Nordic Investment Conference was organized for the first time in Finland
The fifth Nordic Investment Conference was organized on 27th March at the Stock Exchange Building in central Helsinki. After months of planning and lots of effort from the CFA Society Finland conference team, we spent a fantastic day with 17 speakers and topics ranging from hybrid warfare and defense to alternative asset classes, cybersecurity and AI in finance, all important to the Nordic investor.
The Nordic Investment Conference is an annual initiative jointly organized by Finansforeningen/CFA Society Denmark, CFA Society Sweden and CFA Society Norway, and it is in turns hosted by the different Societies in the Nordics. We were happy to welcome around 150 guests to our conference day from Finland and abroad, many of them CFA charterholders but also other professionals from various fields of finance.
We are truly grateful for the opportunity to hear from such knowledgeable experts in their respective fields—thank you (in order of presentations) Jakob Sandell, Research Manager, Tesi, Cecilie Hellestveist, PhD, Fellow at Norwegian Academy of International Law, Juhani Hyvärinen, PhD, LUT University, Jamil Baz, Managing Director and Head of Client Solutions and Analytics, PIMCO, Alokik Advani, MBA, CEO, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Jarno Limnell, PhD, Member of Parliament, Christoph V. Schon CFA, CIPM, Lead Principal, Investment Decision Research, SimCorp, Mikko Hyppönen, Chief Research Officer, WithSecure, Per Karlsson, Director S&PGlobal, Christian Fredrixon, CEO, Cibus, Department of Energy, Arhi Kivilahti, Founder, Ada Insights, Niklas Ringborg, CEO and Partner CRK Forest Management Ab, Lauri Tenhunen CFA, Portfolio Manager, Conifer Consulting, Sami Veijalainen, Partner, CapMan Natural Capital, and Esa-Jussi Viitala, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Institute Finland, with moderator Alexandra Voss, CFA, and Jeevan Sagoo, Managing Director, Ares Credit Group,
We are deeply thankful to our conference sponsors for great co-work during this initiative and we were excited to welcome sponsor representatives to be part of our day: platinum sponsors Pimco with Mikko Andersson, Henrik Grunditz, and SimCorp with Fredrik Gardförs, Claus Jensen, Tomi Mäntykangas, Niklas Salminen CFA, and gold sponsors Goldman Sachs with Jenny Uski and Ossian Riisla, Nuveen with Otto Donner and PGIM with Victoria Dorreboom, as well as our annual sponsor Fidelity International with Kaisa Paatsola!
Much gratitude goes also to CFA Society Finland board members for all the great effort you have invested to make this conference a reality, a big thank you to project lead Toni Iivonen, CFA and Tuomas Hillukkala, CFA! Special thanks also to Philip Garner, CFA, Antti Ihalainen, CFA, Jenny Yang CFA, and Endriko Vorklaev, CFA for valuable help during the conference day! Thank you also to host Eero Alasuutari, Head of Brand and Marketing from Inderes, who smoothly transitioned and navigated our attendees between the day’s topics.
Our conference was a day of professional learning, meaningful connections, and inspiring dialogue. We hope that through thought-provoking keynote addresses, and collaborative discussions, participants engaged in a rich learning experience. See you next year in Stockholm!
All photography by Pekka Lähteenmäki.
