivered one of the highest Sharpe ratios among Sweden’s largest institutional investors,...
Morten Christensen, Chief Financial Officer of Norwegian family office Aars, has effectively built the structure of the investment management of the family office from...
