Varberg-headquartered asset manager Simplicity AB has agreed to acquire Norron’s fund management business, taking over the management of the five UCITS funds that comprise...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
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...
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 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...
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 Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
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 Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
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...
According to new data, commodity returns match those of equity and are less risky. April 5 (knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu): Most investors know that speculating on commodities...
April 6 (BusinessWire): The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index returned 1.88% in March according to a preliminary report released today by Greenwich-Van Advisors, LLC,...
Hedge funds cannot blame a mass inflow of money from institutions for causing weak performance, according to a senior HSBC executive April 5 (Reuters):...
Institutional investors are now seriously changing how hedge funds operate April 4 (Reuters): Proposed laws giving U.S. pension plans more freedom to put money...
