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...
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 markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
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 credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
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...
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 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...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
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...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
Rapid changes in institutional investment strategies will result in a strong decline of traditional low-risk, long-only mandates leading to further significant changes at investment...
VER, Finland’s government pension fund, increased its alternative investments in 2006. In February, the fund strengthened its analyst team in order to...
Bergsgård Petersson Nordic Hedge, Bergsgård Petersson Macro Hedge and Bergsgård Petersson Fond-i-Fond, the three new fund offerings from Swedish hedge fund manager Bergsgård Petersson...
The number of hedge funds entering into the 12 leading industry databases rose by 61% during 2006. PerTrac Financial Solutions has published the aggregate...
The global equity long/short hedge fund Whisper Hedge and the Nordic focussed macro/fixed income hedge fund Northern Spirit have joined The Nordic Hedge Fund...
After only two months as co-manager of the Swedish equity hedge fund Pecunia, Pia Rudengren has left the management company Peter Edwall Kapitalförvaltning. ...
Hedge fund research company and index provider Hedge Fund Research has launched the HFRX Volatility Index, the first index tracking hedge funds investing in...
The election committee has nominated Autoliv exec Lars Westerberg for a seat in Volvo’s board at upcoming elections, bypassing hedge fund manager Christer Gardell....
