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Episode WEBCAM | September 9, 2020

Webcam: ESG Fund Performance Amidst Covid-19

Paul Ellis, Paul Ellis Consulting; Katherine Davidson, Portfolio Manager/Global Sector Specialist at Schroders; Marie-Sophie Pastant, Head of the ETF & Index Management team, BNP Paribas Asset Management; Jake Moeller, Senior Investment Consultant at Square Mile Investment Consulting & Research

In investment management, performance during a crisis is a way to highlight a fund’s strength or weakness. Indeed, proving that your fund performed better than the market over a long period can drive AUM growth. In the current crisis, 66% of sustainable funds have performed better than their category average, according to Morningstar Direct data. […]

Episode 85 | June 2, 2020

Next Gen Advisor Steers Resilient Course During the Pandemic

Noel Pacarro Brown, CIMA, CPWA, The Conscious Wealth Management Group & First Vice President at Morgan Stanley

A Forbes Top Next Gen Wealth Advisor and 2nd generation Managing Partner in the practice founded by her mother, Brown works with institutions, family offices and high net worth individuals. As co-chair of the Consulting Group Advisory Council at Morgan Stanley, Brown regularly speaks and writes about practice management for financial advisors. We also talked […]

Episode 50 | June 25, 2019

Taking an Entrepreneurial Approach to Advising Family Offices and Foundations

Karen Wawrzaszek, Senior Director of Financial Planning at Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney

Wawrzaszek discusses the firm’s entrepreneurial approach to strategic planning and investment advice across multiple generations of family wealth.

Episode 41 | April 15, 2019

Sustainable Funds US Landscape Report: More Funds, More Flows, Strong Performance in 2018

Jon Hale, Global Head of Sustainability Research, Morningstar

Hale gives us the numbers from Morningstar’s 2019 Sustainable Funds US Landscape Report showing strong performance across the board for sustainable investing in 2018.

Episode Webinar | April 11, 2019

How to Bridge the Generational Divide and Transition Your Sustainable Practice

Randy Kaufman, Senior Vice President, EMM Wealth; David Aaron, Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer, EMM Wealth; Glen Macdonald, Bronfman Rothschild Managing Director, Impact Investing Advisor

Our panelists discuss their approaches to sustainable and impact investment integration for multiple-generation, high net worth clients, including how wealth advisors and foundations are using ESG risk and impact measurements to optimize portfolio strategies and participate in growth opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Learn how the divide between multi-generational investors can be […]

Episode 37 | March 16, 2019

ESG Metrics and Shareholder Advocacy Drive Appleseed’s Top Performance on Morningstar World Allocation

Matt Blume, Portfolio Manager and Head of ESG Research, Appleseed Capital

APPLX ended 2018 with performance in the top 5% of Morningstar’s World Allocation category for 1, 3 and 10 years. Blume tells us how shareholder advocacy can influence the integration of ESG metrics into the long term value creation of companies owned in the Appleseed Fund (APPLX), for which his firm is the adviser.

Episode 36 | March 9, 2019

“The Purpose of Capital”: Blended Value and Impact Investing Across the Generational Divide

Jed Emerson, Founder, Blended Value Group; Senior Fellow at Center for Social Investing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

In this episode Emerson talks about his eighth book, The Purpose of Capital, and shares insights from his personal and professional journey as an internationally recognized Thought Leader in impact investing, social entrepreneurship and strategic philanthropy.

Episode 28 | January 7, 2019

Is a Decline in Shareholder Trust Negatively Affecting Revenue Growth and EBITDA?

Jessica Long, Managing Director, Strategy & Sustainability, Accenture

Long and I discuss research from the Competitive Agility Index about the impact to revenue growth and EBITDA in both B2B and B2C companies following a decline in stakeholder trust.

Episode 22 | November 12, 2018

Risk Analysis in Public and Private Markets

Ian Simm, Founder, CEO Impacts Asset Management

Simms shares how to address 3 shortcomings of risk analysis in public and private market investing.  

Episode 19 | October 22, 2018

Montcalm Capital Fund: Great Companies Doing Great Things for the Planet

Holly Ruxin, CEO-Founder, Montcalm TCR

Investing in companies that are solving the world’s most pressing environmental and social problems—that’s why Holly Ruxin created the Montcalm Capital Fund.

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