Sesion 1: Long Termism and Investing for the Long Term & Session 2: EU Taxonomy, ESG and Climate Disclosures

Date:

20 April 2021 12:00 to 14:30

Venue:

Virtual Forum Seminar

Chairperson:

Kari Vatanen, Chief Investment Officer, Veritas Pensionsförsäkring

Details:

PROGRAMME

Session 1

Long Termism and Investing for the Long Term

What does this really mean?
How can you actually benefit from being long term?
How is this done in practice?
How to think as long term investors in context of globalisation/de-globalisation – where to invest?
How can you invest for the long term within different asset classes?
With low interest rates and negative yields in fixed income, can you really consider investing in fixed income as affective for the long term?

Pension Fund Case Study

Session 2

EU Taxonomy, ESG and Climate Disclosures – Practical Consideration for Pension Funds and Investments

EU Taxonomy approach vs IFRS position on Global Standards – What does this mean for products and solutions?
Metrics proposed within EU Taxonomy and how robust are they from manipulation or gaming!
How can you evaluate ESG strategies that are really effective rather than simply ‘greenwashing’?
What are the key practical legal, investment and governance considerations, when setting an ESG and Climate Risk policy today?
What roles should boards be playing and how can this be done effectively?
Modelling Climate Change Scenarios and translating them into an investment strategy.
ESG data quality – reliable enough to make effective ESG investment decisions?
How can schemes better focus on the S and G within ESG?

Informal Discussion/Networking