AP4 reels in new fund manager to focus on private equity Fjärde AP-fonden, AP4, has appointed Hanna Ideström as Senior Portfolio Manager in Alternative Investments. She will be focusing on private equity. Prior to AP4, she was Investment Director at CapMan – a Nordic mid-cap private equity investor - for eight years.
Real Estate replacement found at Sampension
Torbjørn Lange has taken over Søren Vendelbo Jacobsen's role as Head of Real Estate & Infrastructure at Sampension. Vendelbo Jacobsen left Sampension for Heimstaden last year. Lange comes from a position as Managing Director of Corporate Finance at Carnegie, where he has worked for eight years.
New Head of Nordics at UBP
Nina Jahanbin, the former Nordic Senior Sales Associate at Pinebridge Investments, has started in a new role as Head of Nordics at Union Bancaire Privée. She was at Pinebridge in London for almost five years.
Carnegie snatches Nordea analyst – and promotes associates
Jesper Ilsøe has started as an equity analyst at Carnegie Investment Bank. He will be focusing on Danish pharma and biotech. Ilsøe previously worked as equity analyst at Nordea Markets for almost four years. Carnegie Investment Bank has also promoted two of their employees: Lucas Eichild has become an Associate Director and Morten Friis Jensen is now a Senior Associate.
Nordnet loses Head of Marketing & Retail Sales
The current Head of Marketing & Retail Sales at Nordnet, Tove Kotter, is leaving the company to become Chief Marketing Officer at fintech company Savr. Kotter was at Nordnet for almost two years but prior to that, she was at Nordea for 14 years.
Promotion at Secure Capital
Secure Capital, a multi-family office with DKK 5 billion under management, has appointed Peter Steenstrup as a new partner. He has been with Secure since 2015 as Sales and Marketing Director. He will continue in the same role. Peter was previously at Loyaltybuild, an Affinion International company, in Ireland.
Alecta hires rival CIO to head new real assets unit
Sweden’s biggest pension fund Alecta is creating a new real assets department which will be sub-divided into 'International Real Assets' and 'Real Estate Sweden'. As part of this organizational change, Alecta has hired Axel Brandström to head the new department. Read more about Brandström in this article.
Danica promotes Kobberup to CIO with Svennesen turning to wealth management
Poul Kobberup has been promoted to chief investment officer at Danica while Anders Svennesen will focus on wealth management. Read more about Kobberup in this article.
Ex-CEO returns to VER – Viherkenttä moves to academia
After a five-year post at the Single Resolution Board, Timo Löyttyniemi is returning to run the State Pension Fund of Finland. Current CEO Timo Viherkenttä is moving to a teaching and research post at Aalto University. Read more about the two Finns in this article.
BlueOrchard loses head of Business Development Nordics
The head of Business development Nordics at BlueOrchard, Shawn Westcott, has decided to leave after more than three years spearheading the asset manager's sales in the Nordic region. Read more about Westcott in this article. Founders to change roles in Danish emerging markets boutique
The two founders of Global Evolution are changing roles in the Danish-based investment company. Co-founder and CIO Morten Bugge will become CEO while retaining the role as chief investment officer. The other co-founder Søren Rump is leaving the CEO position to join the board of directors. Read more about the changes in this article.
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