Amwatch.dk Website Review

What was your favourite AMWatch story in 2018? The one about SEB? Nomura? Or maybe that article on Danske Bank AM? It's been a year of big change in Nordic as*et management. As 2018 comes to a close, we look back at the stories that really grabbed our readers' attention -- and find that the top 10 articles were all about the industry's movers and shakers. Ownership of the traditionally Swedish carmaker is changing shape as two of the country's biggest pension funds make investment moves. Swedish activist investor Cevian Capital has announced a 2.3 percent holding in Nordea Bank. The move by Cevian founder Christer Gardell was promptly dubbed the starting point of a clash of giants by major Swedish business daily Dagens Industri. Bankers and borrowers are bracing themselves for a difficult year selling eurobonds now that the days of easy money are coming to an Growing concern about plastic waste and a need to improve resource efficiency is generating new investment models that will help support Peter Broström, Nordic head at Savills Investment Management expects a profitable 2019 in terms of transactions, including selloffs from players that went on a shopping spree 3-5 years ago. The large transactions of portfolios and shopping centers will be interesting to follow in future years, he tells AMWatch's sister site. EjendomsWatch. The fear of increasing default rates from issuers of risky corporate bonds is promplting as*et managers to take short positions in the Pension funds in Nordic countries stand out as being the most willing as*et owners in Europe to disclose information on the extent to which their investments are in line with official targets on climate, according to a recent survey from the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Peter Broström, Nordic head at Savills Investment Management, expects next year to be a profitable one in terms of transactions -- including sell-offs from players who went on a shopping spree three to five years ago, he tells AMWatch's sister site, EjendomsWatch.