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The Nordic Brief

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.

By |2023-06-19T12:00:24+02:00June 13th, 2023|Categories: Alternatives, Fixed Income, People, The Nordic Brief|

Biodiversity impacts asset managers

As you read this article, an animal or insect species, somewhere in the world, will disappear forever. Due to the impact of human activity on the natural world, in the past decades biodiversity has been declining 100 to 1,000 times faster than what would be considered natural. This development threatens not only nature, but also human survival.......

By |2023-06-19T12:00:57+02:00June 13th, 2023|Categories: ESG, The Nordic Brief|

Impact private credit: investing beyond the bottom line

Challenging the consensus view that impact investments are only possible via equity, interest is growing in impact credit as an innovative, targeted, and effective response to big global issues, including climate change. Financing is provided for firms delivering positive financial returns, as well as material and measurable environmental and/or social impact.....

By |2023-05-12T15:04:15+02:00April 28th, 2023|Categories: Alternatives, Private Debt, The Nordic Brief|

Reconsidering the banks sector

Royal London Asset Management´s Head of Sustainable Investments, Mike Fox, makes the case for why the firm is increasing exposure to banks amidst a changing macro environment, more attractive financial characteristics for equity investors and improved environmental performance as better disclosure on financed emissions and clearer policies on future lending are made.....

By |2023-05-12T13:32:00+02:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: Equities, ESG, Fixed Income, The Nordic Brief|
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