Stockholm (NordSIP) – Worthwhile Capital Partners, a Nordic specialist placement agent for sustainable investing announced that Bengt Hellström would be joining its ranks as Senior Adviser. Hellström will support the Firm in Manager Selection, Fund Due Diligence and Long-Term Strategy Formation.
Hellström has worked in finance since the 1980s, including twenty years at AP3 – the Third Swedish National Pension Fund where as Head of Alternative Investments. Before that, Hellström was a Partner and Investment Manager at EQT Partners and a Vice President for Corporate Finance at Investor AB.
“While demand for sustainable investment opportunities from our investors has risen sharply over the past years, the number of fund managers aiming to capitalize on this has rapidly increased too. But several of these fund managers adopt a generalist approach to specialist investment strategies, which is why Worthwhile goes to great lengths identifying true specialist managers suitable for our growing European investor base. Our senior advisory board has a significant role in identifying and selecting suitable fund managers and direct investment opportunities, and we are now expanding our team further,” says Christian Andersson, the Managing Partner at Worthwhile Capital Partners.
Worthwhile Capital Partners plans to build its senior advisory board in 2022-23 as part of expandomg its advisory services to state pension funds, occupational pension funds, life insurers and foundations in Northern Europe. The Firm has previously appointed Sony Kapoor as Senior Advisor and Chief Economist, and Niclas Sundstrom as Senior Advisor for Global Policy and Geopolitics.
“Bengt’s long and impressive track record in alternative investing, together with the extensive network that he has built over the past couple of decades, will be a very welcome contribution to Worthwhile’s growing business ambitions for sustainable investing. We are very excited to be working together with him in the years ahead,” Andersson concludes.
