For professional investors
The State of Global Impact Investing - A Nordic View
Are you curious to discover the latest global trends in impact investing? Join us for an insightful event with leading industry professionals, providing an in-depth update on the latest trends shaping the world of impact investing. In October, the GIIN (Global Impact Investing Network) published its highly anticipated Global Impact Investing Intelligence Series, offering comprehensive insights into the global impact investing landscape. To set the scene, Christian Rosenholm, Director at GIIN, will present the conclusions of the “State of the market 2024 report” and share his reflections on the latest trends, performance and allocations on a global level. Following the presentation, we’ll open the floor for an engaging discussion with Nordic asset owners and managers to explore how these insights influence future opportunities of impact investments globally and more specifically in the Nordics.
Who should attend:
This event's aim is to foster a dialogue between asset owners and asset managers in the area of impact investing. Participation is limited to professional investors and industry specialists.
Language: English Fee: Free of cost
We look forward to your participation and engaging discussions!
Event Details
Event Program
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| 16.30 | Arrival of guests and welcome drinks |
| 17.00 | Welcome note Robert Widén, responsAbility |
| 17.05 | Keynote Christian Rosenholm, the GIIN |
| 17.30 | Expert panel with asset owners and asset managers, moderated by Aline Reichenberg Gustafsson, NordSIP |
| 18:15 | Q&A |
| 18:30 | Networking drinks |
| 19.30 | End of event |
Meet the Speakers
Christian Rosenholm
Director, Institutional Engagement, the GIIN
Christian Rosenholm serves as Director, Institutional Engagement. In this role, Christian Rosenholm will focus on furthering relationships with institutional asset owners to develop ways to systematically integrate impact within investment strategies and approaches and to help identify opportunities to advance impact investing within institutional asset owner community. Prior to joining the GIIN, Christian Rosenholm has held several professional positions targeting engagement of the private sector and investors in sustainable development with a commercial mindset. Most recently, he served as the senior ESG advisor at the Danish Sovereign Wealth Fun, EIFO, where he developed a new ESG assessment approach, shaped policies and advised investment teams and investees on sustainability matters. Christian Rosenholm will be based in Denmark, but he has lived and worked for many years in the U.S., Southeast Asia and Africa. In Southeast Asia and the U.S., Christian Rosenholm worked for IFC (International Finance Corporation), where he was the focal point in developing IFC's impact assessment approach for Private Equity fund investments. He supervised the global impact evaluation program and was one of the original key architects in the development and launch of the Operating Principles for Impact Management.
Rebecca Rehn
Head of ESG Analysis, Alecta
Sustainable Finance professional. MSc in Business & Economics with a major in Sustainable Management and studies in International Public Law in Crisis and Conflicts). 10+ years experience in working in both the private and public sector, helping companies find solutions to sustainability issues.
Gabriel Lundström
Head of Sustainability at Skandia and Chariman of UN Global Compact Sweden
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Marcus Svedberg
Chief Economist, Folksam
A financial market professional with over 25 years of experience from research, public and private sector. Specializing in macro economic analysis, investment strategy and asset allocation as well as sustainable finance.
Paul Hailey
Head of Impact & ESG, responsAbility
Responsible for managing and measuring the impact of responsAbility's activities. Fourteen years in impact investing and nineteen years in finance. Lead author of responsAbility Impact Report and various other responsAbility publications. Studied at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge and obtained his MBA from HEC Paris. Guest lecturer in impact investing and sustainability at HEC Paris.
Aline Reichenberg Gustafsson
Editor in Chief, NordSIP
Aline is the editor in Chief of NordSIP. Specialties: SRI, ESG integration, capital introduction, internal fund organization, marketing strategy for funds, negotiations, long and short stock picking on European markets. Value-oriented investments. Macroeconomic analysis. Portfolio management. Fund management. Risk management. Regulatory requirements.
Robert Widén
Director Nordics, responsAbility
Business development and relationship management in the Nordic region. Prior to responsAbility Robert was at the Nordic Investment Bank, Arctic. He held various sales & business development related roles, including Equity & Fixed Income Sales and was part of building up the capital raising arm in alternative investments. Formerly Robert also spent 2 years within Wealth Management at Pensum Asset Management. Robert holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in International Business from Warwick Business School, including an exchange year at Mannheim Business School. Fluent in English, Swedish, and German.