A year after fixed-income boutique Carlsson Norén Asset Management and its investment team joined Meriti Capital, the Swedish asset manager is expanding its fixed-income...
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...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
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...
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 Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
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 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 Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
By Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
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...
According to a professor of finance, hedge fund alpha can be defined as a finite commodity totalling $30 billion each year. March 13 (Investmentnews.com):...
The Swedish FSA has contested the second motion of inhibition made by Swedish hedge fund management company Kullberg & Spiik. According to the company,...
Investors may have underpriced or mispriced country risks and are now highly vulnerable to a sell off, according to analysts. March 10 (Reuters): Heady...
Pension funds making a foray into commodities in search of uncorrelated returns might face correlation risk March 10 (GlobalPensions): Pension funds making a foray...
Nearly two-thirds of pension funds and their advisers polled by Henderson Global Investors would consider greater use of alternative investments and investment methods to...
Only one in three hedge fund investors are concerned about funds' infrastructures, a study by industry consultants finds. March 9 (CNN/Reuters): Even as hedge...
Hedge funds delivered tiny gains in February after starting the year off with strong returns in January March 8 (Reuters): Hedge funds delivered only...
