Sentat Event Driven ends 2011 ahead of peers with Nordic-focused approach

January 26, 2012  


Former Alfred Berg equity broker Sten Berggren’s fledgling event-driven fund has completed its first year of trading with a strong return in a generally poor year for European event-driven strategies – and the manager is confident that his views on Nordic companies will continue to bear fruit in 2012


Sten Berggren
The past couple of years have seen event-driven funds receiving high levels of investor interest, and event-driven managers have generally been bullish about the potential opportunities to be exploited by their strategies.

A panel of specialists at the EuroHedge Summit in Paris last May were convinced that this was a good time for event-driven, citing the likelihood of organic company growth and an increase in M&A activity in the near-term.

But if...

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Data

Indices April 2012 Global indices

Composite
Index Composite
GlobalApr 12YTD%
Composite-0.11%3.26%96%
Emerging Market Debt0.10%2.92%98%
Emerging Market Equity0.00%6.58%98%
Equity-0.53%4.68%92%
Event Driven-0.12%5.28%79%
Macro-0.56%1.00%96%
Managed Futures-0.09%-0.21%98%
Single Manager African0.79%3.27%100%

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