The traditional 60/40 portfolio, combining the complementary roles of equities and bonds, remains a central reference point in institutional portfolio construction. Few investors have...
By Steven Braun at Newfound Research and Return Stacked® Portfolio Solutions: Despite its ambiguous origins, the 60/40 remains the default portfolio for investors approaching...
Insurance-linked investments offer something increasingly difficult to find in institutional portfolios: return drivers that are fundamentally different from those behind equities and bonds. At...
The 60/40 portfolio was built on a simple premise: equities drive long-term returns while bonds provide stability and diversification. But that relationship is no...
Bonds helped investors to diversify equity between about 2000 and 2021, which more than covers the entire career of many allocators. Since 2022 bonds...
Stockholm-based boutique manager Ridge Capital has strengthened its investment team with the appointments of Oliver Eliassen as Senior Portfolio Analyst and Olivia Berg Wadsten...
Danish fixed-income boutique SRV Capital has strengthened its investment team following another year of strong growth, promoting analyst Peter Dam Skjærbæk to Portfolio Manager...
Not every hedge fund conversation has to center solely on strategy, returns, or market moves. In HedgeNordic’s Quirky Questions series, we step beyond the...
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...
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,...
As Chief Investment Officer of the Nobel Foundation, Ulrika Bergman is responsible for overseeing the foundation’s investment strategy to ensure the long-term financial sustainability...
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Fund boutique Origo Fonder has appointed Per Johansson as Co-Chief Investment Officer and Oscar Severinsson as Chief Operating Officer. Johansson, a well-known...
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Stockholm-based fund boutique Tidan Capital has announced the appointment of Stuart Abel as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Abel, a...
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – The founding duo of the newly-launched Swedish hedge fund Protean Select has appointed Daniel Mackey as the Chief Operating Officer of...
Increased investment in non-traditional asset classes by institutional investors have translated into a successful year for the European alternative investment industry, both academically and economically. May...
May 15 (BusinessWire): The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained +2.23%, outperforming the S&P 500 and the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index in April,...
According to Mercer Investment Consulting's latest data on 2005 manager search trends, an increasing use of consultants by Continental European investors is emerging. May...
The mergers and acquisitions activity in Europe continues, although at a slower pace. May 15 (Reuters): If first quarter M&A activity in Europe started...
