Passed event: Nordic Investment Conference 2022, 6.9.2022
Members & non-members event
date & time & location
6/9/2022 9:30-17:05 EET Clarion Hotel The Hub, Biskop Gunnerusgt. 3, 0106 Oslo, Norway / Virtual
Fee: Different prices apply
Hosted by CFA Society Norway and Forening for finansfag Norge in partnership with CFA Society Denmark/The Danish Finance Society, CFA Society Finland and CFA Society Sweden.
After navigating two years of a global pandemic, financial markets are left to grapple with an old, familiar foe: inflation. This year, the western world has experienced inflation rates not seen since the 1980s, putting upward pressure on interest rates, increasing the likelihood of a recession and sending the markets to a freefall. How should we as investors approach the now strangely foreign phenomenon? How does the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund – NBIM – handle the uncertainty?
The high inflation can partly be attributed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has increased tensions between the East and the West. With growing worldwide polarization and threats of geopolitical conflicts, can the past be a guide to the future? How will our relationship with China shape our future? And how can we as investors position for this?
Finally, as the world also struggles with an energy shortage, we must again rely on fossil fuels in order to secure our electricity demands, hence temporarily setting aside climate goals. What financial risks are there to losses in natural diversity? How does the leading Nordic sustainability funds integrate sustainability into private markets?
Confirmed speakers:
Antti Ilmanen, Principal and Co-Head of the Portfolio Solutions Group, AQR
Dag Huse, Chief Risk Officer, Norwegian Bank Investment Management
David Murrin, CEO, Emergent Asset Management and Global Forecaster
Emily Haisley, Managing Director, Risk and Quantitative Analysis, BlackRock
Hanna Ideström, Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments, AP4
Idar Kreutzer, CEO, Finans Norge
Isabelle Thompson, CFA, Portfolio Manager, DNB Asset Management
Marte Løfman, Senior Analyst, Impact Investments, Grieg Investor
Melanie Brooks, Portfolio Manager & Responsible for ESG, Fondsfinans Kapitalforvaltning
Agenda
08:30 Welcome and introduction of the agenda
Pieter van Putten, CFA, Presidents Council Representative for Western Europe in CFA Institute
08:40 ESG at a crossroads - where do we go from here? & The Climate Crisis and the Role of Renewable Energy in the Energy Crisis
Marte Løfman, Senior Analyst, Impact Investments, Grieg Investor, & Melanie Brooks, Portfolio Manager & Responsible for ESG, Fondsfinans Kapitalforvaltning
09:20 Sustainability integration into private markets
Hanna Ideström, Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments, AP4
10:00 Break
10.30 Loss of biodiversity as a financial risk
Idar Kreutzer, CEO, Finans Norge, & Isabelle Thompson, CFA, Portfolio Manager, DNB Asset Management
11.20 Lunch
12.20 Inflation: Impact on wealth and asset management/investing amid low expected returns
Antti Ilmanen, Principal and Co-Head of the Portfolio Solutions Group, AQR
13.05 Behavioural finance: How does the new generation of asset managers deal with today's problems (for instance inflation & geopolitical issues) when most have never faced them before at this scale?
Emily Haisley, Managing Director, Risk and Quantitative Analysis, BlackRock
13.45 Break
14.15 How does NBIM manage portfolio risk in today's environment with high inflation, volatile markets and macroeconomic uncertainties?
Dag Huse, Chief Risk Officer, Norwegian Bank Investment Management
15.00 Breaking the code of history: How China Will Impact our Future?
David Murrin, Principal, Global Forecaster
16.00 Closing remarks
16.05-18.00 Networking reception (in-person participants only)
If you have questions contact: trine.sy@finansfag.no
