The Sector Healthcare Team hosted an exclusive summer seminar for large investors on Wednesday 19 June 2019 at The THIEF Hotel in Oslo.

The program included presentations by the Healthcare Team Investment Managers as well as invited speakers from Sector Asset Managment and Cowen Washington Research Group.

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Program:

A golden age of medical innovation? Healthcare investment considerations presented by Trond Horneland and Trond Tviberg, Investment Managers of Sector Healthcare Fund

Trond Horneland and Trond Tviberg are the founding Investment Managers of the Sector Healthcare Fund, launched in 2005, and Sector Healthcare Value Fund, launched in 2010.

Corporate governance and M&A - a perspective from Japan, presented by Trond Hermansen, Investment Manager of Sector Zen Fund

Trond Hermansen has managed Japanese and Asian equity funds since 1995. In 2006 he launched the Sector Zen Fund, a long/short equity fund focusing on neglected areas within the Japanese equity market.

US healthcare policy issues in run-up to the 2020 Presidential election, presented by Rick Weissenstein, Cowen Washington Research Group

Rick Weissenstein joined Cowen Washington Research Group in August 2016 and covers health care services policy issues. Previously he worked as a senior analyst at Guggenheim Securities, MF Global, Stanford Financial, and Schwab Soundview, where he was responsible for analyzing health care policy issues and emerging trends in the federal and state legislative, regulatory, and legal arenas and their implications for the health care industry. He was formerly the Washington Bureau Chief for Modern Healthcare magazine, and a reporter for Advertising Age magazine.

Sustainable investing and ESG - more than a fad? Climate risks in investing presented by Knut N. Kjær, Chairman of Sector Asset Management

Knut Kjær is the Chairman of Sector Asset Management Group and FSN Capital. He was the founding CEO of NBIM from 1998 to 2008 and is a member of the advisory committees of China Investment Corporation and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. In 2005-2006, Knut took part in the working group that, upon invitation by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, drafted the UN PRI.

The event was followed by a social gathering with food, drinks and music at The THIEF Rooftop Terrace.