Anders Augusén

Nektar is an alternative asset manager focused on absolute returns. The firm follows market-neutral and directional strategies. They invest in long equity positions, targeting companies with attractive earnings in G8 countries and focusing on Nordic countries. Nektar invests a significant proportion of their assets in bonds, swaps, spread, options and derivatives. Historically the firm has also invested in US equity and Asian tracker funds. Their portfolio is diversified, uncorrelated and at times largely constituted of cash instruments. In-house research is both qualitative and quantitative. The firm concentrates their activity in markets where they hold comparative advantages in terms of investment intelligence gathering and analysis. Their investment approach focuses on unique risk and is essentially quantitative.