NFGS Conference

Upcoming Event: May 4, 2026

NFGS (Nordic Finance and the Good Society) is pleased to announce an upcoming event on May 4, 2026, focusing on a key issue for the financial sector: regulatory simplification, resilience and competitiveness.

Further details on the programme, speakers and practical information will be announced at a later stage.

More information to come.

NCGN Workshop 2025

The Nordic Corporate Governance Network (NCGN) held its annual 2-day workshop on September 11-12, 2025 at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo. The workshop brought together academics from across the Nordic and Baltic countries to present and discuss ongoing research in corporate governance.

Topics:

The program covered a broad range of topics within contemporary corporate governance research, including ownership structures and ownership competence, board work and CEO-related issues, corporate governance models, and ESG and sustainability. Several sessions also addressed forward-looking challenges related to regulation, AI, and governance in a changing geopolitical and economic environment.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
The Workshop featured keynote presentations by:

• Professor Sven-Erik Sjöstrand , Stockholm School of Economics on corporate governance from and owner perspective.
• Professor Lasse Lien, Norwegian School of Economics on ownership competence and governance.
• Professor Tom Kirchmaier, London School of Economics and Copenhagen Business School on regulation, AI, and the future of governance

WEBINAR: The impact from regulation – where will the Nordic corporate governance model be in a world between Draghi and Musk?

The whole area of regulation is becoming a focal point both inside the EU with the publication of the Draghi report, and in the USA with the new Trump administration, calling for a radical shift. The green transition, lack of competitiveness, the defence situation in Europe and an aging population calls for new approaches. At the same time, the financial sector is drowning in regulation. The three heads of the Nordic FSA are asking for help and a completely different approach. In the USA, Elon Musk is now appointed to make a complete revolution in this area over a period of 18 months, which might be triggering a completely different digitalized and AI driven approach.

Hence, at the webinar on April 24th 2025 focus was on this new reality, and what could be a relevant Nordic research agenda as a response to these major challenges.

Key Speakers:

Key Subjects:

NCGN Workshop 2024

The Nordic Corporate Governance Network (NCGN) and Copenhagen Business School hosted a 2-day workshop on August 23-24, 2024 in Copenhagen. The Workshop was a forum for academics from the Nordic countries to present and discuss ongoing corporate governance research.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Prof.Sirimon Treepongkaruna, University of Western Australia, “Shareholder Litigation and Carbon Emissions”. Link to paper
• Prof. Jette Steen Knudsen, Copenhagen Business School, “Regulating the financial sector for sustainability – A Nordic Perspective.” Link to presentation
• Jesper Berg, Retired Director General Financial Supervisory Authority, “The EU regulatory machine” Link to presentation

KEY SUBJECTS

• Part 1: Ownership and cost of capital
• Part 2: Boards
• Part 3: CEO incentives and top management issues
• Part 4: Corporate Governance, Reporting, Sustainability, and Performance