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LATEST ARTICLES
Prime opportunities within direct lending
Within the direct lending universe M&G Investments believes the most attractive opportunities lie within the more conservative end of the mid-market. We explore why this is likely to be the case and how conditions within the asset class have changed....
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......
Pure Play Bank Risk Sharing and Regulatory Capital
Whitecroft argue that bank risk sharing (also known as SRT) could deliver returns as good or even better than high yield or leveraged loans, but with a portfolio of mainly investment grade assets. The market is booming but deal selection is key....
Pohjantähti: Keenly awaiting Solvency II Reforms
A smaller Finnish insurer embracing alternatives; we interviewed Jani Partanen, Chief Investment Officer & CFO, who runs EUR 240 million, mainly allocated to external managers.......
Mitigating Risks in Supply Chain Finance and Trade Finance
Trade finance and supply chain finance are broad strategy groups that have become popular amongst Nordic investors, not least insurance companies. The collapses of Greensill Capital highlights some risk factors of these strategies. We spoke to one manager to discuss how risk factors can be managed and mitigated.....
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the investment opportunity
The last 12 month’s market turmoil has illustrated what can happen when the markets are suddenly faced with a risk for which they are unprepared. It is also a reminder that uncertainty is disruptive for businesses and investors alike, and that risk management is paramount in the pursuit of long-term goals.....
PKA’s ESG Policies Gather Momentum; Exclusions, Green Assets, Social Assets and Reporting
ESG Manager, Louise Aagaard, gives insight into how the ESG team integrates across investment departments, but also works closely with legal and risk.....
Aktia’s Extensive ESG Policies; Sovereign Debt, Impact Bonds, Transition, Reporting and Biodiversity
Markus Lindqvist, Head of ESG at Aktia Asset Management in Helsinki, Finland, highlights some of the distinctive features of its ESG policies. Aktia manages EUR 10.4 billion for institutional and retail clients, in the asset management division.....
ELO’s Asset Allocation and ESG Priorities; Active Management, Climate Change, Carbon Reporting and Engagement
Q&A with Jonna Ryhänen and Katja Einesalo from ELO, pension insurance company, which manages EUR 26 billion in pensions for one third of all Finnish companies and about 40% of self-employed people in Finland.........
Commercial real estate investors revisit inflation
Inflation has been dormant for at least the last two decades. While out-of-sight, it is never out-of-mind especially in financial markets. So, are current inflation fears excessive?
Can European small caps continue to deliver?
In Europe, the small cap effect – where smaller companies outperform their larger peers – is very much alive and kicking! Identifying quality and structural growth drivers is key to finding the mid- and large-caps of tomorrow......
Bitcoin, Blockchain and Digital Finance: Fintech Goes Mainstream in the COVID-19 Era
J.P. Morgan Global Research examines the current trends in blockchain technology, the Bitcoin market, digital currencies and the rise of digital banking.....
AFA is open to adding to Illiquid Alternatives
“All asset prices are on steroids, but we take a long-term view”, says Mikael Huldt, AFA´s Head of Alternative Investments. He also shares with us how the alternatives program is developing and how ESG criteria is evolving.....
KLP’s Environmental and ESG Policies; Many Rapidly Evolving Initiatives
Lars Erik Mangset is Chief Advisor, Climate Change for KLP, the largest occupational pension fund in Norway. In this interview he provides great insight into the work they are doing and how it is integrated into strategic asset allocation, risk and compliance.....
Cutting Fixed Income Exposure; Adding to Equities, Alternatives, ESG and Impact
Church of Finland Pension Fund´s, Joonas Huttunen, gives us an in-depth interview on how they are adapting allocations to new environments and the challenges they see ahead....
Iceland: a Frontier Market in the North Atlantic Navigating the Covid Crisis and Response
We interviewed from Arion bank Hjörleifur Arnar Waagfjörð, Head of Institutional Asset Management, and Haraldur Yngvi Pétursson, Senior Portfolio Manager, to hear how the economy and investment strategies have developed over 2020 and 2021.
Topdanmark’s Growing ESG Ambitions
We spoke to Portfolio Manager, Andreas Stang who is responsible for the ESG strategy, to learn about how policies are partly firm-wide while additional policies apply to certain ESG strategies.....
Using climate science to uncover investment opportunities
Many investors are overexposed to the risks stemming from climate change while being underexposed to the accompanying investment opportunities....a thematic approach may well be the best way to deal with specific sustainability issues....
European Small-Caps – Virtual Roundtable
In the latest episode of our webcast series, we discuss European small-caps and wether it´s spring time and green shoots for the asset class. NordicInvestor´s Contributing Editor, Hamlin Lovell, was joined by Oddo BHF´s Armel Coville, Wellington´s Anna Lundén and TIN Fonder´s Carl Armfeldt, in a discussion that covered many angles on the opportunity set available.....
Debt cancellation needs to be on the table
The quick dismissal by Christine Lagarde and other central bankers and economists on the prospect of debt cancellation as part of the pandemic recovery misses one very obvious fact......
Global Equities – 2021 Outlook
A preference for Asia, dubbel-digit returns in EM, false confidence and a modest bias towards growth over value.....
The other virus
Since September last year we have seen a significant turnaround in price trends of many agricultural commodities. What does this mean for inflation and is there potential for a new commodity super cycle?
Disruption and Dispersion: A Bottom‑Up Approach to an Uneven Credit Recovery
While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global credit markets, PIMCO believes bottom-up research is key to reveal opportunities for 2021......
Will the 2020s take us back to the 1970s?
As we reach the limits of what central banks can do to foster growth, the baton passes to governments....
Time to Look Ahead to a New Year: 2022
With a tight consensus now formed on the likely shape of 2021, mulling the outlook for 2022 might be more interesting, and more productive.....
Currency Hedging for Illiquid Asset Classes and Strategies
We take an in-depth look at how asset managers can, and perhaps should, offer hedging to investors in illiquid strategies. Safe to say, it requires a bespoke approach......
Proventus Capital Partners: Active ESG for Private and Public Credit
We talk to Marjo Koivisto, Investment Associate and Head of ESG, for an in-depth discussion about how the firm integrates ESG in their private credit strategies....
Veritas’s Global Equity Allocations
Portfolio Manager, Tapio Koivu, talks to us about the firm’s well diversified equities exposure and its ESG approach, which unusually does not have an exclusion list.....