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New Year's Conference 2025

Save the Date: 9 January 2025 – Join renowned speakers Louis-Vincent Gave, Dan Gardner, David Einhorn, Alex Edmans, Loretta Mester, and Jennifer Wallace at our New Year's Conference

New Year's Conference 2025

Save the Date: 9 January 2025 – Join renowned speakers Louis-Vincent Gave, Dan Gardner, David Einhorn, Alex Edmans, Loretta Mester, and Jennifer Wallace at our New Year's Conference

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Better Investment Decisions

New Year's Conference 9 January 2025

SKAGEN has been hosting a New Year's Conference every year since 2004, inviting renowned speakers and experts from around the world. In 2025, the investment conference will seek to find answers to the question how to make better investment decisions in the global financial markets. 

 

Speakers 2025

We have a number of exciting speakers lined up for the New Year's Conference.

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Professor of Finance, London Business School

Alex Edmans

When Value and Responsibility Go Hand in Hand

Professor of finance, speaker, and author. Alex Edmans is known for his expertise in the relationship between responsible business practices and a company’s financial performance.

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Author and risk expert

Dan Gardner

The Bestselling Author Who Challenges Risk and Uncertainty
 
Acclaimed by The Economist, New York Times bestseller, and advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister, the journalist Dan Gardner has made a career of challenging risk and uncertainty.

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Founding Partner & CIO, Summit Street Capital

Jennifer Wallace

An Active Manager with a Proven Track Record

As an active manager, Jennifer Wallace has consistently outperformed for over 15 years in her role as investment director and portfolio manager of the US-based company Summit Street Capital Management. 

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Co-Founder & President, Greenlight Capital

David Einhorn

The Art of Playing Your Cards Right. 

Value investor, author, and poker player. The co-founder and president of Greenlight Capital is known for playing his cards at just the right time. 

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Former President & CEO, Cleveland Fed

Loretta Mester

A Rate Hawk Offers Insight into the Financial Machinery

After 10 years as one of the twelve Federal Reserve chiefs and head of the Cleveland Fed, Loretta Mester has unique insight into the US economy and the heart of the financial system. 

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Founding Partner & CEO, Gavekal

Louis-Vincent Gave

The Mountain Infantryman Exploring Emerging Markets. Emerging markets have been the focus of Louis-Vincent Gave’s career, where he, in addition to being an author, also serves as a founding partner and CEO of the company Gavekal.

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Positive outlook for emerging markets
26 January 2023

"You have to dare to be contrarian and look for the really good bargains. That is where the great opportunities in the emerging markets lie," says Portfolio Manager Fredrik Bjelland.

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Fiona Hill: On the political front line
27 December 2022

Having dined with Vladimir Putin, been adviser to a former US President and taken the witness stand ...

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Mark Mills: Daring to tread new ground
21 December 2022

It is typically measures such as wind, water and renewable energy that are at the core of the ...

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Aswath Damodaran: "Dean of Valuation"
12 December 2022

Professor Aswath Damodaran has dedicated a large part of his career to explaining how companies are ...

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Mohamed El-Erian: Influential economist, investor and commentator
28 November 2022

Few people are better placed to understand the turmoil in global financial markets today than ...

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Eliot Higgins: wielding the power of the internet to fight for facts
17 November 2022

The man behind the open-source intelligence service Bellingcat is on a relentless quest for the ...

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20 years in Norway

The New Year's Conference has been held for 20 consecutive years in Norway.

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3 Nobel Prize winners

3 of the speakers have been Nobel Prize winners.

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5 countries

The conference has been held in 5 different European countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the UK and the Netherlands.

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More than 100 speakers

More than 100 speakers have presented at our New Year's Conference over the past 20 years.

Historical returns are no guarantee for future returns. Future returns will depend, inter alia, on market developments, the fund manager’s skills, the fund’s risk profile and management fees. The return may become negative as a result of negative price developments. There is risk associated with investing in funds due to market movements, currency developments, interest rate levels, economic, sector and company-specific conditions. The funds are denominated in NOK. Returns may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations. Prior to making a subscription, we encourage you to read the fund's prospectus and key investor information document which contain further details about the fund's characteristics and costs. The information can be found on www.skagenfunds.com. Storebrand Asset Management administers the SKAGEN funds which are by agreement managed by SKAGEN's portfolio managers.

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