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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......
Gard: Adding to private debt and EM debt, reducing high yield
Thor Abrahamsen, Senior Investment Risk Analyst, spoke to us about new and growing allocations to private credit managers and some changes on the liquid credit side. On a new reality of higher inflation and interest rates, he notes that investing just got interesting again........
Erik Penser Bank: Championing Tactical Asset Allocation
Head of Asset Management, Jonas Thulin, called a trough in equities in June 2022 and turned bullish. Now he is looking forward to less uncertain markets in 2023, with lower inflation and interest rates boosting risk assets.... ........
Pohjantähti: Increasing private debt and corporate high yield
We interviewed Jani Partanen, Chief Investment Officer & CFO at Pohjantähti, to hear about the Finnish insurers strategies and allocations to alternative and private credit.....
Pensam’s alternative and private credit allocations
We interviewed Jimmy Lundby, Chief Portfolio Manager for Private Credit Investments, to hear about a broad spectrum of risk and return profiles and where focus lies ahead........
Finnish Church Pension Fund increasing impact investing, specialty finance, high yield and EM
In this interview with Portfolio Manager, Eveliina Nyandoto, she explains the financial and non-financial goals of the funds´s alternative and private credit allocations.....
Ericsson Pensionsstiftelse’s eleven years of private credit investing
Portfolio Manager, Michael Levén, shares his views on the current state of the private credit markets, where he sees opportunities and how manager selection is key to minimising downside risks.....
Lower risk and uncorrelated returns guide AP2´s long term private debt allocations
We sat down with Patrik Jonsson, Head of Manager Selection and Private Debt, for a long and openhearted interview on how the fund is building their new private debt portfolio and how he picks external managers for the long term......
2022 Nordic ESG Report – A green tidal wave?
Over the past year we have interviewed CIO´s and Heads of ESG from over 35 Nordic asset owners. This in-depth report will give you insights to how they are investing and how they are approaching key challenges......
Arion Bank growing direct lending beyond Iceland
Senior Portfolio Manager, Halldór Gretarsson and Head of Institutional Asset Management, Hjorleifur Waagfjord, talks to us about substantial growth in the foreign alternatives portfolio and how the aim is to double allocations still....
Diversifying into asset-backed lending, specialty lending, distressed debt and special situations
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......
Evli’s private debt allocations: balancing direct lending and opportunistic strategies
Ville Toivakainen, Investment Director for Private Assets, sat down with Hamlin Lowell to talk about the firms newly launched series of fund of funds and how he is allocating to build diversified, all-weather portfolios over time.......
Danske Bank AM’s alternative credit allocations – evergreen structure emphasizes ESG and senior paper
We sat down with CIO, Thomas Otbo and Head of Private Credit, Michael Bech, for an in-depth look into the firms approach to building a dynamic private credit portfolio....
Elite Alfred Berg adding to high yield, emerging markets and direct lending
We caught up with CIO, Toni Iivonen, to talk about the firms broad allocations to alternative fixed income, the type of return targets they want to see and what they look for in new managers......
AFA Insurance’s alternative credit program: focus on direct lending
Hamlin Lowell spoke to Head of Alternative Investments, Mikael Huldt, about the firms alternative credit program and the criteria for selecting managers......
Mandatum Asset Management’s alternative and private credit allocations
We catch up with Jussi Tanninen, Head of Private Debt and Real Estate, to talk about the strategy for the firms balance sheet as well as external client portfolios.....
Formue’s growing alternative credit allocations
Head of Hedge Funds and Private Debt, Cian Walsh, talks to us about how allocations are responding to the new market climate....
Nordea’s ESG Priorities: the SFDR is too broad and the Taxonomy is too narrow
Head of ESG, Eric Pedersen, provides us insight to how the investment giant implements it´s ESG philosophy across a broad range of portfolios and how looking for easy answers to difficult questions is unhelpful........
Jentzen & Partners’ evolving ESG approach
Founding Partner, Mads Jensen, talks to us about longer term strategic asset allocation, including manager selection and developing investment policies including governance frameworks and increasingly ESG.
Are investors ripe for agriculture? – virtual roundtable summary
NordicInvestor’s agriculture roundtable gathered portfolio managers and investment consultants from North America, Denmark, Sweden and the UK to explore the unique features of agricultural investing and how it is adapting to investors’ evolving ESG and sustainability priorities.
Fondfinans’s Tailored ESG Policies; ESG and Renewables for the Short, Medium and Long Term
Melanie Brooks talks to us about leaving NBIM for boutique manager Fondfinans in order to have more hands-on involvement in picking stocks. At NBIM her ESG team supported portfolio managers but now she has both ESG and portfolio management responsibilities......
Matching Best in Class SFDR Strategies with Investors’ Sustainability Preferences – Virtual Roundtable
Louise Kooy-Henckel of Wellington Management, Anders Bertramsen of Nordea Assset Management and Erik Edward of Swedbank joined us to discuss how SFDR regulations has impacted fund selection and how the nuances and complexities of ESG investing can not be oversimplified....
ESG through a value kaleidoscope; disclosure, transition and incremental innovation
We spoke to Skagen’s Head of ESG, Sondre Myge Haugland, to identify how the firm applies and prioritises ESG considerations in the context of its value investing philosophy for equities and fixed income....
Söderberg and Partners – a distinctive perspective on evolving ESG policies
Lingyi Lu, Head of Sustainability at Söderberg and Partners, gives us an in-depth look into how the Swedish investment giant evaluates the sustainability of portfolios and funds and how investor preferences evolve....
Transition to carbon neutrality by 2035, and EU rules are only one framework
Veritas´ new head of ESG, Eveliina Leino, talks to us about the firms pragmatic approach to ESG and how the road ahead is far from straight forward if you want to impact real change.....
Active management and ownership; transition; thematics, and SDGs, driven by investment opportunities and client choices
DNB Asset Management´s Head of Responsible Investments, Janicke Scheele, gives us insight to how the Norwegian asset manager takes a broad and holistic approach to driving change......
In house analysis, sovereign debt, engagement, climate transition, biodiversity and circular economics
Markus Lindqvist heads Aktia´s team of ESG specialists who, together with the firms ESG committee and asset class representatives, set the EUR 15bn asset manager´s agenda......
Swedbank’s ESG approach: an art as well as a science
Erik Edward, Senior Fund Analyst, gives an in-depth look how the team at Swedbank are assessing asset managers’ ESG approaches and how a qualitative approach is key....
OP Asset Management; extensive use of ESG benchmarks and in house data analysis
Annika Esono Manninen, Head of ESG, talks to us about how the Finnish investment giant is working toward carbon neutrality and how climate and environmental risks are firm priorities....
Elite Alfred Berg; data harmonization would be welcome
Chief Investment Officer, Toni Iivonen, talks to us about the firms key priorities and challenges, including getting consistent data from external asset managers......
Handelsbanken’s ESG Approach – “SFDR 8 or 9 alone is not enough for us; defining transition is subjective”
We spoke to Deputy Head of Multi-Manager Solutions, Tobias Tallberg, for an update on how the firm’s evolving ESG policies apply to its selection of external managers......
Evli Bank’s ESG approach; data gaps, subjective regulations, transition and engagement
Outi Helenius, Head of Sustainability, speaks to us about data gaps, the subjectivity of European sustainability regulations, and differences between the regulations and normal market practices....
Alternative fixed income driving returns, alpha and diversification – virtual roundtable
Thor Abrahamsen of Gard, Tomi Viia of OP and Frank Meijer of Aegon Asset Management joined us to discuss how they are seeking acceptable returns, risk, diversification and Solvency II compliance, from public and private fixed income and credit markets.....
LocalTapiola AM’s ESG approach; active in house ESG analysis and prioritizing transition
Outi Kalpio, Director of Portfolio Management and ESG, gives us insight to how the firm expects portfolio managers to integrate ESG into their daily work and the overlap between quality factors and ESG....
Diversification, derivatives and tactical asset allocation
Niels Elmo Jensen, CFO, and Søren Nielsen, CIO, gives us insight to how Lægernes Pension Fund´s investment strategy continuous to evolve and how their team has managed to create impressive performance through tactical asset allocation and active management......
Erik Ranberg on pandemic response, asset allocation, ESG and Solvency II
Gjensidige is one of only two insurers in Norway to have its own internal Solvency II model. We interviewed CIO, Eric Ranberg, to find out what has - and has not changed - over the past 18 months.
Afa insurance: reducing interest rate duration, increasing alternatives, expanding ESG policies
Johan Held, Chief Investment Officer, talks to us about asset allocation, navigating the pandemic, regulatory hurdles and evolving ESG policies......
Adding to equities and seeking better ESG data from alternatives
Tomi Viia, who runs a team managing EUR 11.5 billion of insurance assets gives insight into how the team is approaching strategic asset allocation, asset/liability management and tactical asset allocation.....
Pandemic Response, Asset Allocation, ESG and Solvency II
In 2021 we have interviewed CIO´s at over 25 Nordic life and non-life insurance companies. This in-depth report will give you insights to how they are investing and how they are approaching key challenges......
Challenges and Opportunities in Evolving ESG Policies – Virtual Roundtable
Lars-Göran Orrevall of Skandia Liv, Niels Elmo Jensen of Laegernes Pension and Emanuele Fanelli of Aegon Asset Management joined us for a broad discussion on the principles and policies guiding their ESG strategies.....
Risk and Reward in Alternative and Private Credit – Virtual Roundtable
Most insurance companies need to generate income from exposure to alternative and private credit, and have some ability to earn illiquidity and other premiums. We were joined by Fredrik Ehn of SPP, Erik Ranberg of Gjensidige and Rens Ramaekers from Aegon Asset Management to discuss the big shift from traditional assets into alternatives......
Storebrand AM; Growth Continues, Driven by Alternatives and Sustainable Solutions
Jan Erik Saugestad, CEO of Storebrand Asset Management, who was previously CIO of the group, shares his views on the Covid working environment, asset allocation and ESG.......
Pensam: Pandemic Response, Asset Allocation, ESG and Solvency II
We interviewed PenSam CIO, Claus Jørgensen, and Head of ESG, Mikael Bek, to hear about the pension fund’s shifts into illiquids and challenges in applying growing ESG ambitions.......
Seeking Greater Solvency II Flexibility for Longer Term and Sustainable Investing
We spoke to SEB Life and Pensions´ Group Chief Investment Officer, Pontus Bergekrans, and Mikael Nyberg, Head of Fixed Income to talk about allocations, sustainability, the macro outlook and how they are turning to alternatives for risk premia......
Adding to alternatives and green assets, going global with ESG engagement
We had a long, and interesting, conversation with Anders Schelde, Chief Investment Officer at AkademikerPension, about asset allocation, ESG, Solvency II and remote working.....
Rethinking Rate Risk, Expanding ESG, and Internal Solvency II Modelling
We spoke to Thor Abrahamsen, Senior Investment Risk Analyst at Norwegian maritime insurer Gard, to find out what has - and has not changed - over the past 18 months.....
Pandemic Response, Asset Allocation, ESG and Solvency II
Shifting from fixed income to alternatives, reviewing ESG policies. Our interview with PRI Pensionsgaranti´s Head of Alternatives; Peter Ragnarsson.....
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.......
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.........
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.....
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.....
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.....
Building a Resilient Infrastructure Portfolio – Virtual Roundtable Summary
Through Zoom we were joined by Alina Osorio of Fiera Infrastructure, Snorre Kofoed-Hansen of Velliv and Mikael Falck of Kåpan for a great discussion on how they are allocating to infrastructure, where they see potential for excess returns, where they see potential bubbles and how they work to incorporate ESG into the investment process...
Alecta’s ESG Policies; Integrated into active investment management
Peter Lööw, Head of Responsible Investments, gives us an insight into the Swedish pension giants approach to ESG and how they are guided by the core belief that companies who take ESG in to account will be better investments...
Kåpan’s Infrastructure Allocations – Resilient and sustainable
We spoke to Head of Alternatives, Mikael Falck, to discuss Kåpan´s infrastructure strategy and allocations....
Nordea’s External Credit Managers – Balancing Alpha and Risk Management
Anders Bertramsen, talks to us about where he sees opportunities in the credit markets, how his team selects managers and how they are kept in line once in....
Codan’s Credit Allocations – A broad spectrum of liquidity
Jon Pommergard Lind, Investment and Treasury Manager, who discusses how he balances weightings in highly liquid credit with the need for some allocations to earn additional yield from illiquidity premia.....
Mandatum: Good Risk/Reward from Selected Leveraged Loans
Head of Loan Strategy, Alexander Galotti, and Senior Portfolio Manager, Kimmo Salokoski, share their active, contrarian, opportunistic and benchmark-agnostic approach to investing in credit....
Confronting the Covid-19 crisis within the credit markets – Perceptions, insights & learnings
We were joined by Karsten Marzoll of SEB, Anand Dharan of Wellington, Jonas Thulin of Erik Penser and Martin Axell of Länsförsökringar for great discussion about the current state of the credit markets and what they expect from 2021.....
Max Matthiessen: Majoring on High Quality and Investment Grade Credit
Q&A with Jon Arnell, Head of Investments, on the firms investment strategy for their pensions, asset management and non-life insurance products....
PenSam’s Growing ESG Exclusion List; More Companies and Countries Off Limits
Mikael Bek,Head of ESG, highlights some distinguishing features of PenSam’s exclusion and other ESG policies, which are part of its Responsible Investment and Active Ownership policy....
Handelsbanken Asset Management: Raising ESG Standards
We interview Asset Allocation Product Analyst, Tobias Tallberg, to focus on how the firm’s evolving ESG policies apply to its selection of external managers....
PKA’s Expanding ESG Policies: Collaboration in Denmark, the Nordics, Europe and Globally
Dewi Dylander, Deputy Executive Director of ESG, and Head of Sustainable Investments, gives insight into the Danish pension funds philosophy on how a collaborative approach is key to ESG.....
Mandatum’s Mid-Market Nordic Private Equity – Minority investing in growth companies
We interviewed Sampo plc Portfolio manager, Alexander Antas, to discuss the insurer’s approach to private equity investing for its proprietary capital and client capital.....
DNB Multi-Asset Team Readies Fund of Hedge Funds
NordicInvestor interviewed Anette Hjertø, Head of Absolute Return Investments at DNB Asset Management, to discuss the firm’s multi-asset and fund of hedge funds strategies.....
Nykredit’s Infrastructure Equity Allocations
NordicInvestor interviewed Ulla Agesen, Head of Alternative Investments and Manager Selection, to identify what Nykredit is seeking from its external infrastructure managers.....
SKAGEN Funds’ Manager Selection – Growing open architecture platform and fund of funds
We spoke to Midhat Syed about the firms approach when selecting external managers for their growing execution-only platform, a fund of funds, and Skagen´s model portfolios.....
COIN readies illiquid credit manager search
Specialist independent investment consultant, COIN Investment Consulting Group, will in 2021 begin a private credit search on behalf of “second tier” Swedish institutional investors. We interviewed Jonas Lindgren, Head of Alternatives Manager Selection, for a heads up on the next search.....
Data-Driven, Transparent, Forward-Looking ESG
NordicInvestor interviewed Roelfien Kuijpers, Global ESG Client Officer & Head of Responsible Investments, to discuss DWS’s evolving ESG approach; its data strategy; engagement and exclusion; why ESG does not yet cover 100% of assets; transparency and reporting, and some topical themes around Covid-19, diversity and sectors....
Mandatum’s private debt strategy – a diversified, longer-term, ESG conscious approach
NordicInvestor asked Mandatum’s Head of Alternatives, Jussi Tanninen, and its portfolio manager for private debt, Matias Hauru, what they seek from external managers......
Velliv’s long term infrastructure allocations – stable returns and inflation protection
Head of Alternatives, Christoph Junge, gives us an insight into how the team approaches infrastructure investments and how external managers are selected.....
Storebrand’s ESG Journey from Exclusions to Solutions
Jan-Erik Saugestad, CEO of Storebrand Asset Management, sat down to discuss the latest changes and future developments, amid a COVID-19 backdrop which is already throwing the ‘S’ of ESG into the spotlight....
Swedbank Robur’s external managers including liquid alternatives
We interviewed Malin Hallén, Senior Portfolio Manager, Asset Allocation, to identify policies and priorities when selecting external funds, including UCITS Hedge Funds, and evolving ESG criteria....
Carefully Selected Credit offers Good Risk/Reward
Erik Bennike, head of credit at PensionDanmark, shares his outlook on the credit markets, how it is affecting allocations and why he is cautiously optimistic.....
Länsförsäkringar’s external equity and fixed income managers – diversification by asset class, style and strategy
Martin Axell, Senior Portfolio Manager at Länsförsäkringar, talks to us about allocations and his big picture philosophy when it comes to diversification and manager selection....
Ilmarinen’s Absolute Return Strategies
Teemu Ahonen, Head of Absolute Return at Ilmarinen in Helsinki, explains how active management is thriving on market volatility
Quant Strategies During and After the Great Coronavirus Crisis (GCC)
Dr. Alexander Mende, Senior Investment Analyst, and Head of Investment Research at RPM shares his views on how systematic strategies have navigated the crisis and where RPM are making allocations......
AP1´s External Partnerships and Innovation
Helene Idenstedt was recently appointed to lead AP1´s newly formed group for external partnerships and innovation. In an interview with NordicInvestor she talks about the new organisation and strategy within AP1 as well as how the events in recent months have changed the way they work with external managers......
Eric Penser Bank: a V-Shaped Recovery is Possible in the US
Eric Penser Bank’s Head of Asset Management, Jonas Thulin, has an impressive forecasting track record and believes a V-shaped recovery is possible in the US. But he is very selective about the managers he picks......
The Norwegian Oil Fund´s 20 Years with External Managers
The great white whale of the Nordics shares their experience of 20 years investing with external managers....
Icelandic Pensions Diversifying Overseas and into Alternatives
Nordic Investor interviewed Snædís Ögn Flosadóttir, Managing Director of EFÍA and LSBÍ pension funds and the operations manager of Lífeyrisauki supplementary pension fund, to find out how these Icelandic pension funds are broadening their horizons....
FIM Asset Management Expanding ESG Policies
Päivi Riutta-Nykvist, Head of Portfolio Management, explains how ESG is used as an Alpha driver for internal and external managers.....
Vertitas’ Kari Vatanen on Alternative Risk Premia – Not a One Size Fits All Strategy
Veritas Pension and Insurance’s new CIO, Kari Vatanen, discusses some of the variables investors can research when comparing risk premia managers and strategies....
Danske Bank’s ESG Policies and Data Analytics
We interviewed Danske Bank’s Global Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing, Ulrika Hasselgren, to find out about the firm’s growing suite of internal and external ESG analytics.
PRI intends to grow private market allocations
Peter Ragnarsson head of alternative investments at the USD 3bn non-life mutual insurance company PRI Pensionsgaranti, says the intention is to increase private market investments as returns are difficult to find in traditional fixed income....
Nordea’s External Product Strategy
Anders Bertramsen gives us an insight to Nordea´s thinking when picking external managers....and fires a few shots when it comes to ESG....
Church of Finland Pension’s Evolving ESG Policies
Q&A with Joonas Huttunen, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Responsible Investment Specialist at The Church Pension Fund, Finland
AP1´s Majdi Chammas on Active management and ESG
An insight into Första AP-Fonden´s distinctive approach to global manager selection....
Nordea Wealth Management’s New Investment Team in Copenhagen
Kerstin Lysholm and Linsay McPhater in place to broaden access to alternatives and sustainable investments.....
Should Fund Allocators Be More Contrarian?
Jupiter´s Magnus Jahnke believes so and would also argue that investors need to work their assets harder.....
Aktia’s Multi-Manager Private Credit Strategies
Head of Alternatives, Ville Toivakainen, talks trade finance, aircraft leasing, impact investing and much more…
Danica’s Private Equity Allocator: a Scotswoman in Denmark
Linsay McPhater, Investment Director of Alternatives, talks to us about private equity investing; ESG; moving from London to work in Denmark, and the dearth of women in finance in the Nordics.
AP1’s ESG and Sustainability Policies
AP1´s Magdalena Håkansson and Tina Rönnholm comment on ESG policies and how they apply to external mandates....
Alfred Berg’s Olavi takes defensive stance on alternatives
Alfred Bergs Head of Asset Allocation talks to us about how they manage client portfolios and why he sees alternatives as adding risk rather than returns....
Alternative cash flows take center stage for Swedish institutions
Carl Barnekow, SEB vetaran turned asset advisor at COIN, gives his view on where institutional investors are looking for alternative sources of income....
Veritas Pension Insurance Company’s Mid-Market Sweet Spot
In our interview with portfolio manager Laura Wickstrom, she explains what lies behind the Finnish group’s long-term success in private equity investing and how they chose which managers to work with....
2018 Year in Review
A brief summary of what Nordic institutions have pondered over in the year gone by....
Raising its Game in the Nordics
US investment giant Invesco further commits to the region with Stefan Behring returning as head of new team...
What Investors Really Want….
Kirstein´s Jan Willers on what he sees as some of the major investment trends in the region, what local differences exist and what asset managers need to consider to be successful in the region.
Recession watch: lessons from history and key economic indicators
Senior Portfolio Manager, Halldór Gretarsson and Head of Institutional Asset Management, Hjorleifur Waagfjord, talks to us about substantial growth in the foreign alternatives portfolio and how the aim is to double allocations still....
PensionDanmark keeps on looking for illiquid alternatives
Kim Nielsen, Head of Private Debt, explains the Danish pension giants approach to alternative investments and why he is so happy to live without liquidity...
Keeping it real
Kåpan´s Mikael Falck on the pension giants search of real alternatives and the managers that can help him find them
Aktia’s Ville Toivakainen sees strong demand for alternative credit
Ville Toivakainen shares his views on why Aktia has had a long-term focus on emerging market debt and alternative credit, what he looks for on the alternative side and how he selects managers to Aktia’s fund-of-hedge funds portfolio.
In search for ”the five Ps”
Andreas Weilby, COO of Spektrum, gives his views on the challenges currently facing institutional investors, how they source external managers to their portfolios, what he sees allocators are looking for in terms of strategies and how regulatory changes affect their business.
Engineering a roster of ESG-focused managers and products
Active investment management is often said to sit somewhere between art and science. It is also said that while scientists... Read more