Last chance: NBAS Breakfast seminar with SGX, Oslo Stock Exchange and Statoil 7 September

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Join us for an interesting breakfast seminar with Oslo Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange (SGX), moderated by Eirik Wærness, Statoil’s Chief Economist - Wednesday 7 September 8:30 AM at Fullerton Hotel.

Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) is the central marketplace for listing and trading of a wide range of financial instruments in the Norwegian market through five different marketplaces; Oslo Børs, Oslo Axess, Merkur Market, Nordic ABM and Oslo Connect. OSE enjoy a unique position for companies in the energy, shipping and seafood sectors. Companies from all over the world turn to the Norwegian market to raise capital, access liquidity for their shares and benefit from a range of world-leading investment research coverage available in Oslo, with investors looking to the Oslo market for access to high-quality Norwegian and international companies.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services. With about 40% of listed companies and 90% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange.

This event will address the issues of navigating the capital markets for cyclical industries like the energy and shipping sectors, the two exchanges development into regional and/or industry hubs, and what they consider the driving forces within their respective exchanges during the reminder of 2016.

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Eirik Wærness is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist in Statoil. He has a broad experience from government, academics and private sector companies. From July 2016 he serves as a non-executive member of the Board of the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet). In the period 2010-2013 he served as member of the Executive Board of the Central Bank of Norway. From 2016 he is a member of World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Energy, and also serves as Chief Expert Advisor for WEF’s work on Energy Architecture Performance Index. His experience includes different positions in the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, Total E&P Norway, Pöyry Management Consulting/Econ Centre for Economic Analysis, in addition to Statoil. In Statoil, he has been leader of Corporate Strategy, Corporate Planning and Analysis, Economic Analysis in Upstream Norway, Energy Market Analysis, and Mid- and Downstream Strategy in addition to his current role.

Simon Lim is Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Capital Market (Sectors), at Singapore Exchange (SGX). Simon leads the coverage of South East Asia, Australia, Japan, Korea and Sectors (Consumer; Healthcare; Maritime & Offshore Services; Mineral, Oil & Gas; and Real Estate), and originates companies to list on the SGX. Simon was Deputy Director at Infocomm Investments Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) where he originated, evaluated & executed private equity investment opportunities worldwide, and managed a portfolio of investee companies. Before joining IDA, Simon acquired experience in the private and public sectors in equity investment analysis and business development. He was an Investment Analyst with Smith Barney Shearson HG Asia Securities, and in that capacity he acted as an investment representative to institutional investors and fund managers. Simon also held the position of Assistant Director at Singapore's Ministry of Trade & Industry. Simon is a Full Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and held a past directorship in System Access Limited. Simon is serving on SPRING Singapore’s Money Policy Advisory Committee, which reviews the financing initiatives for SMEs.

Øivind Amundsen is Executive Vice President at the Oslo Stock Exchange where he is responsible for the primary market and legal affairs. As head of the primary market Amundsen is in charge of new listings for equities and bonds on the exchange. The issuers’ continuous obligations, transactions in listed companies and take-overs in the listed are in Amundsen’s field of responsibility. Prior to his current position at the Oslo Stock Exchange, Amundsen was partner in the Law firm Selmer, one of the largest transaction firms in Norway, where he worked with IPOs and securities transactions. Before that, Amundsen had position as Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs in KLP one of the largest life insurance companies in Scandinavia. Amundsen is lieutenant commander from the Norwegian Royal Naval Academy, he has a law degree from the University in Bergen and he is an Authorized Financial Analyst from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.