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Is “sustainable investing” bureaucracy helpful?
Skagen Fondene´s Head of ESG, Sondre Myge, gives his perspective on window dressing, counterproductive practices and how Skagen are refocusing on real economy outcomes and transition....
Andra AP-fondens (AP2) sustainability policies – Paris-alignment and impact-tracking
Åsa Mossberg, Head of Sustainability & Communications, talks to us about the Swedish buffer funds priorities and methodologies in making portfolios align with sustainability goals......
A global perspective on transition, engagement and emerging markets
We spoke to Fredric Nyström, Head of Sustainability and Active Ownership at Trejde AP-fonden (AP3), about the fund´s sustainable investment policy and how it clarifies their focus on the biggest risks and influence on society.....
LocalTapiola’s Private Markets Allocations
Local Tapiola´s Director of Private Equity & Private Debt, Tero Pesonen, talks to us about tactical allocations and how a broader mandate, with more flexibility, allows for a wider collection of return drivers and better diversification......
AP3 Revisits Emerging Market Equities
Jonas Thulin, recently appointed CIO of the third Swedish buffer fund, talks to us about re-entering emerging markets and the importance of letting tactical work complement strategic allocations to drive returns.... ........
NordicInvestor roundtable – diversifying private debt portfolios
Allocators and asset managers from Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands discussed geographic diversification, market timing and distressed opportunities, credit ratings, defaults and workouts, sizes of corporate borrowers and consumer versus corporate risk. Most allocators’ existing exposure to private debt is well below their targets and there is plenty of capital to deploy.
Increasing opportunistic weightings in special situations and distressed, and expanding ESG
Petri Lehtola, Portfolio Manager at OP Asset Management, talks to us about allocations across a range of portfolios and his belief that default risk is key to credit investing and that it should also create good opportunities after a volatile period.....
Laegernes Pension: Outperformance from SAA, TAA and illiquids
We sat down with Søren Nielsen and Jan Willard to talk about a challenging past year where the team still managed to outperform their benchmark thanks to tactical allocations and strategic, bottom-up selection of illiquid strategies.......
Elo’s private credit allocation: Well positioned for potential downturn
Tuomo Hietaniemi and Antti Kortela, Portfolio Managers, Private Debt Funds, gives us an in-depth look into a well diversified portfolio of direct lending, specialty finance, asset backed lending and special situations strategies as well as strategies and allocations going forward....
Nordic investor report: Alternative credit in the new economic climate
Over the past year we have interviewed allocators who specialise in alternative and private credit across the Nordics. This report highlights how Nordic investors and allocators are adapting to a new environment of raising rates, sticky inflation and possible recession and how it is effecting their strategies and allocations to alternative credit......