By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
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...
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...
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...
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 Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
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 Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
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...
According to a prominent Norwegian law firm, hedge fund legislation delayed until 2007, questions its significance anyway. Comments made by Peter Hammerich, Partner...
According to Swedish hedge fund firm Whitebeam Fonder AB, adverse market conditions will make it more difficult for long/short equity funds to make money,...
Despite all asset classes taking a beating following the market correction in May, Norwegian investors, like their Swedish neighbours, have kept their faith in...
The Swedish banking corporation SEB has been granted permission to conduct asset management business in Norway. There, it will soon launch a new Nordic...
While not agreeing with the ECB’s recent comparison between hedge funds and bird flu, Norwegian hedge fund manager Peter Warren concedes that hedge funds...
Transparency in European hedge fund managers' operations has emerged as a new and universal concern for institutional investors, according to a new ...
