Wednesday 8 October 08:30 - Wednesday 8 October 13:15

Nordic Fund Selection Forum Copenhagen 2025

The due date for registration has passed for this event.

The Nordic Fund Selection Forum is one of the longest running events dedicated to fund selectors and institutional investors in the Nordic region. The event offers ample opportunities for delegates to meet and exchange ideas with selector peers. The event is also an effective platform to gain insight from leading fund managers across a range of asset classes.

The event is strictly for invited fund selectors and institutional investors.

The program

Wednesday 8 October 2025

08:30
Registration, coffee & networking
30 minutes
09:00
Introduction
10 minutes

Niklas Tell

Founder, Tell Media Group

09:15
Panel discussion
30 minutes
The pros and cons of externally managed assets in institutional portfolios

Erik Bennike

Head of Equities and Credit and PensionDanmark, PensionDenmark

Magdalena Högberg

Head of Asset Allocation, Liquid Markets and Analysis at AP4

John Hydeskov

Head of investment risk and strategy at AkademikerPension

09:45
Roundtable presentations
45 minutes
Structured discussions with fund managers

Capital Group – Don’t be fooled by headlines: Emerging markets debt still looks good. Despite global noise, EM debt remains a compelling allocation.

Allspring Global Investments – Optimizing Credit Portfolios: The Strategic Case for Outsourcing Investment Grade and High Yield Mandates

Ninety One – Investing in the EM transformation: unlocking structural growth

BNP Paribas Asset Management – The Green Hangover: Are investors missing the power trade… (again?)

Edward Harrold

Fixed income investment director at Capital Group

George Bory

Chief Investment Strategist, Fixed Income at Allspring Global Investments

Juliana Hansveden

Portfolio Manager at Ninety One

Ulrik Fugmann

Co-head of the Environmental Strategies Group at BNP Paribas Asset Management

10:30
Networking & Coffee
30 minutes
11:00
Roundtable presentations
45 minutes
Structured discussions with fund managers

Capital Group – Don’t be fooled by headlines: Emerging markets debt still looks good. Despite global noise, EM debt remains a compelling allocation.

Allspring Global Investments – Optimizing Credit Portfolios: The Strategic Case for Outsourcing Investment Grade and High Yield Mandates

Ninety One – Investing in the EM transformation: unlocking structural growth

BNP Paribas Asset Management – The Green Hangover: Are investors missing the power trade… (again?)

Edward Harrold

Fixed income investment director at Capital Group

George Bory

Chief Investment Strategist, Fixed Income at Allspring Global Investments

Juliana Hansveden

Portfolio Manager at Ninety One

Ulrik Fugmann

Co-head of the Environmental Strategies Group at BNP Paribas Asset Management

11:50
Networking lunch
60 minutes

The facts

For our Nordic Fund Selection Forum 2025 Copenhagen, we will be focusing on the pros and cons of externally managed assets in institutional portfolios. We will also gain insight from fund managers from Allspring Global Investments, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Capital Group and Ninety One. 

Wednesday 8 October 2025 08:30 - 13:15

Hotel Nimb, Bernstorffsgade, Köpenhamn, Danmark

All speakers

Edward Harrold

Fixed income investment director at Capital Group

Edward Harrold is an investment director at Capital Group. He has 18 years of industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 11 years. Prior to joining Capital, Edward worked as an associate in...

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Erik Bennike

Head of Equities and Credit and PensionDanmark, PensionDenmark

Erik Bennike is the Head of Equities and Credit at PensionDanmark, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds. In this capacity he oversees the management of roughly 55 per cent of the pension fund’s assets, responsible...

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George Bory

Chief Investment Strategist, Fixed Income at Allspring Global Investments

George Bory is the chief investment strategist for the Fixed Income team at Allspring Global Investments. In this role, he is responsible for partnering across the fixed income platform to help each team set investment...

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John Hydeskov

Head of investment risk and strategy at AkademikerPension

John Hydeskov is Head of Investment Risk and Strategy at AkademikerPension / Danish Pension Fund for Academics, overseeing DKK 160bn on behalf of 170.000 members. He is member of the investment committee, real estate committee...

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Juliana Hansveden

Portfolio Manager at Ninety One

Juliana is a portfolio manager and is responsible for the Emerging Markets Leaders strategy and is part of the Ninety One Emerging Markets equities research platform. Prior to joining the firm, Juliana was the lead...

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Magdalena Högberg

Head of Asset Allocation, Liquid Markets and Analysis at AP4

Magdalena Högberg, CFA is the head of Asset Allocation, Liquid markets and Analysis (“ALMA”) at the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) in Stockholm. Ms Högberg leads a team of specialists responsible for global equities,...

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Niklas Tell

Founder, Tell Media Group

Niklas Tell is the founder and chief content officer at Tell Media Group, a Swedish based research and publishing company focused on the asset management industry. He is the driving force behind the company’s research,...

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Ulrik Fugmann

Co-head of the Environmental Strategies Group at BNP Paribas Asset Management

Ulrik is co-head of the Environmental Strategies Group within Fundamental Active Equities and ESG Champion at BNP Paribas Asset Management. He joined BNPP AM in 2019 and has over 22 years of investment management experience...

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