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Länsförsäkringar’s Sebastian Hallenius Departs After Nine Years

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Sebastian Hallenius, Head of Asset Allocation at Länsförsäkringar Fonder, is leaving the firm after nine years, including seven years as portfolio manager of the...

Protean Promotes COO to CEO as Founder Focuses on Investing

Visio Allocator Delivers Record Month on AI Chip Rally

Colosseum’s Difficult Stretch Continues as Co-Portfolio Manager Departs

CABA Offers Another Roll Down the Curve

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Extracting Alpha from the Factor Zoo Through Systematic Investing

There are multiple ways to approach equity investing and, ultimately, the pursuit of alpha. While many strategies rely on market direction or discretionary stock...

Building Liquidity Around an Illiquid Core at Aars

Morten Christensen, Chief Financial Officer of Norwegian family office Aars, has effectively built the structure of the investment management of the family office from...

Tidan NOVA Profiting from Volatility Skew as Market Participants Seek Protection

Tidan Capital’s evolution into a multi-strategy platform reflects a broader effort to deliver complementary sources of alpha, with its NOVA strategy serving as a...

Elo’s Slow-Moving Hedge Fund Portfolio Built Around Access

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...

Apoteket CIO Leans on Hedge Funds for High Sharpe

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,...

The New Coda: From Intuition to a Unified Investment Process

Peter Andersland is best known in the Nordic hedge fund space as the co-founder of Sector Asset Management, where he remains a shareholder. While...

Ress Launches Euro Feeder as Life Settlements Enter a Higher-Return Regime

In the decade leading up to 2023, Ress Life Investments generated annualized returns in excess of 6 percent in a persistently low interest rate...

Data, AI, and the Quest for Edge in Hedge Funds

When boarding a plane, most passengers instinctively glance into the cockpit. Even though modern aircraft largely operate on autopilot, the presence of a pilot...
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HSBC’s Three Decades of Building Hedge Fund Portfolios

Hedge fund investing has become increasingly institutionalized and resource-intensive,...

The Benefits of Multi-Manager Portfolios in CTA Investing

At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous....

Why Some Nordic Allocators Prefer Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds

Many institutional allocators spend years building portfolios of single-strategy...

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Systematic Multi-Strategy as a Portfolio Diversifier

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Allocators Seek Sharpe, Not Spectacle When Opting for Multi Managers

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Global allocators are once again paying closer attention to...
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OP’s R2 Crystal Sees Stronger Case for Hedge Funds

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In-Depth: CTA ETFs

Two Allocators, One View: Liquidity, Cost and Control Behind CTA ETF Adoption

On the surface, Morten Christensen, Chief Financial Officer at...

Maybe CTA Alpha is Simpler Than You Think: Evidence from the ETF Space

By Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi: Managers of CTA hedge funds...

Othania Positions Trend-Following at the Core of Multi-Asset Portfolios

Not many investors in the Nordics explicitly allocate to...

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Muddling Through the Mess: Managed Futures ETFs

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Ridge Capital’s Mantra: “Never Lose Money”

Nordic high-yield-focused fund Ridge Capital Northern Yield has emerged...

PIMCO: Similar Yields, Better Risk Profile in European High Yield

The U.S. high yield market has long been regarded...

Avoiding the Echo Chamber: Kraft’s Playbook in Tighter High-Yield Market

Delivering strong returns during a market rebound is one...

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Folketrygdfondet on Nordic High Yield: More Global, but Is It More Resilient?

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High-Yield Bonds Knock Out Stocks

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Nordic high-yield bonds and the managers specializing in them...
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Benchmark-Plus High-Yield Investing at LD Pensions

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In-Depth: Emerging Markets

Veritas Looks Beyond Benchmarks to Frontier Markets for Carry

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The Emerging Markets Revival and the Case for Systematic, Diversified Exposure

Emerging market equities outperformed developed markets in 2025 for...

Emerging Markets Back in Focus, but Still a Satellite Allocation at Folksam

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AP2 Extends Systematic Approach to Emerging Markets Bonds

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Systematic investing has become a widely embraced approach in...
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Veritas Rethinks Emerging Market Exposure: Shift to “Ex-China” Allocations

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AP2’s Quant Approach to EM Equities: Balancing Risk, Return, and Sustainability

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AP3 Re-Enters Emerging Markets with a Fresh Lens

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In-Depth: Diversification in a Correlated World

AP3’s Tactical Layer: A New Dimension of Diversification

Diversification is often discussed in terms of broad asset...

Diversifying with Gold and Silver: Why Miners Amplify Opportunity

In the institutional investor’s world, diversification is not a...

SilverDome One: Building Resilience in a Correlated World

In early 2023, two Swedes who had spent six...

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Trade-off Between Illiquidity and Rebalancing Premium

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In the search for diversification and higher returns, institutional...
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Diversification in the Era of Monetary Reset

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Diversification has long been a cornerstone of investing, designed...
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AP3’s Tactical Layer: A New Dimension of Diversification

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Diversification is often discussed in terms of broad asset...
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Diversifying with Gold and Silver: Why Miners Amplify Opportunity

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In the institutional investor’s world, diversification is not a...

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Why Some Nordic Allocators Prefer Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds

Many institutional allocators spend years building portfolios of single-strategy hedge funds across different asset classes, geographies, and investment...

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Standard & Poor's says that hedge funds returns, as measured by the S&P Hedge Fund Index rose 2.01% in January.  Leading the charge into...

Iceland’s Gildi pension fund is building hedge fund portfolio

The $3 billion Gildi Pension Fund has been allocating a portion of its assets to hedge funds. February 16 (Hedgeworld/Infovest21/LexisNexis): The $3 billion Gildi...

BlackRock and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers have tied the knot

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Hedgenordic NHX index preliminary est. up 1.40% in January; 93% of the funds reporting

Based on preliminary figures, the Hedgenordic index (NHX) is up 1.40% in January with 93% of the funds reporting, showing that Nordic hedge funds had...

Hennessee: Hedge fund index up 3.51% in January

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Pension schemes warned of hedge fund “herd mentality”

 Industry expert warns about a possible “herd mentality” developing in hedge fund investing by pension schemes. February 14 (IPE.com): European pension funds have...

Merrill global survey: Fund managers prefer commodities and hedge funds over real estate

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After the Swedish FSA formally withdrew the practicing licence from Swedish fund company Kullberg & Spiik on January 30, the company has appealed this...
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