it claims to be an ethical investor, so there was some consternation when it appointed my guest today, nicolai tangen, as its new boss. is a risk taking, flamboyant hedge fund manager the right man to steer the worlds biggest sovereign wealth fund? man to steer the world s biggest sovereign wealth fund? nicolai tangen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you currently manage a sovereign wealth fund which is worth roughly $1.1; trillion an unimaginable sum of money which is not your money it is actually 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
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. if money is power, then one of the world s most powerful institutions is probably one you ve never heard of. located in oslo and worth more than a trillion dollars, norway s sovereign wealth fund owes its existence to the country s vast reserves of oil and gas. it claims to be an ethical investor, so there was some consternation when it appointed my guest today, nicolai tangen, as its new boss. is a risk taking, flamboyant hedge fund manager the right man to steer the world s biggest sovereign wealth fund? nicolai tangen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you currently manage a sovereign wealth fund which is worth roughly $1.1; trillion an unimaginable sum of money which is not your money it is actually 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 why i think i got thejob was beca
consternation when it appointed my guest today, nicolai tangen, as its new boss. is a risk taking, flamboyant hedge fund manager the right man to steer the world s biggest sovereign wealth fund? nicolai tangen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you currently manage a sovereign wealth fund which is worth roughly $1.1; trillion an unimaginable sum of money which is not your money it is actually 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 necessar
sovereign wealth fund? nicolai tangen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you currently manage a sovereign wealth fund which is worth roughly 1.4 trillion dollars. an unimaginable sum of money. which is not your money, it is actually the people of norway s money why should they trust you to manage it for them? should they trust you to manage well, in a way you should ask the people that hired me. but i think the reason i think 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 attit
now on bbc news, hardtalk s stephen sackur speaks to nicolai tangen, head of norway s sovereign wealth fund worth more than $1.1; trillion, it s the biggest in the world. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. if money is power, then one of the world s most powerful institutions is probably one you ve never heard of. located in oslo and worth more than a trillion dollars, norway s sovereign wealth fund owes its existence to the country s vast reserves of oil and gas. it claims to be an ethical investor, so there was some consternation when it appointed my guest today, nicolai tangen, as its new boss. is a risk taking, flamboyant hedge fund manager the right man to steer the worlds biggest sovereign wealth fund? nicolai tangen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you currently manage a sovereign wealth fund which is worth roughly $1.1; trillion an unimaginable sum of money which is not your money it is actually the people of norway s money. why should they trust yo