Key Takeaways
- • Fearnley Asset Management has appointed Maria Granlund and Scott Aspestrand Stousland as portfolio managers of its high-yield-focused Fearnley Credit Fund, a Nordic High Yield strategy.
- • Granlund joins as Head of Credit and Portfolio Manager after 13 years at Alfred Berg, including 12 years as a portfolio manager focused on crossover bonds spanning investment grade and high yield.
- • Stousland brings more than a decade of credit experience, mostly at Nordea, where he worked in credit sales and as a senior credit analyst covering shipping and seafood.
- • The hires strengthen Fearnley's credit platform alongside its global energy and shipping long/short strategy, the Fearnley Energy Alpha Fund.
- • Stousland's start date is October 2026, per his own LinkedIn announcement.
Summary
Fearnley Asset Management has appointed Maria Granlund and Scott Aspestrand Stousland as portfolio managers for its Fearnley Credit Fund, a high-yield-focused vehicle. The company announced the appointments via LinkedIn, stating that the two "have joined the company as Portfolio Managers for Fearnley Credit Fund." The hires add depth to the firm's investment capabilities, which also include the global energy and shipping-focused long/short strategy, Fearnley Energy Alpha Fund.
Granlund joins Fearnley as Head of Credit and Portfolio Manager after 13 years at Alfred Berg. She spent 12 of those years as a portfolio manager focused on crossover bonds, which span investment grade and high yield. Her background positions her to lead the credit franchise's high-yield mandate.
Stousland, who brings more than ten years of industry experience, spent most of his career at Nordea. There he held several credit roles, including credit sales and senior credit analyst coverage of sectors such as shipping and seafood. In a LinkedIn post, he said he would take on the portfolio manager role starting in October, joining Granlund in managing the Nordic High Yield fund. He described the opportunity to "be part of growing Fearnley Asset Management's ambitious credit platform" and cited the broader Astrup Fearnley franchise as an important foundation for the strategy.
Granlund joins Fearnley as Head of Credit and Portfolio Manager after 13 years at Alfred Berg. She spent 12 of those years as a portfolio manager focused on crossover bonds, which span investment grade and high yield. Her background positions her to lead the credit franchise's high-yield mandate.
Stousland, who brings more than ten years of industry experience, spent most of his career at Nordea. There he held several credit roles, including credit sales and senior credit analyst coverage of sectors such as shipping and seafood. In a LinkedIn post, he said he would take on the portfolio manager role starting in October, joining Granlund in managing the Nordic High Yield fund. He described the opportunity to "be part of growing Fearnley Asset Management's ambitious credit platform" and cited the broader Astrup Fearnley franchise as an important foundation for the strategy.
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