Join leading asset managers and allocators as we review the past year and look to the future.
AGENDA
14:00 – 14:30 Registration and networking
14:00 - 14:10 Opening Remarks
- Mario Therrien, SBAI Chair, Head of Investment Funds and External Management, CDPQ
13:15 - 13:30 SBAI Overview
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Thomas Deinet, Executive Director, SBAI
15:00 – 15:45 Institutional Investor Panel
14:20: Panel: 15 years of the SBAI – Why Standards Still Matter and the Evolving Role of the Fiduciary
Discussion Points:
- What has changed in 15 years
- Why we can’t be complacent
- Are we on the right path as an industry?
- What being a good guardian of capital really entails
Stuart Fiertz, Co-Founder, President and Director of Research, Cheyne Capital Management
David Harding, Founder and Executive Chair, Winton Group
Sir Paul Marshall, Co-Founder and Chairman, Marshall Wace
Simon Ruddick, Chairman, Albourne Partners
Kathryn Graham, Non Executive Director, The Pension SuperFund (Moderator)
Panellists
- Tom Joy, CIO, Church Commissioners for England
- Elena Manola-Bonthond, CIO, CERN Pension Fund
- Pontus von Essen, Head of Strategy, AP7
15:45 – 16:00 Networking break
16:00 – 17:00 Interactive Breakouts
Group 1: The Future of Operational Due Diligence
- Will more ODD be virtual?
- Are there new risk areas being assessed? e.g Hybrid working
- What are managers and allocators struggling with?
Group 2: Setting Achievable Diversity Goals
- Discussing the types of goals and sharing potential solutions.
Group 3: ESG Rachets and Sustainability Linked Loans
- What are the issues?
- Does this need standardisation?
- How to avoid greenwashing or the perception of greenwashing.
Group 4: Carbon Footprinting
- How do investors influence emissions?
- Is there a distinction between a risk and net zero perspective?
- What are the Greenwashing concerns?
- Net zero reporting frameworks - what needs to be disclosed?
17:00 Drinks Reception