ESG and Pensions: How Long-Term Thinking Will Drive Investment Success

We invite you to join our emerging market credit and equity experts for a live webinar for institutional investors on January 19 at 10am ET. Investment professionals will provide insight into the tailwinds and headwinds shaping our 2021 emerging markets outlook. Topics to be addressed include:

* Perspectives on the China recovery story; implications for EM

* Investing against a backdrop of sovereign debt restructurings

* Finally time for EM local markets to shine?

* ESG and EM - mutually exclusive or can the two co-exist?




Moderator:
Kevin Dockrell
Institutional Portfolio Manager
RBC Global Asset Management

Panelists
Polina Kurdyavko
Partner, Head of Emerging Markets Senior Portfolio Manager
BlueBay Asset Management

Laurence Bensafi, CFA
Deputy Head, Emerging Markets Equity
RBC Global Asset Management

Mihai Florian
Senior Portfolio Manager
BlueBay Asset Management

Richard Farrell
Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Equity
RBC Global Asset Management

Ron Homer, Chief Strategist, US Impact Investing and President, and Mindy Frye, Institutional Portfolio Manager at RBC Global Asset Management, will discuss the results of the 2020 elections and how they are expected to influence impact investments.

In this webinar moderated by Mike Higgins, Vice President & Portfolio Specialist, RBC Global Asset Management Inc., Polina Kurdyavko, Partner, Head of Emerging Market Debt & Senior Portfolio Manager, BlueBay Asset Management and Laurence Bensafi Portfolio Manager & Deputy Head of Emerging Markets Equities, RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited will share their perspective on the outcome of the election and what it means for emerging markets.

Eric Lascelles, Chief Economist at RBC Global Asset Management and Mark Dowding Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager, at BlueBay Asset Management LLP will explore the effects of the U.S. election in an interactive webinar moderated by Andrew Sweeney, Vice President & Institutional Portfolio Manager, PH&N Institutional. Together they will provide a global perspective on the economic and financial implications of the results.

RBC Global Asset Management is set to release its fifth annual survey of institutional opinions and observations on topics related to responsible investment.

Please join us as a panel of responsible investment experts discuss the key themes revealed in this year's global survey and their implications for investors. Panelists will also address questions from the audience during this interactive webinar.

Head of Research & Senior Portfolio Manager, Guido Giammattei, introduces us to the topic of technological changes in emerging markets.

Siguo and David will discuss the key trends the team believes will reshape China’s economic opportunities

Please join Portfolio Managers Zeena and Veronique as the discuss the future of food and climate change in emerging markets.

Please join us for a webinar with Dominic Wallington, Head of European Equity, and Freddie Fuller, European Equity Product Specialist, RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited.
Dominic and Freddie will cover several topics during the discussion, including how the team views the shifts within the investment universe, both in Europe and in the U.S., and if certain styles of investing within Europe will work in the future.
They will also address the disruption caused by technology and how the team approaches this when investing in different companies.

Please join Cary Krosinsky, co-founder of Real Impact Tracker, and Lecturer at Yale University, in conversation with Ben Yeoh, Senior Portfolio Manager, RBC Global Equity, as they discuss Cary's new book Modern China: Financial Co-operation for Solving Sustainability Challenges. The book is an on-the-ground perspective of what’s really happening in China today; the country’s recent growing economy, its desire and need to solve environmental challenges and the new positive dynamic created by its need for foreign capital.

We invite you to join RBC Global Asset Management and
BlueBay Asset Management for a live webinar on January 22
at 10:00am ET. Investment professionals will provide a view into
the 3 ideas shaping their outlook into Emerging Markets in 2020.

Will global growth finally bottom out?
Does a maturing credit cycle lead to increased price dislocations?
Are persistent trade frictions the new normal?
How is ESG evolving in Emerging Markets?

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

Alessia Falsarone, Managing Director of Portfolio Strategy and Risk and Head of Sustainable Investing for Developed Markets Fixed Income, PineBridge Investments

Blake Pontius, CFA, Director of Sustainable Investing and Global Portfolio Specialist, William Blair Investment Management

Derek Butcher, Senior ESG Analyst, Corporate Governance & Responsible Investment, RBC Global Asset Management

RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) is set to release its fourth annual survey of institutional perceptions and intentions around responsible investing. For this year's report, RBC GAM collected the opinions of approximately 800 institutional asset owners, intermediaries and investment consultants from across the globe.

Please join us as a panel of responsible investing experts provide a live, exclusive unveiling of this year's survey results and their implications for investors in a global live webinar.

Please join us for a live emerging markets webinar on June 19, 2019. Investment professionals from RBC Global Asset Management and BlueBay Asset Management will offer their insight into the distinct forces shaping the emerging markets landscape. Topics will include:
- EM Equity Style Outlook: Growth vs. Value
- EM Debt Outlook: Sovereign, Corporate, Hard and Local Currency
- EM Opportunities Beyond Hard Currency Sovereigns
- Macro Changes: Elections, Reforms, and Technology
- China: A Macro View

Professionals from RBC Global Asset Management and BlueBay Asset Management will provide a comprehensive overview of emerging market investing in 2019. Topics will include:
• Global growth and the business cycle
• EM valuations
• Impact of recent developments in China
• Political questions and uncertainty

Questions are encouraged before and during the event. We look forward to your participation.

In observance of a national day of mourning for the passing of President George H. W. Bush, we are postponing the webinar until Monday, December 10 at 11 am ET.

Did you know the East may hold the investment opportunity of our lifetime? Join BlueBay Asset Management investment professionals for a discussion on Emerging Market investment opportunities in the Far East and China.

Adoption of responsible investing principles continues to grow at a steady pace. And new data indicates that the majority of institutional investors and consultants have shifted from asking whether to adopt environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles to instead looking at how to implement them.

RBC Global Asset Management’s 2018 Responsible Investing Survey reveals the latest views, intentions and actions of institutional investors and consultants related to responsible investing and ESG. The survey reveals that ESG-based investing continued to steadily gain credibility and establish a solid position alongside other fundamental investment approaches. This trend is based on an increased level of acceptance about the merits of responsible investing, and an interest in applying its principles to more diverse asset classes, including fixed income and infrastructure.

Please join us to learn results of this year’s survey and discuss the implications and impacts for institutional investors and the marketplace.

Please join us as investment professionals from RBC Global Asset Management and BlueBay Asset Management weigh in with their thoughts on the distinctive forces impacting emerging markets.

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and recent money market reforms, many investors are looking beyond traditional money market vehicles. Ultra-short strategies seek to achieve high levels of current income consistent with preservation of capital, making them a perfect fit for the new cash paradigm.