DNB's new multi-asset fund obtains marketing permission amid market storm: "It would be a lie to say it hasn't been a challenging start"

Launched on Feb. 25, 2020, DNB Asset Management's Multi Asset fund's first encounter with financial markets didn't go exactly as planned. The bank-owned asset manager's head of absolute return investments expects, however, interest in market-neutral strategies and their investment opportunities to pick up more than in the past decade once the current turmoil has settled.
(left-right) The fund team consists of Anette Hjertø, lead portfolio manager, Kim Anderson, portfolio manager, and Lena Öberg, head of manager selection. | Photo: PR / DNB AM
(left-right) The fund team consists of Anette Hjertø, lead portfolio manager, Kim Anderson, portfolio manager, and Lena Öberg, head of manager selection. | Photo: PR / DNB AM

"The fund's first three weeks have really been something else. It would be a lie not to say that it has been a challenging start," Anette Hjertø tells AMWatch on Wednesday.

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