the people of norway s money. why should they trust you to manage it for them? well, in a way, you should ask the people that hired me. but i think the reason i think i got thejob was because i have been running capital for 30 years. i ve been in that business for a very long time and also seen some ups and downs, you know? i m sure you have. running capital is sort of a jargon phrase but in essence, you founded and ran a hedge fund that was worth billions of dollars in its own right. but we associate hedge funds with risk taking, with financial instruments. we don t necessarily associate it with the steady as she goes notion of a sovereign wealth fund. yeah, i think it s more about having the right attitude towards risk. it s not necessary taking risk as being conscious about what risk is. so, during the time i ran ako capital, we were running with a lot lower risk than the actual market risk. when you were appointed, it stirred a storm of controversy
a hedge fund that was worth billions of dollars in its own right. but we associate hedge funds with risk taking, with financial instruments. we don t necessarily associate it with the steady as she goes notion of a sovereign wealth fund. yeah, i think it s more about having the right attitude towards risk. it s not necessary taking a lot of risks as being conscious about what risk is. so, during the time i ran ako capital, we were running with a lot lower risk than the actual market risk. when you were appointed, it stirred a storm of controversy inside norway, not least because you were seen as a candidate who hadn t officially been put before the norwegian public. there was a list of names in the shortlist, yours wasn t on it, and then, miraculously, it was announced that you get the job. why was it handled that way? well, in a way, you have to probably ask the central bank about exactly about how it was handled that way.
why should they trust you to manage it for them? well, in a way, you should ask the people that hired me. but i think the reason i think i got thejob was because i have been running capital for 30 years. i ve been in that business for a very long time and also seen some ups and downs, you know? i m sure you have. running capital is sort of a jargon phrase but in essence, you founded and ran a hedge fund that was worth billions of dollars in its own right. but we associate hedge funds with risk taking, with financial instruments. we don t necessarily associate it with the steady as she goes notion of a sovereign wealth fund. yeah, i think it s more about having the right attitude towards risk. it s not necessary taking risk as being conscious about what risk is. so during the time i ran ako capital, we were running with a lot lower risk than the actual market risk. when you were appointed, it stirred a storm of controversy inside norway
i got the job was because i have been running capitalfor 30 years. i ve been in that business for a very long time. and also seen some ups and downs, you know? i m sure you have. running capital is sort of a jargon phrase but in essence you founded and ran a hedge fund, now that was worth billions of dollars in its own right. but we associate hedge funds with risk taking, with financial instruments, we don t necessarily associate it with the steady as she goes notion of a sovereign wealth fund. yeah. i think it s more about having the right attitude towards risk. it s not necessary taking risk as being conscious about what risk is. so during the time i ran ako capital we were running with a lot lower risk than the actual market risk. when you were appointed it s stirred a storm of controversy inside norway not least because you were seen as a candidate who hadn t officially been put before the norwegian public. there was a list of names in the shortlist, yours was on it
i m sure you have. running capital is sort of a jargon phrase but in essence, you founded and ran a hedge fund that was worth billions of dollars in its own right. but we associate hedge funds with risk taking, with financial instruments. we don t necessarily associate it with the steady as she goes notion of a sovereign wealth fund. yeah, i think it s more about having the right attitude towards risk. it s not necessary taking risk as being conscious about what risk is. so during the time i ran ako capital, we were running with a lot lower risk than the actual market risk. when you were appointed, it stirred a storm of controversy inside norway not least because you were seen as a candidate who hadn t officially been put before the norwegian public. there was a list of names in the shortlist, yours was on it and then, miraculously, it was announced that you get the job.