Farmland has performed well in an otherwise horrendous year for risky assets. Institutional investors generally search for uncorrelated return streams, potential green benefits and inflation hedges, and while the asset class ticks these boxes, it also comes with significant risks.
The German manager has poached a Blackstone veteran to lead a global push into alternatives.
Denmark’s third-largest asset manager adds to its assets under management after formally taking over Swedish Handelsbanken’s activities in Denmark.
Swedish boutique fund manager AuAg Fonder has received the regulator’s thumbs up to launch a metals and mining vehicle.
The new, active fund has been in the works since Anna Jakobson was hired to build the strategy in the first quarter, and is launching on Dec. 5.
Nearly half of the Article 9 funds in Europe have exposure to companies with business models based entirely or partially on fossil fuels or aviation.
Norway’s largest bank is removing retrocession fees from all of its own funds and will soon require fund managers who want to use DNB’s platform to do the same.
The Swedish buffer fund has been gradually building up its private debt portfolio over the past two years, writes Nordic Investor.
Nordic pension funds recently announced their desire to invest more in sustainability in emerging markets - but this may be easier said than done. A portfolio manager at UBP tells AMWatch about launching an EM impact fund in the early days of the pandemic and how inflows have kept coming despite tough times for these economies.
Nordic wholesale investors are, on average, the least invested in private markets compared to other regions, and this is unlikely to change in the next 3-5 years, a survey of fund buyers, consultants, and wealth managers shows.
A quarter after the first managers left the starting blocks and obtained new licenses, another three have been given the thumbs up under the tougher criteria.
Portfolio Managers Dick Lund from Finland’s eQ and Patrik Moring from Aktia comment on the impact rising interest rates are having on the attractiveness of the banking sector as an investment.
The stock value of IT companies is plummeting, and this will require price adjustments, says Kim Gulstad, CEO of Kirk Kapital, which has 30% of its investments allocated to tech.
The Australian firm’s Super Core Infrastructure Fund drew commitments from investors including insurers, sovereign wealth funds and family offices from 22 countries. Swedish buffer fund AP7 and Finnish pension giants Varma and Ilmarinen have previously invested in Macquarie’s funds.
Stockholm-based Fundrella has appointed a new Chairman for its Board of Directors as well as a Sales Manager.
A lack of reliable ESG data in emerging markets is proving a boon for some of the heavyweights of global finance.
Nordic fund investors redeemed from most asset classes in October, and AMWatch has taken a closer look at the year-to-date net flows to the different asset classes in each of the four Nordic countries.
Bank-owned fund manager Sparebank 1 Forvaltning is increasing its efforts within savings products and has made several launches over the past month. Now, they want to make fund savings easier with bundles.
It’s a more exciting time to look at fixed income than in many years, managers AMWatch have spoken to say.
Norway’s USD 1.2tn sovereign wealth fund, built from its oil wealth, is akin to a black box for many of the country’s 5.4 million citizens. Chief Executive Officer Nicolai Tangen is out to change that.
Danske Bank’s fund management company is giving its active emerging and frontier markets strategy a makeover. The fund has generally trailed behind its benchmark since it was launched in 2015.
AP funds 1-4 have conducted an overview of their shared ESG council and are now expanding the organization - and its goals.
Europe’s biggest asset manager is removing the European Union’s highest ESG designation from virtually all funds that once carried it, as it joins a growing list of investment firms that have been wrong-footed by a change in regulatory guidelines in the bloc.
Pemberton Asset Management is fast-tracking plans to triple the size of its private debt funds and plug a European lending gap being created by increasingly skittish banks.
When BlackRock draws up blueprints for new sustainable investment products, the firm goes to the Nordic institutional community for help. AMWatch has met Charlotte Månsson, one of the few veterans within the area, for a talk about her newly created role as Head of Sustainability in the Nordics and the dilemmas within the space.
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