The Norwegian hedge fund industry has emerged as the standout performer in the Nordic region in recent years, translating strong returns into rapid asset...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
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...
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...
Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
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...
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 Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
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 Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
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...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
The finance ministers of the European Union will discuss measures to implement greater supervision of hedge funds this week. April 20 (Reuters): The...
The management team of Sandro Naef, Henrik Østergaard Pedersen and Torben Skødeberg has departed Nordea Investment Management and the fixed income fund Nordea Fixed...
An employee with the Swedish hedge fund manager Cevian Capital has, along with three others including a Nordea-employee, been exposed as a partaker in...
According to the New York-based Norwegian hedge fund manager Roar Berg, hedge funds have passed their prime. He believes that the market is saturated...
The finnish pension insurance company Ilmarinen has plans to increase its hedge fund allocation from its current 2.5%. March 26 (Epn.com): Ilmarinen, the Finnish...
In less than a year, 19 personnel members at Scandinavia’s largest hedge fund management company Brummer & Partners have departed. During the course...
