The full article is only available to subscribers
If you’re new to Tell Media Group, create an account first.
Read more about our membershipsExploring the growth of evergreen funds to access private markets
Philip Heeroma, head of private wealth Nordics at EQT Group, talks about the growth of evergreen structures as a vehicle to access private markets, increased interest among institutional investors and the need for education.
The growth of private markets allocations in institutional portfolios is well covered. More recently however, the focus has been re-directed to the private wealth side. The cynics will argue that this is because the private markets industry needs to tap a new client segment. A more positive argument would be that this also gives individual investors access to an important building block for building diversified portfolios. “The democratisation of private assets is starting in earnest,” concluded Huw van Steenis, vice chair and partner at consultancy Oliver Wyman, in a recent post on LinkedIn as a response to the executive order
Lessons learnt from launching EQT Nexus
2026-06-02
EQT Nexus is approaching its three-year anniversary, and we got the opportunity to sit down for a longer interview with William Paus, head of wealth & asset management at SEB and Peter Beske Nielsen, global...
Bridging the information asymmetry with trust
2026-05-28
During a visit in Stockholm in mid-April, David Neal, the CEO of IFM Investors sat down with Tell Media Group for a longer interview that among other things covered the unique governance structure of IFM...
Local presence still important in emerging markets
2026-06-05
Claus Born, head of client portfolio management EMEA & Latin America at Franklin Templeton, talks about the importance of having a local presence, why it’s not too late to add to the EM allocation and...
The challenges and excitement of managing emerging market equities
2026-05-21
Thomas Wilson, head of emerging market equities at Schroders, talks about their process and philosophy, getting the big four right and investment opportunities beyond the AI tech cycle.
How Nordic fund selection evolved over a decade
2026-05-22
The art of picking fund managers in the Nordic institutional market looks very different today than it did in the mid-2010s. That’s clear after an extensive review of the content of Nordic Fund Selection Award...
Being patient enough as a fund selector, while avoiding complacency
2026-05-05
Jonatan Lehtinen, portfolio & fund selection manager at Finnish CapMan Wealth, talks about the investment categories they’ve focused on recently to be well placed for market rotations as well as the importance of balancing patience...
Questionable quality in submitted small cap tenders
2026-05-28
Earlier today FTN, the Swedish Fund Selection Agency, announced the results from the procurements of European and Swedish small cap equity funds. After reading the procurement reports one must question the quality of the submitted...
Japan: The anchor is lifting
2026-05-25
For decades, Japan has acted as a quiet anchor for global interest rates. Extremely low domestic yields, large capital outflows and persistent demand for long-duration assets have helped suppress both risk-free rates and term premia...
Focus on the Nordics for expanding French asset manager
2026-05-21
IVO Capital Partners, an independent asset management firm specialising in international bond markets, today announces the appointment of Mounji Boulahdour as Sales Director, Nordics. He was previously Sales Director for the Nordic region at Allspring...
An evaluation of Nordic asset owners 2015 – 2025
2026-05-18
Tell Media Group has published a new report where we’ve evaluated the development of the asset owner landscape in the Nordic region by contrasting the content of our Nordic Investor Insight reports from 2015 –...