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Amid market volatility, shifting rate regimes and geopolitical uncertainty, institutional investors are turning to fixed income instruments that offer safety, liquidity and resilience. Covered bonds excel across all three criteria, and no investor has more expertise in the asset class than Nordea Asset Management. Distinguished by its size, skill and strategy, the firm was a standout winner in the Covered Bond Investor of the Year category. GlobalCapital spoke to Henrik Stille, the firm’s Head of Fixed Income Rates, about Nordea Asset Management’s approach to the market and why covered bonds are attracting sophisticated capital on the hunt for alternatives to sovereign and corporate debt.

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