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8:00 AM
Introduction
Pirkko Juntunen - Freelance Journalist and Programme Director, IPE
8:05 AM
Mapping Biodiversity and Nature in Investment Strategies
Biodiversity and nature loss must be taken into account in investment activities in the same way as climate change. Until now, economic growth has been done at the expense of natural capital
Karoliina Lindroos - Head of Responsible Investment, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
8:45 AM
The Importance of Risk Transparency to Alpha Capture in Global Equities
  • Have global equity markets moved to a new investment regime since the beginning of the year?
  • What does this mean for investment approaches
  • How should investors expect their portfolios to behave?

In this session, RBC Global Asset Management highlights how market conditions make risk transparency even more relevant for successfully capturing alpha and discusses some of the sources of market inefficiency that it believes are behind this alpha opportunity.

Jeremy Richardson - Senior Portfolio Manager, RBC Global Equity, RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
9:05 AM
The Ethics of ESG: Redefining the Parameters

ESG often has a rather 'narrow' ethical focus, for example by excluding certain sectors or industries and focusing on metrics that are easy to measure. We also take it as a given that we know which sectors and industries should be excluded. However, these issues are far from settled.

Catherine Greene - Research Associate, London School of Economics
9:45 AM
Final Remarks
Pirkko Juntunen - Freelance Journalist and Programme Director, IPE

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