News•Mar 10, 2026
Beyond Shipping: Gersemi Develops Crypto Strategy
Gersemi Asset Management, originally founded to launch a shipping‑focused fund, is preparing to roll out a crypto‑focused strategy. The new approach relies on a proprietary algorithm that seeks returns in both rising and falling cryptocurrency markets. Back‑tested results indicate low correlation with traditional assets and even with other crypto benchmarks. After successful concept‑stage deployment using the firm’s own capital, the team is now courting partners and investors to commercialise the product.
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News•Mar 5, 2026
Colosseum’s Rollercoaster Start Gives Way to Strong Rebound
Colosseum Global Alpha, a long/short equity fund launched last summer, posted a volatile start to 2026, losing 14% in January. The fund rebounded sharply, gaining 13.3% in February and adding another 4.5% through early March, returning to positive YTD performance....
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News•Mar 5, 2026
Nordic CTAs Thrive in February’s Volatile Macro Landscape
February was a strong month for Nordic CTA managers, making CTAs the top‑performing sub‑strategy in the Nordic Hedge Index. Gains were anchored by fixed‑income and soft‑commodity profits, with all trend‑following managers posting positive returns. Several non‑trend managers also delivered gains,...
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News•Mar 4, 2026
Core, Satellite, and Structural Premiums: PensionDanmark’s Approach to Emerging Market Debt
PensionDanmark has shifted the bulk of its emerging market debt portfolio from external managers to an internal team, now overseeing most hard‑currency and local‑currency sovereign exposure. The fund employs a core‑satellite framework, using the internal core for broad beta and...
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News•Mar 3, 2026
Avoiding the Echo Chamber: Kraft’s Playbook in Tighter High-Yield Market
Kraft Fondene’s high‑yield funds posted double‑digit returns in 2025 despite a market shift toward tighter spreads and lower dispersion. Leveraging a strong 2024 portfolio, the team rotated out of over‑compressed positions such as Heimstaden Bostad and reduced exposure to subordinated...
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News•Mar 3, 2026
Tidan Deepens Volatility Arbitrage Expertise
Tidan Capital has appointed Laurent Keller as Senior Portfolio Manager, bolstering its volatility and options arbitrage platform. Keller brings over a decade of quantitative experience in equity volatility relative‑value, dispersion and correlation strategies from a large Swiss institutional investor. He...
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News•Mar 2, 2026
Two Brothers, One Model, Ten Years: The Evolution of Othania
Two Copenhagen brothers launched Othania a decade ago with a DKK 2.2 million seed fund, building the systematic TIGER model to toggle equity and bond exposure based on macro indicators. The model’s strong signals spurred rapid AUM growth, reaching roughly DKK...
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News•Feb 25, 2026
Protean Eyes Sweet Spot Between Active and Passive in Global Equities
Swedish boutique Protean Funds will launch a Global Aktiesparfond in late 2026, a low‑cost, actively managed global equity fund positioned between high‑fee active funds and cheap index products. The fund’s management fee is set at less than half the industry...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Calculo to Launch 3x Strategy and Return-Stacked Product
Calculo Capital is expanding its systematic commodity platform with two new products slated for 2026. The 3x leveraged Calculo Supra will sit alongside the existing 1x Terra and 2x Altus funds, offering a higher‑intensity, equity‑like risk profile. In parallel, Calculo...
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News•Feb 19, 2026
Veritas Looks Beyond Benchmarks to Frontier Markets for Carry
Veritas, the Finnish pension insurer, is moving past traditional credit benchmarks to chase carry in frontier‑market local‑currency bonds. Portfolio manager Ville Iso‑Mustajärvi argues that corporate spreads in developed markets are near historic lows, making high‑yield bonds unattractive due to equity‑like...
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News•Feb 19, 2026
Nordea’s Active Rates Strategy Tops €1 Billion
Nordea’s Active Rates Opportunities Fund has broken the €1 billion AUM threshold, underscoring strong investor appetite for low‑risk, active‑duration fixed‑income solutions. Since its 2019 launch, the fund has delivered more than 2 % per annum in net returns above cash, even as...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
Climate-Focused Credit Specialist Returns to AP4
Ulf Erlandsson is returning to Sweden’s Fourth National Pension Fund (AP4) as Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager for liquid credit, after nearly a decade on the hedge‑fund side. He founded the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute, a climate‑focused research nonprofit, and...
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News•Feb 13, 2026
Sissener’s Best Year in Over a Decade, Momentum Extends Into 2026
Sissener Canopus delivered a 22.8% gain in 2025, its strongest performance in over a decade and the second‑best year since inception, and added 3.6% in January 2026. The fund’s flexible long/short equity mandate and thematic focus on AI and “Power...
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News•Feb 12, 2026
VER’s Hedge Fund Portfolio Up Double Digits Again
The State Pension Fund of Finland (VER) generated an 11.3% return on its €1 billion hedge‑fund allocation in 2025, up from 10.9% in 2024. The outperformance was driven primarily by Asia‑focused and event‑driven managers, while CTA strategies lagged but still posted...
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News•Feb 12, 2026
Nordic Hedge Funds Start 2026 Strong Despite Dispersion
Nordic hedge funds continued strong momentum into 2026, with the Nordic Hedge Index gaining 1.0% in January after an 8.0% return in 2025. Performance was highly dispersed; long/short equity managers ranged from -14% to +15%, while systematic CTA, macro, and...
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