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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 63 | November 21, 2019

How Key Risk Indicators Influence Fixed-Income Investment

Alessia Falsarone, Head of Sustainable Investing, Senior Portfolio and Risk Strategist for Developed Markets Fixed Income at PineBridge Investments

Falsarone explains how applying fewer financially material metrics in the portfolio selection process creates a better backdrop for risk adjusted out-performance in developed credit markets.

Episode 56 | August 19, 2019

The DWS ESG Gatekeeper for Municipal Bond Credit Analysis

Adam Kennedy, Vice President of Municipal Bond Research at DWS

Kennedy and team provide ESG spotlight credit information to investors in the firm’s municipal bond SMA portfolios. We discuss ESG issues related to bonds from New York, Ohio and California.

Episode 55 | August 4, 2019

2019 FTSE Russell Smart Beta Survey: Interest in ESG Rising

Tony Campos, Director ESG Product Management Americas for FTSE Russell

Campos discusses the growing interest of global asset owners in combining Smart Beta with ESG for risk management.

Episode 26 | December 6, 2018

Customized ESG Data Incorporation & Proxy Voting

Jennifer Sireklove, Director of Responsible Investing, Parametric

Join us as Sireklove explains how she has built Parametric’s Responsible Investing practice over two years, including customized ESG data incorporation on $20 billion AUM, and firm-wide proxy voting on $100 billion AUM.

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