2024 Investment Conference
The conference took place on 23 April at our Oslo office.
How to become a better investor?
We invest on behalf of the Norwegian people. Our goal is to maximise financial return on behalf of both current and future generations. We also want to contribute to the Norwegian asset management industry, so what better topic for our annual conference than: How to become a better investor?
To answer this question, we gathered some of the world’s leading experts, including Marc Andreessen, Angela Duckworth, Annie Duke, Amy Edmondson, Adam Grant, Ole Andreas Halvorsen, Kristin Harila, Greg Jensen, Howard Marks, Michael Mauboussin, Marc Rowan, Robert Wallace, Jean Hynes and Patrick Healy.
Watch the Investment Conference 2024
Some speakers have requested not to be included in the recording.
Main topics:
Investment philosophy and strategy
“ Are you confident enough to do contrarian bets and follow your conviction even when they go against the market? Popular opinion is not always correct, but you need to be aware of the ego-pitfall” Malin Norberg, Co-chief Investment Officer Asset Strategies, Norges Bank Investment Management
Building successful investment organisations
“ Talking about psychological safety is easy, especially when things are going smoothly. But when the chips are down and you feel like you are in the storm, that is when you as an individual and we as an organisation are really tested.’’ Patrick du Plessis, Global Head of Risk Management, Norges Bank Investment Management
What characterises the best investors?
Psychology
“A good investor combines passionate curiosity with a relentless pursuit of truth, integrating diverse information to gain unique insights. They continuously seek knowledge and creatively connect unrelated data. Be a learning machine.” Andreas Sæle Helland, Associate Portfolio Manager Equities, Norges Bank Investment Management
What characterises the best investors?
Behavioural
“I don’t believe in miracles. Even though they sometimes happen. Great performance comes from working hard, doing the right things, and stop doing the wrong ones. Sounds easy, right?” Bjørn Mannsverk, Mental Coach and Head of the Team Performance Programme, Norges Bank Investment Management
What is a good investor?
What defines a good investor? How do you react when things go wrong? How can we create a sustainable, high-performance organisation? To find asnwers, we asked some of our colleagues to reflect on these very questions.
Watch the 2023 Investment Conference on geopolitics
The topic of the investment conference 2023 was geopolitical tensions and implications for investors. It took place on 25 April at our Oslo office. Some speakers have requested not to be included in the recording.