UK Financial Advisers

To complete the series, Paola Binns, Senior Portfolio Manager within our credit fixed income team, will be joining Ewan McAlpine, Senior Client Portfolio Manager and Defaqto’s Paul Tinkler. Paola will share with listeners her insights into multi asset investment from a fixed income perspective, considering how fixed income markets have developed over time, how economic cycles affect fixed income asset classes and what fixed income strategies investors could consider as part of a multi asset proposition.

Featuring guest speakers from Defaqto, Asset Risk Consultants, threesixty and AKG Financial Analytics, the webinar will assist professional advisers and paraplanners with the seven step approach to DFM due diligence.

In this webinar Prof. Banafa will discuss Myths, Facts and Challenges facing Blockchain Technology, he will explain Libra the new cryptocurrency of Facebook , list the 7 mistakes to avoid in Blockchain projects , he will explore the job market for blockchain technology , the webinar will cover applications of blockchain technology too.

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Is it the time for true active to come to the fore in Europe? John Bennett, Head of Pan European Equities gives his insight into the disruptive trends affecting European markets, in this latest update on the Janus Henderson Continental European Fund and the Janus Henderson Pan European Fund. His views will cover:

•The role of ‘true’ active management to help identify Europe’s future winners
•Structural winners and idiosyncratic value
•The impact of technology across industries.

In our latest webinar, we are focusing on the Assessment of Value ruling. We will be covering a variety of very important questions, which at times could bring ambiguity into the implementation process:

-What is value, how does a firm define it, and how is it measured?
-What challenges will a fund company face when trying to devise metrics to measure value, including on-boarding new INEDs, evaluation of funds versus peers/benchmarks?
-What actions can and should be taken if a fund’s value is called into question? (what if a fund isn’t providing value)
-What is the outcome of the value review for the INEDs, management, and the end investor?

We welcome your questions, comments and feedback following the conclusion of this webinar. Our goal is to help inform you as you move forward with implementing your company’s Assessment of Value process.

Bi-weekly webcam discussions on markets, funds, finance and economics. Each episode provides an overview on one ecosystem within investment management.

This is the longest economic cycle on record, and yet interest rates are at their lowest level in 5 years. Debt is at its highest ever level in history, yet around 25% of debt has negative interest rates. Stock commonality amongst the largest funds is close to record highs, with momentum the key driver, but the fastest risers of the last 12 months are 25% more expensive than normal. We will look at how we are positioned to deal with these contradictions and extremes, and take a look at the longer term picture away from the noise

The world faces a multitude of challenges; ranging from environmental challenges such as climate change, to societal challenges such as rising healthcare costs and obesity. These are not new, but during this webinar Nick Henderson will highlight how through careful stock selection and engagement, these risks and opportunities can be embraced and a diversified equity portfolio can be built to harness structural growth tailwinds.

Behind the hype, there are enterprises across all sectors using blockchain effectively to meet business needs. Author Kate Baucherel presents case studies, success stories and cautionary tales from her forthcoming book Blockchain Hurricane (Business Expert Press, Spring 2020)

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In this episode, Diligend's Wissem Souissi discusses what lead to the company's founding, the market problem they are solving, and the challenges they've overcome to make it to where they are.

Jennifer Sireklove, Director of Responsible Investing, 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.

When it comes to cross-border transactions, the shift to a digital landscape and infrastructure is a common challenge. The demand for clearinghouses, the rising competitive landscape, and the increasing need for new technology will no doubt impact the trade finance landscape.

Join this panel to learn:

-How can emerging technologies like blockchain be used to transform the future of trade finance?
-How can global and regional banks better collaborate to create a more efficient ecosystem?
-What are the interoperability challenges that arise, especially with regards to global supply chains?

Rebecca Harding, Independent Economist
Rowan Austin, Head of Trade Origination ＆ Advisory, NatWest
Enno-Burghard Weitzel, Head of Product Management Trade Services, Commerzbank
Michael Sugirin, Global Head, Open Account Trade, Ecosystem & Trade Implementation,
Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered

"Banking and securities organisations are expected to accelerate business processes and innovate at a much faster scale than ever before. However, finding the balance between innovating and still staying compliant comes with its share of risks.

Join this panel to learn:
-How can financial institutions reduce operational expenses whilst also reducing risk
-Best practices for data management and streamlining processes
-The benefits and challenges of moving to the cloud"

Leda Glyptis, Chief of Staff, 11:FS
Jennifer Bers, VP of Sales, Onfido
Denise Bedell, Executive Director, Content Innovo
Polina Evstifeeva, Head of Regulatory Strategy - GTB Digital, Deutsche Bank

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) take the quest for sustainability to the next level by making integration tangible and measurable. Investors are becoming increasingly interested in investment products that contribute to the realization of these goals and at the same time offer attractive returns.

Robeco and RobecoSAM have developed a comprehensive proprietary SDG measurement framework with clear, objective and consistent guidelines. Using this proprietary SDG framework, we can construct credit portfolios that are diversified across issuers and sectors, which make a clear positive contribution to the SDGs, and which also deliver attractive financial returns for our investors.

In this webinar, Guido Moret, Robeco’s Head of Sustainability Integration Credits, will describe the framework for SDG credits investing. Erik Keller, Senior Client Portfolio Manager Global Credits, will explain how SDGs can be linked to credit portfolios.

The themes that we will be discussing:
•Why should investors embrace the SDGs?
•And how can we construct our portfolios with a positive contribution to the SDGs?
•What is the specific Robeco offer, in terms of SDG credits?

Mona Naqvi discusses her group’s launch of the S&P 500 ESG Index, the basis for a UBS Asset Management ETF that's now available. She also discusses the creation of numerous ESG indices and her ongoing work with Japan’s government pension investment fund (GPIF), the world’s largest, to systematically reduce exposure to high carbon companies through the S&P Carbon Efficient Indices.

Fixed Income investors find themselves in a conundrum: investing in government bond yields implies a fear of recession, whilst turning to credit spreads suggests an expectation of growth. How do you navigate this potential collision course?

Join Adam Smears, Head of Fixed Income Research at Russell Investments, during a live webcast to hear how he uses this situation to his advantage when managing his portfolio. Adam will cover:

• Current fixed income investor sentiment
• Possible scenarios and outcomes
• How the Russell Investments Unconstrained Bond Fund is positioned to generate positive returns in any market.

Matthew Blume, portfolio manager and head of ESG research at Appleseed Capital, sees shareholder advocacy as an opportunity to 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. His efforts are part of the reason why APPLX ended 2018 with performance in the top 5% of it's Morningstar World Allocation category for one, three and ten years.

Listen to the story of how Glass created AllianceBernstein’s Municipal Impact Strategy to invest in underserved and low-socio-economic status communities. Glass explains how investing healthcare, education, mass transit, water/waste water and renewable energy infrastructure can generate a 4% tax-exempt yield on investment.

David Vickers, Senior Portfolio Manager at Russell Investments, will review Q3 and outline how the team are positioning the portfolios against the backdrop of global market uncertainty going into Q4.

Date: Thursday 17 October 2019 | 10am
As the outlook for global growth becomes more uncertain and market sentiment more cautious, Head of Secured Credit, Colin Fleury, and Head of Loans, David Milward, portfolio managers of the fund, discuss current issues facing fixed income investors. Sharing how they are navigating the late cycle credit markets, they will expand on their asset allocation preferences in the current environment.

With the fund currently celebrating its 7th anniversary in 2019, the managers also offer thoughts on what they have learnt from managing the fund over the past seven years and how this will help them manage through a somewhat uncertain future.

Key points:
•Market review
•Trends in the underlying asset classes
•A 7 year milestone
•Performance and positioning
•Outlook and Q&A

Join Emily Whiting, Investment Specialist within the Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities team, as she discusses why we remain constructive towards the long-term growth of Asia.

Join us on 1 November at 10:00am BST / 11:00am CET for our quarterly asset allocation webinar. Yoram Lustig, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions EMEA, will discuss key asset allocation themes and ideas to help you position your portfolios and have more actionable conversations with clients.

The webinar is scheduled for the morning after the current Brexit deadline day, so Yoram can also address the immediate implications for investors and answer any questions you might have.

The ideal retirement or pension fund starts the drawdown phase only after decades of savings. Similarly, many benefits of ESG become more easily recognisable after multiple quarters or years. This long-term scope conflicts with wall street's penchant for quarterly earnings. Should short-term investors be thinking more like long-term investors? This webinar will discuss:

- Methods of valuing ESG
- Benefits of applying ESG decision frameworks to your portfolios
- How Pension funds look at potential investments

Moderated by - Veronica Broomes, CSR and Sustainability Consultant

Alex Ourris, VP Product Marketing Manager (EMEA), PineBridge Investments Europe

Join Triodos IM and guest speakers Sebastian Hognabba of the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, Roland Koelsch of the FNG-Siegel, and Nicolas Redon from Novethic, for a live webinar discussing the European fund labeling landscape.

Why should investment managers label their financial products? How many funds are choosing to label? And who does this aim to serve and how?

Several of the major European fund sustainability labeling bodies will introduce their system and present how they arrived at their criteria to serve the needs of their local markets. As a group, we will explore how labeling organisations engage with their stakeholders to set standards that balance expectations, while maintaining a high bar. We will also discuss the role of country or sub-regional level labels in the light of an upcoming European-wide fund labeling scheme introduced by the European Commission.

Measuring what Matters: Quality Data & Metrics in Sustainable Investing