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1 August 2016 What Happens If Interest Rates Stay Negative? Lena Sellgren, Chief Economist, Strategy and Business Development, Business Sweden Economic Outlook for Sweden and Impact on Business, Financial Markets and Pensions Mark Bathgate, Research, BlueBay Asset Management LLP Marco-Economic Overview and Interest Rate Policy - Implications for Fixed Income Salman Ahmed, Chief Investment Strategist, Lombard Odier Investment Managers Implications of Negative Interest Rates from an Investor's Perspective Klaus Paesler, Head, Currency & Overlay Strategy EMEA, Russell Investments Managing Key Portfolio Risks - Downside Protection with Potential Return Generation Stephan Skaanes, Partner, PPCmetrics AG Coping with Negative Interest Rates - Swiss Pension Funds' Perspective June 2016 Why Alternatives in Today s Environment: Cost, Control and Governance Governor Per Callesen, Danmarks Nationalbank Economic Outlook and Current Challenges A Central Bank Perspective Casper Hammerich, Investment Consultant, Kirstein A/S Evolution and Trends in Alternative Investments for Nordic Pension Fund Lasse Heje Pedersen, Finance Professor, Copenhagen Business School and NYU Stern School of Business & Principal, AQR Capital Management LLC Capturing Risk Premia in Alternatives Practical Considerations Daniel Schoneveld, Principal, Hamilton Lane Private Equity Private Equity and Listed Infrastructure Effectively Investing Today? Thomas Wibe Poulsen, Vice President, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Practical Considerations and Governance Issues of Investing in Alternatives Investors Panel April 2016 Investment Principles and Beliefs Time to Review?

2 Adam Gillett, Investment Consultant, Willis Towers Watson Investment Beliefs - More Important Now than Ever? Markku Kaustia, Hannes Gebhard Professor in Finance and Insurance, Aalto University Implicit Asset Class Performance Expectations Michael Kollo, Deputy Head of Research - Rosenberg Equities, AXA Investment Managers The Patient Risk Premium Matthew Bullock, Investment Director, Asset Allocation Group, Wellington Management International Ltd Investment Beliefs: Articulating them in Multi-Asset Space Pieter Westland, Senior Investment Strategist, Blue Sky Group Investment Beliefs February 2016 Investing in the New Era Building Robust Strategies Given Current Market Environment and Regulatory Constraints Bo Könberg, Chairman of the Board, Swedish Pensions Agency Swedish Pensions Agency David Oliphant, Executive Director, Fixed Income, Columbia Threadneedle Investments Fixed Income Markets in 2016: A Year for Treading Carefully? Gilbert Soubie, Head of Insurance Business Development, Insurance Business Line, AMUNDI Asset Management Insurance Solutions David Milward, Head of Loans, Henderson Global Investors Floating in a Low Yield World Hiten Savani, Portfolio Manager, Fidelity International Building Robust Long Term Low Carbon Active Equity Portfolios November 2015 Reviewing the Implications of the Expected Return of Interest Rates to 'Normal' Levels

3 Professor Jesper Rangvid, Professor of Finance, Copenhagen Business School How Much Does Economic Growth Tell Us About Expected Returns? New Global Evidence Carsten Valgreen, Partner, Applied Global Macro Research LLC Low Long Yields Forever? Antti Ilmanen, Principal, AQR Capital Management LLC Low Interest Rate Environment Implications on Fixed Income and Earnings Yield Jeff Mueller, Portfolio Manager, Global High Yield Team, Eaton Vance Management (International) Ltd. Global High Yield in the Context of Diverging Interest Rate Environments Kasper Ahrndt Lorenzen, Head of Portfolio Construction & Volatility, ATP Pension Fund Case Study August 2015 Fixed Income Investing Today Key Risks and Challenges in this Low Yield and Increasingly Volatile Environment Stefi Kierulf Prytz, Director, Life Insurance & Pension Department, Finance Norway Overview of the Norwegian Pension Systems and Latest Developments Thomas Ekeli, Chief Economist, Folketrygdfondet (Government Pension Fund Norway) Economic Outlook: Fixed Income Markets in the Nordic Region and Globally David Parsons, Specialist, Multi-Asset Credit, M&G Investments How Can We Avoid the Mistakes of the Past and Find Value in an Over-valued World? Philippe Vannerem, Associate Director, Quoniam Asset Management GmbH From Low Yield and Rising Rates to Real Return with Low Risk Pilar Gomez-Bravo, Investment Officer & Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, MFS Investment Management Fixed Income Investing Key Risks Faced by Pension Funds Today Konstantin Nemnov, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Strategist, State Street Global Advisors Reaching for yield with factor based strategies June 2015 Prudent Man Principles / Effective Pension Fund Investment Strategies

4 Arjen Dibbets, Pensions Supervisor, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) Prudent Person in the Netherlands Erwan Boscher, Head of Solution Management, Solutions Strategist, AXA Investment Managers Managing Outcome Risks as Pension Funds Move Away from Guarantees Ben Inker, Co-Head of Asset Allocation Team, GMO The Retirement Challenge and GMO's Perspective Bo William Hansen, Head of Investment Analysis, Sampension A/S Pension Fund Case Study April 2015 Illiquidity Premium Can You Really Take Advantage of It? Seppo Honkapohja, Member of the Board, Bank of Finland Economic Prospects in the Euro Area and Finland Nick Spencer, Director of Client Strategies, Alternative Investments, Russell Investments Gaining from Illiquidity Paul Jayasingha, Senior Investment Consultant, Manager Research, Towers Watson Real Estate Investing Can you capture the illiquidity premium cost effectively? Arnab Bhattasali, Principal, Global Private Equity, Capital Group An Alternative to Investing in Emerging Markets Anthony Fobel, Partner, Head of Private Lending Strategies & Senior Portfolio Manager, Bluebay Asset Management LLP Private Lending: Capturing the Illiquidity Premium Foort Hamelink, Portfolio Constructor, Fiduciary Management Team, Lombard Odier Investment Managers and advisor to the Lombard Odier Pension Fund Can pension funds invest long term and what is the role of illiquidity premium within investment portfolios? February 2015 Can Europe Avoid Repeating Japanese Mistakes? A Look at the Implications for your Fund

5 Per Frennberg, Head of Investment Management, Alecta Investment Management Alecta - Investment strategy today and tomorrow Alex Treves, Head of Japanese Equities, Fidelity Worldwide Investments Lessons from Japanese Economic Experience Over the Past Few Decades Par Magnusson, Chief Economist, Sweden, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Scandinavian Fixed Income Evan Grace, Asset Allocation Portfolio Manager & Strategist, Wellington Management International Ltd. Key Strategic Asset Allocation Considerations in the Current Macroeconomic Environment Michael Timm, Senior Investment Manager, SPP Life Insurance Case Study: Liability Driven Investments in a low yield environment

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