Norwegian ESG experts are surprised to learn of the new CEO's ties to tax havens. "Naturally, questions are being asked," says one professor.
Handelsbanken's Head of Asset Management enters a new role, a microfinance initiative hires a new program manager and new private banking advisors have been found. These are some of this weeks job changes as yet another week in the midst of the corona crisis comes to an end.
The investment team at Sweden's largest national pension fund, AP7, has been split into three business units led by newly appointed managers.
Portfolio manager Michael Voss has given a large sum to Dr. Stig Ekkert, so that he can concentrate exclusively on completing a trial at a danish hospital testing malaria medicine as a treatment for coronavirus.
The new CEO of the Norwegian oil fund will be hedge fund manager and founder of AKO, Nicolai Tangen.
If you didn’t already start hedging against the risk of a deep sell-off in credit markets last month, don’t bother now.
After leaving his job at Danske Bank Asset Management in January, a chief portfolio manager has started a new job as CEO of Danish fintech startup Safepay.
Career Path: The new Nordic business development director at Eaton Vance, Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer, has always been fascinated by foreign affairs and aspired to a career in diplomacy. But an overseas job in corporate finance introduced him to the world of finance and he changed direction. Today, he is certain that his background in foreign affairs is a strength that he uses every day.
A Dane with international experience will be the new CEO of Luxembourg-based Quintet Private Bank - formerly known as KBL - after the former CEO's has died from a long-term illness. The Dane joined Quintet last year after a long career at J.P. Morgan and UBS.
A high-profile director is taking a step down at the Söderberg & Partners.
It takes 100-130 hours to become certified within ESG investing, according to a pilot group who completed the new course last fall. The chairman of CFA Society Denmark, Lars Bo Bertram, was the first Dane to take the qualification.
The US-based asset manager has hired Viggo Johansen to spearhead the firm's new office in Stockholm, which will soon be open for business.
The chief investment officer of Veritas Pension Insurance Co. will review the firm’s hedge fund allocation amid concerns the asset class is adding little to overall returns.
Diversity and trust have been the key ingredients for Nuveen's Per Frederiksen in establishing his Copenhagen-based advisory team that will soon host eight people in total.
Two new board members, a private banker resigns and a Head of Equity Analyst Guide stops. These are some of this week's job moves – a week that was dominated by corona headlines.
Career Path: After 14 years at Nordea, Richard Wanamo left to join Evli's private assets department as Investment Director. He has spent all of his career working with alternative investments, and he does not consider the job move a huge change in his daily work. But going from a large organization to a smaller one has been refreshing and he likes the fact that words and actions are not oceans apart.
Sweden's biggest pension fund lets new subsidiary manage domestic real estate investments and hires CEO of ICA Real Estate to front the spinoff.
Financial markets are in panic mode and most global and Nordic investors are getting hammered as the stock market collapse is followed by rising bond yields – an extremely rare occurrence. Risk parity like investment strategies are particularly vulnerable, writes Frank Hvid Petersen in this column.
The Swedish real estate investor announces its new Danish country manager appointee one month after the Leif Boje Espesen's resignation.
On Monday, five members of board and management at Norwegian financial group Storebrand bought Storebrand stock at a price range of NOK 34-35 per share.
He has been one of the most prominent advocates for the incorporation of fintech into the established banking sector, but over the past few years, the outgoing communications director at Spar Nord has worked behind the scenes.
Low or negative interest rates have forced the fixed income industry to redefine the entire business. Fixed income specialist and Swedish branch manager of Norway-based Pareto Asset Management Stefan Ericson thinks central banks should lower inflation targets and stay away from negative interest rates.
Pension funds dominated this week’s job moves with two new CEOs and a new chairman in Sweden. In Denmark, a pension fund got a new Head of ESG, another pension fund hired a new press consultant and an asset manager has welcomed a new Head of Clients. There were also changes at Catella, where the board has taken over the CEO role.
The fund will still consider Denmark to be a key market after the well-known Danish profile's exit.
As yesterday's press conference with the head of the European Central Bank unfolded, the markets dropped further into the red. The head of global strategy at Nordea was particularly disappointed by Christine Langarde in one respect.
