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Insights into hedge fund investments amongst Nordic Investors

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Table of Contents

Key Findings 3 Acknowledgement 4 Investor Profile 4 The investment process 7 Thresholds to invest 12 Allocations 19 Conclusions 19 Contact details 20

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Key Findings

About the investor profile✔ The respondents of this survey represent over $630 billion.

✔ Pension Funds1, Insurance Companies, and Asset Managers2 are by far the biggest investors with over $600 billion under management.

✔ Most investors have not yet filled their maximum allocation quotas to hedge funds.

✔ Most investors invest in single managers as opposed to investing in Fund of Hedge Funds.

About the investment process✔ The most common way to find hedge funds is through Capital Introduction teams, used by

76 % of the investors.

✔ Investors that have mandate to allocate 0–30 % of their total assets represent 80% of the investors, excluding Fund of Hedge Funds.

✔ Most Nordic Investors are confident in their own ability to pick hedge funds and don’t use external advisors when investing.

✔ When meeting a new hedge fund, the investor invests 5 % of the times in average.

About the thresholds to invest✔ Most investors want at least one year of track record before they invest.

✔ 31 % of the investors don’t require funds to have a minimum asset size before they invest.

✔ 56% of the investors accept lock-ups if the fund’s strategy so requires.

✔ Most investors have not changed their transparency requirements after the turbulence of 2008.

About the investors’ allocations✔ 41 % of the investors are increasing their allocations to hedge funds.

✔ During 2009, 68 % of all investments were made in non-Nordic hedge funds.

✔ Long/Short Equity and Global Macro are the strategies that the investors expect to perform the best during 2010.

1 In this survey Pension Funds include State, Corporate, and Mutual Pension Funds2 Investment companies and wealth management

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Acknowledgement

We are proud to present our first empirical Nordic Hedge Fund Investor Survey, which analyses answers from investors actively allocating capital to hedge funds. This survey will be performed on a yearly basis. The responses we have received provide valuable insight into the Nordic investor sentiment and we would like to thank all the investors that have participated in SEB Enskilda, Prime Brokerage, Capital Introduction’s 2010 Nordic Hedge Fund Investor Survey.

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Distribution of Survey Respondents by country

Swedish investors represent 73 % of the Nordic Investors in this survey.

Investor Profile

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The respondents of this survey represent $636 billion.

The biggest investors are Asset Managers, Insurance Companies and Pension Funds with more than $600 billion in AUM.

More than half of the investors are investors with at least $1 billion under management.

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Distribution of Survey Respondents by Assets

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Distribution of AUM by Investor Asset Size

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Investors that have the mandate to allocate 0 – 30 % of their total assets represent 80 % of the investors, excluding Fund of Hedge Funds.

52 % of the investors have allocated less than 10 % of their total assets to hedge funds.

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74 % of the investors do their major hedge fund investments in single managers, as opposed to investing in Fund of Hedge Funds.

The investment process

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Length of investment process

50 % of the investors have an investment process that is shorter than 3 months, and more than 80 % of the investors have an investment process that is shorter than 6 months.

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76 % of the investors use Capital Introduction teams to find hedge funds.

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How investors find hedge funds(multiple answers allowed)

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Most Nordic investors are confident in their own ability to pick hedge funds.

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About half of the Nordic investors use external consultants to make operational DDQ on hedge funds before investing.

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• About half of the Nordic investors use external consultants to make operational DDQ on hedge funds before investing.

Use of external consultants to make operational DDQ

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78 % of the investors had less than 50 meeting with new Hedge Fund managers during 2009.

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• About half of the Nordic investors use external consultants to make operational DDQ on hedge funds before investing.

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Asset Managers have the highest average number of meetings with new hedge funds.

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• Asset Managers has the highest average number of meetings with new hedge funds.

Manager Interviews and Investments

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• Fund of Hedge Funds has the highest allocation rate of 8%. • The average allocation rate is about 5%.

Allocation Rates(Number of investments/Number of first meetings)

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Fund of Hedge Funds have the highest allocation rate of 8 %.

The average allocation rate is about 5 %.

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• Asset Managers has the highest average number of meetings with new hedge funds.

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• Fund of Hedge Funds has the highest allocation rate of 8%. • The average allocation rate is about 5%.

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Allocation Rates (Number of investments/Number of first meetings)

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19 % of the investors made 75% – 100% of their allocations to hedge funds they have already invested in.

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• 19% of the investors made 75%-100% of their allocations to hedge funds they have already invested in.

Reinvestments in Hedge Funds

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• The majority of the investors don’t seed3 hedge funds.• Among the investor categories, the Pension Funds had the highest

seeding frequency.

Proportion of seeders

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The majority of the investors don’t seed3 hedge funds.

Among the investor categories, the Pension Funds had the highest seeding frequency.

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• 19% of the investors made 75%-100% of their allocations to hedge funds they have already invested in.

Reinvestments in Hedge Funds

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• The majority of the investors don’t seed3 hedge funds.• Among the investor categories, the Pension Funds had the highest

seeding frequency.

Proportion of seeders

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3 Seed; investing in start-ups and at launch of new hedge fund strategies

Reinvestments in Hedge Funds

Proportion of seeders

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Thresholds to invest

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• Most investors want 12-36 months of track record before they are willing to invest.

Track Record Requirements

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• 33% of the investors don’t have any restrictions about representing a too large proportion of a fund’s assets.

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33 % of the investors don’t have any restrictions about representing a too large proportion of a fund’s assets.

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Thresholds to invest

• Most investors want 12-36 months of track record before they are willing to invest.

Track Record Requirements

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Track Record Requirements

Maximum Concentration

Most investors want 12-36 months of track record before they are willing to invest.

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31 % of the investors don’t require funds to have a minimum asset size before they can invest.

72 % of the investors with minimum asset size limits require the fund to be bigger than $50 million.

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• 31 % of the investors don’t require funds to have a minimum asset size before they can invest.

• 72% of the investors with minimum asset size limits require the fund to be bigger than $50 million.

Minimum Asset Size

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• 71% of the investors have requirements of the fund’s liquidity. • Monthly liquidity is the most common requirement.

Requirements of Liquidity

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71 % of the investors have requirements of the fund’s liquidity.

Monthly liquidity is the most common requirement.

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• 31 % of the investors don’t require funds to have a minimum asset size before they can invest.

• 72% of the investors with minimum asset size limits require the fund to be bigger than $50 million.

Minimum Asset Size

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• 71% of the investors have requirements of the fund’s liquidity. • Monthly liquidity is the most common requirement.

Requirements of Liquidity

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Minimum Asset Size

Requirements of Liquidity

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56 % of the investors accept Lock-Ups if the strategy so requires.

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• 56% of the investors accept Lock-Ups if the strategy so requires.

Acceptance of Lock-Ups

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• 14% of the investors had increased their requirements of transparency after the turbulence of 2008. Examples of new requirements are visibility of the portfolio and more regular updates.

Changes of transparancy requirements after 2008

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14 % of the investors had increased their requirements of transparency after the turbulence of 2008. Examples of new requirements are visibility of the portfolio and more regular updates.

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• 56% of the investors accept Lock-Ups if the strategy so requires.

Acceptance of Lock-Ups

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• 14% of the investors had increased their requirements of transparency after the turbulence of 2008. Examples of new requirements are visibility of the portfolio and more regular updates.

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41 % of the investors are interested in structures solutions such as managed accounts.

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• 41% of the investors are interested in structures solutions such as managed accounts.

Interest in managed accounts

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• 35% of the investors have UCITS as their preferred legal structure.

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43 % of the investors have no preferences regarding legal structure.

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• 41% of the investors are interested in structures solutions such as managed accounts.

Interest in managed accounts

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Interest in managed accounts

Legal Structure Preferences (multiple answers allowed)

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Allocations

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• 41% of the Nordic Investors are expecting to increase their allocations to hedge funds during 2010.

Expectations of hedge fund alloctions to increase/decrease during 2010

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• European and American hedge funds were the largest targets to the Nordic investors during 2009.

• 68% of all investments were made in non-Nordic hedge funds.

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European and American hedge funds were the largest targets to the Nordic investors during 2009.

68 % of all investments were made in non-Nordic hedge funds.

Expectations of hedge fund allocations increase/decrease during 2010

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• 41% of the Nordic Investors are expecting to increase their allocations to hedge funds during 2010.

Expectations of hedge fund alloctions to increase/decrease during 2010

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Increase Decrease Remain unchanged

• European and American hedge funds were the largest targets to the Nordic investors during 2009.

• 68% of all investments were made in non-Nordic hedge funds.

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Regions where investments have been made during 2009 (multiple answers possible)

41 % of the Nordic Investors are expecting to increase their allocations to hedge funds during 2010.

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Europe keeps the position as the largest investment target during 2010.

Long/Short Equity was the strategy that attracted most investments during 2009.

Distribution of investmens 2009 by strategiesmultiple answers allowed

Regions where investors expect to increase their allocations during 2010 (multiple answers allowed)

Distribution of investments 2009 by strategies (multiple answers allowed)

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• Europe keeps the position as the largest investment target during 2010. • Investors expect to increase their investments by 25% in Asia ex-Japan

in 2010 compared to 2009.

Regions where investors expect to increase their allocations during 2010

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• Long/Short Equity was the strategy that attracted the most investments during 2009.

Distribution of investments 2009 by strategiesmultiple answers allowed

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Global Macro and Long/Short Equity are the strategies that most investors believe will perform favorably during 2010.

Expected increase of allocations for 2010 by strategymultiple answers allowed

Strategies expected to perform favorably during 2010multiple answers allowed

Expected increase of allocations for 2010 by strategy (multiple answers allowed)

Strategies expected to perform favorably during 2010 (multiple answers allowed)

Global Macro is expected to be the most popular strategy during 2010.

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Strategies which are hard to findWhen asked what strategies that the investors thought was hard to find, we received mixed responses. Several investors thought it was hard to find Long/Short Equity strategies that performed well both in bull and bear markets, while others thought it was hard to find Hedge Funds with a focus on Latin America. The most common response was that it is hard to find consistent out performers over a long term horizon.

ConclusionsThe hedge fund industry is expected to grow further during 2010. 41 % of the investors are expecting to increase their allocations and most investors have not yet filled their maximum allocation quotas to hedge funds.

Around 25 % of the investors expect Event Driven, Credit and High Yield/Distressed strategies to perform well during 2010, while only around 11 % of the investors expect to increase their allocations to these strategies this year. This is likely to be because of investors diversifying their portfolios and that they are making long term investments, where the next year’s performance won’t be the most important factor in their investment decision.

The typical Nordic investor requires a hedge fund to have 12-36 months of track record, a fund size larger than $50 million and monthly liquidity, to be willing to invest. Furthermore, the Nordic investor takes about 30 new meetings per year and invests in 1 or 2 of the managers he or she has met. However, most Nordic investors are open-minded when it comes to hedge fund strategies and diversification of their investments. In 2009 most of the investors allocated the majority of their assets to hedge funds that they had not previously invested in.

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Contact Details

Jonas Lindgren Charlotte Bonde Tamm Head of Prime Brokerage Head of Capital Introduction +46 8 506 23 306 +46 8 506 23 311

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Prime BrokerageSEB Enskilda Prime Brokerage, is a unit exclusively set up to provide service to money managers with an absolute return focus, all strategies, structures and geographies. SEB Enskilda Prime Brokerage has over 30 years of experience with leading European and US Hedge Funds.

DisclaimerThe information in this document has been compiled by SEB Merchant Banking, a division of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) (“SEB”). It is produced for private information of recipients and SEB is not soliciting any action based upon it. All information has been compiled in good faith from sources believed to be reliable. However, no representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is made with respect to the completeness or accuracy of its contents and the information is not to be relied upon as authoritative. Recipients are urged to base any investment decisions upon such investigations as they deem necessarily. To the extent permit-ted by applicable law, no liability whatsoever is accepted for any direct or indirect loss arising from the use of this document or its content. Your attention is drawn to the fact that SEB, or any entity associated with SEB or its affiliates, officers, directors, employees or shareholders of such members may from time to time have holdings in the securities mentioned herein.

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