New Star Asset Management is hoping to increase its Nordic presence via a new agreement with Intervalor, the Swedish third-party marketing firm, to market its funds to institutional and retail clients in the region.

One of the first products to be marketed will be New Star's Japanese equity fund. Anders Bladh, managing director of Intervalor, said New Star has demonstrated its expertise by delivering strong relative performance in difficult markets as well as absolute outperformance in Japan during 2002 and over five years.