Wednesday 19 November 12:45 - Wednesday 19 November 22:00

Nordic Fund Selection Awards 2025

We have gathered institutional investors and fund selectors at the Nordic Fund Selection Awards since 2010 and it’s one of the highlights of our year. We are very much looking forward to be hosting the 16th annual Awards this year. We hope to meet you in Stockholm!

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The program

Wednesday 19 November 2025

12:45

Registration for the Awards Seminar & Coffee

30 minutes

13:15

Introduction

15 minutes

Niklas Tell

Founder, Tell Media Group

13:30

Keynote: From Fund Selector to CIO - A Personal Journey

30 minutes

Mussie Kidane

Chief investment Officer of Pictet North America Advisors

14:00

How a changing Europe is reshaping credit markets

20 minutes

Will Prentis

Investment Specialist at Wellington Management

14:25

Accelerating alpha: enhanced strategies for equities and ETF

20 minutes

Jeroen Hagens

Client Portfolio Manager at Robeco

14:45

Coffee break

30 minutes

15:15

Global Small-Cap Stocks: Dispelling Myths and Uncovering Value

20 minutes

Richard Brown

CFA, Client Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors

15:40

AI Gold Rush: The $1 Trillion question that no one has an answer to

20 minutes

Grant Bughman

Head of the Client Portfolio Management at Vontobel Asset Management

16:05

Keynote: From index tracker to conscious investor - the equity portfolio in 3D

25 minutes

Sander Van Stijn

Head of Mandate Management at PGGM Investments

17:30

Registration for the Awards Dinner & Pre-drink

60 minutes

18:30

Awards Dinner - starter is served

45 minutes

19:15

Main course is served

15 minutes

19:30

Search of the year awards (equities & fixed income) & Nordic Investment Consultancy of the year

30 minutes

20:00

What could we learn from the rise and fall of golden ages

30 minutes

Johan Norberg

20:30

Dessert, coffee & avec

15 minutes

20:45

Country specific awards (Danish, Finnish, Norwegian & Swedish fund selection team of the year)

15 minutes

21:00

Nordic (single) family office investor of the year

15 minutes

The facts

This event is dedicated to institutional investors and fund selectors in the Nordic region. The Nordic Fund Selection Awards highlights and awards the best selection teams in the region. It is the ultimate business networking opportunity.

When

Wednesday 19 November 2025 12:45 - 22:00

Where Grand Hôtel, Södra Blasieholmshamnen, Stockholm, Sverige

All speakers

Grant Bughman

Head of the Client Portfolio Management at Vontobel Asset Management

Grant Bughman joined Vontobel Asset Management in February 2019. As Head of the Client Portfolio Management Team within Quality Growth, he is responsible for communicating to the outside the investment philosophy, investment process, positioning, performance,...

Jeroen Hagens

Client Portfolio Manager at Robeco

Jeroen Hagens is Client Portfolio Manager in Quant Investing based in Rotterdam. In this capacity he represents Robeco’s Quant Investing team in Europe. He conducts client and consultant meetings, speaks at conferences and gives seminars...

Johan Norberg

He is the intellectual superstar from Sweden. Johan Norberg has lectured all over the globe about the positive effects of our open, innovative, global world. He has published more than twenty books and is an...

Mussie Kidane

Chief investment Officer of Pictet North America Advisors

(Mr.) Mussie Kidane is a Managing Director and Chief investment Officer of Pictet North America Advisors since September 2022. Previously, Mussie was Global Head of Fund and Manager Research team for 15 years. He joined...