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IKC Capital names Sebastian Hallenius CIO and incoming CEO

The Swedish manager's new investment chief spent seven years running Länsförsäkringar Multistrategi.

At a glance

  1. Hallenius told HedgeNordic he was part of Länsförsäkringar's shift from external to in-house management.
  2. For allocators weighing IKC funds, a due-diligence question is whether new strategies will be built in-house or bought under Hallenius.
  3. Hallenius said his focus at IKC is growth through new funds, strategies and possible complementary acquisitions, while maintaining the quality of the current range.

Sebastian Hallenius joined IKC Capital as chief investment officer and incoming CEO, HedgeNordic reported on Oct. 14. He had spent nine years at Länsförsäkringar Fonder, where he was head of asset allocation and for seven years managed the multi-asset hedge fund Länsförsäkringar Multistrategi.

Hallenius told HedgeNordic he was part of Länsförsäkringar's shift from external to in-house management. IKC Capital is a Swedish asset manager whose actively managed funds include balanced strategies across global, European and Swedish equity and fixed-income markets, plus dedicated real estate equity and corporate bond strategies.

For allocators weighing IKC funds, a due-diligence question is whether new strategies will be built in-house or bought under Hallenius.

Hallenius said his focus at IKC is growth through new funds, strategies and possible complementary acquisitions, while maintaining the quality of the current range.

Reported by the Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts desk from HedgeNordic. Published . Corrections

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