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Short biography

My name is Kristian Fiskerstrand and I’m currently situated in Norway. At the present time I am studying at the Norwegian School of Management where I'm attending my first year of my Masters of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Finance.

I was born and raised at the west-coast of Norway in a city called Aalesund and moved to Oslo, the nation capital, to attend my studies. As such this is where I currently reside.

Short facts

Date of birth: 1985-08-02
Location: Oslo, Norway

Education

Handelshøyskolen BI / Norwegian School of Management
2004 – 2009 (expected)
Masters of Science in Business and Economics. Major in Finance with a specialization in Corporate Finance as well as Financial Markets and Investments. The master thesis is written on the subject of "Closet Indexing" and whether investors in actively managed mutual funds gets a fair return after considering the fee structures.

Professional information

Current

Employee at Terra Boligkreditt
June 2008 - Present
Covered Bonds division of Terra Gruppen, a banking group consisting of 78 savings banks in Norway.
Employee at Terra Funds Management
August 2006 - Present
Funds management company part of the Terra Group. My work is much related to the norwegian tax reform regarding "Obligatorisk Tjenestepensjon" (OTP) / Obligatory Service Pensions with a focus on Innskuddsbasert Pensjon (IBP) / Depository based pension as well as ordinary administrative funds management tasks and advisory services.
Manager at Kristian Fiskerstrand Web Development ENK (Self-employed)
2003 - Present
Company dealing with domain registration and web hosting, web development and consultancy services within areas such as computer security.

Past

Employee at Sparebanken Møre
2000 – 2002 (two years)
Worked part time in the IT-department helping migrating to a newer production platform across the different offices, as well as generic tech support.

Hobbies

Computers
Experienced when it comes to programming as well as computer security.
Foreign Exchange trading
Currency trading on a daily basis with some hundred positions a month.

Organizational / other board experiences

Sameiet Maridalsveien Park
2006 - present
Board member of a housing complex with 125 units
Møre og Romsdal Unge Høyre
2003 - 2005
Political organization. Served as 2nd vice-president with responsibility for economy from 2003-2004 and continued the economical work during the following period (2004-2005) as an external party.

Contact

I can be reached through the contact form at http://www.kfwebs.net/contact.php