Velliv dives into fintech venture
Collaboration with Upfin, the first venture fund dedicated to targeting Danish fintech companies, will give Velliv access to fintech investments also in the Nordics.
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Collaboration with Upfin, the first venture fund dedicated to targeting Danish fintech companies, will give Velliv access to fintech investments also in the Nordics.
The previous head of institutional clients in Sweden is taking a step back but will remain at the organization. Anna Jönsson, who has been at the firm for five years, is stepping into his role.
The Danish defense industry has encouraged pension funds in the country to look more positively at investments in weapons. ”We would like it to be considered ordinary societal responsibility,” says an industry leader.
Net inflows have exceeded expectations at BankInvest in Q1. The EUR 20bn manager has been criticized for some of the investments in its sustainable flagship product, but CEO Lars Bo Bertram is proud that the EUR 12bn fund has managed to beat its benchmark despite massive gains for oil and gas.
The CIO of Ilmarinen expects Finland’s potential Nato membership to reduce risk premiums, and his counterpart at Veritas believes it will have a positive effect on Finland as an investment target.
House of Reach has hired a former Danske Bank AM’s Chief Portfolio Manager as COO in order to boost Danish business, and Nordic operations as a whole.
Some of the UK’s biggest money managers are launching new funds and investment products aimed at generating profits from a long-overlooked corner of green finance: biodiversity.
After Danish media outlets revealed that four Danish pension companies invest in nuclear weapons, members at Lægernes Pension pressured the fund to divest, citing a 2017 UN treaty. The man behind these efforts hopes others will follow suit.
The Swedish insurer has changed to Paris-aligned indices which the firm believes will cut the CO2 emissions of the portfolio in half.
The Danish FSA, Finanstilsynet, states that asset managers are using the EU’s sustainable finance disclosure regulation to signify quality, which is not the point of the legislation. In fact, the FSA states it is the opposite of what the EU intended.
Foxberry, an investment indices provider established by a group of Swedes who have previously worked at Nomura, notes that Nomura’s Next Funds brand is on a quick growth trajectory.
The AMWatch editorial team is taking the day off on Friday, which is a bank holiday for most of our staff.
The new partner nominations highlight the success and growth ambitions within the company’s home markets, Ermitage Partners says in a statement.
Quintet Private Bank has already found a replacement CEO, who will lead the company ”into the next stage of its long-term growth,” the company writes in a statement.
A senior sustainability analyst and engagement lead is taking on a management role, despite having only joined Handelsbanken from Skandia in February.
BlackRock’s star money manager Alister Hibbert has turned bearish as his hedge fund endures its worst-ever losses amid a sharp decline in stocks.
Denmark’s third-largest asset manager has started engaging with the Danish mortgage banks to achieve greater transparency on CO2 emissions.
Velliv is dropping its external real estate manager and is creating its own asset management department as part of a ”strategic development,” says the head of real estate at the firm.
AQR Capital Management has come up with a new way to measure supply-chain climate risks.
A professor in financial economy from Stockholm business school says sustainability, generating excess returns and being a large player are incompatible for private equity managers. The founder of one of the Nordic region’s largest private equity managers disagrees.
Lærernes Pension is facing criticism for going too far in its policy on responsible investments, and for the list of excluded companies, 658 in total, to be too long.
The Nordic asset manager has raised EUR 94m to be commited in international forestry funds.
The Stockholm-based fixed income research institute has hired experienced credit trader from JP Morgan.
The asset manager has poached profiles from BlackRock and Nykredit to accelerate growth across several business segments. Head of Nordics and Benelux Christoffer Hedberg believes his new team is set up for something big.
The Swedish sustainability profile spills the beans on why he is leaving Danish pension company PFA after six months. He tells AMWatch why the opportunity from Japan was too good to turn down and why he’s sick of industry greenwashing.
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