Name: ESG Webinar: Understanding your supply chain risks and preparing to act
Start: 2023-11-14T14:00:00Z
End: 2023-11-14T14:00:30.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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At Columbia Threadneedle Investments, we invest to make a difference in your world, and the wider world. Millions of people rely on us to manage their money and invest for their future. Whatever world you want, our purpose is to help you achieve it. We do this by being globally connected, intense about research, having a responsible ethos, and a focus on continuous improvement.   

Outside of US big tech, 2023 has seen poor returns for many financial assets.  Our Chief Economist, Steven Bell, will review the drivers of this disappointing performance and look ahead to market prospects in 2024.  Will broader markets regain upward momentum as the year progresses and where do we see value from here?

Closing Bell 2023

Hamish Mair will provide a live presentation relating to the 30th of September 2023 Net Asset Value and will offer an insight into new investments within the portfolio.

CT Private Equity Trust - 3Q23 update

As we enter the final months of 2023, join Robert Plant and Keith Balmer to hear the team’s views around current economic backdrop and how this is feeding into asset allocation decisions for the portfolios. They will also deliver an update on performance and positioning of our low-cost multi-asset Universal MAP ranges and will answer any questions posed by the audience.

CT Universal MAP fund range - portfolio manager update

Join us to review Q3 and 2023 year to date performance and activity.  In this session, Jamie Jenkins and Harry Waight of the CT Responsible Global Equity Fund, will also outline why they remain energised by the investment opportunities as they look towards 2024. Furthermore, they’ll illustrate how current positioning and recent portfolio activity is designed to help clients navigate both the near-term market environment, whilst still maintaining an undiminished focus on backing responsible trailblazers.

Responsible Global Equity: Laying the foundations for future success

Two perfect examples of niche global leaders that are also family-owned smaller companies. Both offer long term structural growth that will compound high returns for many years and are core holdings within European Assets Trust.

Niche global leaders

Central banks have been telling markets that official rates will stay higher for longer: bad news for both bonds and equities. Steven Bell, Chief Economist for Columbia Threadneedle Investments, considers the factors that might cause this policy to change and discusses the implications for financial markets.

Interest rates: peaking or heading for a high plateau?

Health and wellness, digital transformation, emerging growth and sustainability are long term themes that will help drive returns for European Asset Trust. Sam and Lucy discuss how they approach these themes when selecting stocks.

Structural themes delivering growth opportunities

Smaller companies as an asset class, tend to outperform their larger counterparts over the long term. Sam and Lucy discuss the exciting potential of Europe as a particularly attractive area for stock picking given the size and diversity of the opportunity and the attractive valuation.

Smaller companies, powerful returns

Join Scott Spencer and Anthony Willis of the CT Multi-Manager team as they review the Q3 2023 performance and portfolio activity and consider the prospects for economies and financial markets in the final quarter of the year and beyond. Will there be a recession, or have central banks managed to pull off a great escape by raising interest rates just enough to curb inflation, without causing economic growth to reverse?

Q4 2023: There may be trouble ahead…

Sam and Lucy introduce the European Assets Trust, a concentrated portfolio that provides an attractive combination of growth and income investing in the dynamic hidden gems of Europe.

An introduction to European Assets Trust

David Moss, Portfolio Manager of CT UK High Income Trust, discusses the UK market and reasons why it is acknowledged as cheap when compared to equity markets and other asset classes. David will speak to the validity these reasons and talk about how focusing on stock specifics allows for investment in a portfolio of good businesses that have very attractive valuations and high and growing levels of income.

UK – Best of Both worlds – High Income and attractive Valuations

Inflation is now falling in most major countries, notably the US. But just as many are declaring victory in that war, fears of recession have revived. Our Chief Economist Steven Bell will assess the risks and draw conclusions for interest rates and financial markets.

Will recession be the price of defeating inflation?

In this webinar we’ll explore the key drivers of deforestation and explain why it’s a financially material risk for investors. We’ll profile our deforestation risk management tool and introduce our related engagement project. We’ll also reflect on a recent trip to Brazil during which we engaged with corporates linked to ecosystem degradation, met with government ministries, and visited agricultural producers on the Amazon deforestation frontier.

ESG Webinars: Exploring deforestation

After a painful period of aggressive rate rises, US inflation is headed back towards the US Federal Reserve’s 2% target. Significant cuts in interest rates should follow in late 2023 & 2024. There’s been much less progress  in the UK but that is about to change. But recession risks remain on both sides of the Atlantic. Our Chief Economist, Steven Bell discuss this and the outlook for financial markets.

Are interest rates set to fall?

In the year we mark 25 years of the Strategy join us as we dive deep into our latest Impact report.  We’ll explore SDG alignment, assess performance against key sustainability metrics, and showcase the impact of our engagement.  We’ll also highlight recent performance and activity and talk about how the portfolio is positioned as we head into the next 25 years.

Making an impact - CT Responsible Global Equity Fund

With growth set to accelerate, driven by stronger domestic demand and economic re-opening, the attractiveness of Japan’s investment landscape has recently drawn significant investor attention; while the favourable shift in corporate governance alongside supportive economic conditions continue to catalyse positive momentum. We believe our quality, core investment style; repeatable process; and experienced research expertise are well suited to generate consistent alpha in Japan through different market cycles over the long term.

Winds of change sweeping across Japan

As well as our usual look at performance, activity and positioning, this quarter join Scott Spencer and Anthony Willis who will also be taking a closer look at the boom in artificial intelligence.  They will explore what the focus on AI has meant for markets and discuss why they have recently moved to increase the ranges exposure to Japan.

Q2 23 CT Multi-Manager – AI drives markets and adding to Japan

This webinar will explore how companies can conduct and more effectively integrate supply chain due diligence to identify and prioritise risks, as well as being better prepared to act on severe cases of labour and human rights violations if they occur. The presentation will provide a framework and examples of materiality of supply chain due diligence.

ESG Webinar: Understanding your supply chain risks and preparing to act

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