Danes' equity holdings shrank by 9% in 2022

Danish investors’ total holdings of equities receded by DKK 57bn (EUR 7.7bn) over last year, new figures from Denmark’s central bank show.

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Speed is of the essence when launching new investment products, CFO Masih Yazdi says. | Foto: PR / SEB

SEB aims for speedy product launches to make up for huge AUM drop in 2022

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Maunu Lehtimäki, CEO of Evli. | Foto: PR Evli.

Alternative sales grow and net flows start to stabilize at Finland's Evli

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Archive. Financial district Barcode in Bjørvika, Oslo. | Photo: Jörgen Skjelsbæk

Here is how Norwegian fund managers performed in 2022

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Morgan Stanley fines its bankers over messaging breaches

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Slight recovery in SEB’s AUM in fourth quarter – but outflow continues

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BNY Mellon launches EMD impact fund as issuances take off
One of the world’s largest asset managers has launched a new emerging market debt impact fund, and expects the Nordics to take part as one of its largest investor groups, Portfolio Manager Simon Cooke tells AMWatch.
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Storebrand Fonder provides more than three-quarters of Swedish fund inflow
The fund manager contributed the lion’s share of net inflow to the Swedish fund market last year – SEK 14.5bn of a SEK 19bn total. Sustainability is the key to the company’s investment policy.
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Asset manager acquires new portfolio manager from SEB
BankInvest arms up on alternatives and acquires senior portfolio manager for their new investment fund, Børsnoterede Alternativer.
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Private equity’s loved assets turn problem children in downturn
The private equity industry finds itself in unexplored waters after a long period of prosperous growth – the downturn forces managers to reconsider their next move.
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AP Pension CIO craves more nuance in debate on alternatives
Alternative investments are heterogeneous by nature, which is why it makes sense that returns aren’t proportionately similar across companies, says the Danish pension company’s investment chief.
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Morgan Stanley says US stocks aren’t pricing weak data
Strategist at US investment manager warns against premature bullishness among traders eager to emerge from last year’s financial market slump, highlighting failure to incorporate weakness in current economic data, however still projecting a rally in next year’s equities.
The core of Max Matthiessen's business "will always be insurance brokerage"
Max Matthiessen’s recent acquisition of Fondab will not be its last. The Swedish insurance and finance company aims to own more of the value chain, CEO Jacob Schlawitz tells AMWatch.
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NIB issues first ‘green’ bond of 2023
Following record demand for loans to environmental projects in 2022, the Nordic Investment Bank predicts another busy year in sustainable bond markets.
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Positive December fund flows bring two Nordic countries into plus for 2022
Net investments into funds in Sweden and Norway were positive in 2022 despite negative financial markets in December. The story was different in Finland, and particularly in Denmark which suffered the most brutal year of the four.
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Three Nordic AM companies on Global 100 sustainability list
Newcomer Svenska Handelsbanken is the best performer of the three in 72^nd place.
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Pensions giant and state-backed investor anchor new Finnish growth fund
Mandatum Asset Management’s new private equity growth fund held its first close at the end of 2022.
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Danish pension firm buys Irish offshore wind stake alongside CIP
AkademikerPension signs on as co-investor with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in buying half interest in Norwegian utility Stakraft’s Irish offshore wind portfolio.
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Swedish fund assets declined by SEK 884bn in 2022
Swedish funds lost a lot of money last year, but by the end of 2022, their combined assets were still three times larger than in 2010, the Swedish Investment Fund Association notes.
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NBIM CEO sees private equity as "potentially interesting"
Norway’s Oil Fund is in the early stages of examining whether it should put money to work in private equity, CEO says.
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New club launched to address diversity shortage in Nordic fund management
Investments still suffer from the reputation of being somewhat of a male locker room, which was probably true 10-15 years ago. But a lot has happened since then, says the co-founder of CFA Society Denmark’s new diversity network.
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New appointments at Swedish buffer fund
AP4 has hired two experienced finance professionals who both previously worked for SEB.
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Nordic Capital weighs the sale of Sunrise Medical
The Swedish investment firm is speaking with advisers about kicking off a formal process for Sunrise, people familiar with the matter tell Bloomberg.
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Asset managers are moving away from US equities
The golden years of US equities may be over – at least for the time being. Global asset managers are looking to invest in Europe and emerging markets.
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Finnish state pension fund looks at boosting private assets exposure
”Taking into account how large changes have been taking place in the world during the past three years, we have made surprisingly few adjustments within our portfolio,” says Timo Löyttyniemi, CEO of Finland’s EUR 21.3bn State Pension Fund.
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Nordea appoints lead for its new Climate and Environment team
The new team’s task is to ensure group-wide alignment across Nordea’s financing and investment activities and carry out the group’s objective of becoming a net-zero bank.
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Danes' equity holdings shrank by 9% in 2022

SEB aims for speedy product launches to make up for huge AUM drop in 2022

Alternative sales grow and net flows start to stabilize at Finland's Evli

Here is how Norwegian fund managers performed in 2022

Morgan Stanley fines its bankers over messaging breaches

Slight recovery in SEB’s AUM in fourth quarter – but outflow continues

BNY Mellon launches EMD impact fund as issuances take off

Storebrand Fonder provides more than three-quarters of Swedish fund inflow

Asset manager acquires new portfolio manager from SEB

Private equity’s loved assets turn problem children in downturn

AP Pension CIO craves more nuance in debate on alternatives

Morgan Stanley says US stocks aren’t pricing weak data

The core of Max Matthiessen's business "will always be insurance brokerage"

NIB issues first ‘green’ bond of 2023

Positive December fund flows bring two Nordic countries into plus for 2022

Three Nordic AM companies on Global 100 sustainability list

Pensions giant and state-backed investor anchor new Finnish growth fund

Danish pension firm buys Irish offshore wind stake alongside CIP

Swedish fund assets declined by SEK 884bn in 2022

NBIM CEO sees private equity as "potentially interesting"

New club launched to address diversity shortage in Nordic fund management

New appointments at Swedish buffer fund

Nordic Capital weighs the sale of Sunrise Medical

Asset managers are moving away from US equities

Finnish state pension fund looks at boosting private assets exposure

Nordea appoints lead for its new Climate and Environment team

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