Leading through challenging times

This fortnightly series speaks with voices from the investing world about important news from the last 2 weeks, and expectations for the next 2 weeks.

Each episode will dive into a specific topic, focusing on questions such as:
- why should this specific issue is important to investors?
- what are the key points to consider when making decisions?
- what resources should be consulted to find the key points?

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

This week: Understanding the ESG Ecosystem. Its beginnings, its evolution, and its future.

In this webinar series, we will discuss how behavioral economics mindsets apply to the goals and initiatives of leading organizations, including international orgs (UN, SDGs) and corporates (ESG).

Investors seeking alternative investments are exposed to more risk than regular investments. Especially in the high-touch art world, having a professional advise on the intricacies of the industry is critical to investing.

This webinar will discuss:
- Art Investment as Asset Class;
- Philanthropy and Portfolio construction;
- The professional keys to finding out piece is worth/Long term strategy;
- Identifying reputable and valuable assets for portfolio construction;
- Forecasting what artists will produce long-term value;& more

Participants include:

- Antonio Curia, Executive Director Wimmer Family Office LLP (UK) [Moderator]
- Giovanni Gasparini, Director Christie's Education (London)
- Alain Mestat, Founder PassionProtect® (Luxembourg)
- Eric Syz, Founder Syz Group (Switzerland)

This fortnightly series speaks with voices from the investing world about important news from the last 2 weeks, and expectations for the next 2 weeks.

Each episode will dive into a specific topic, focusing on questions such as:
- why should this specific issue is important to investors?
- what are the key points to consider when making decisions?
- what resources should be consulted to find the key points?

Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) goes live on 9th December 2019 for FCA solo-regulated firms. BCS Consulting have supported vast numbers of banks, insurers and solo-regulated firms with their SM&CR implementations from which they have learnt key lessons about the challenges, regulatory consequences and the most effective solutions. Based on this experience, BCS Consulting will explain how firms can avoid the most significant implementation challenges and accelerate delivery timelines.

The investment research market has not changed much over the last 40 years but there is a notable shift underway. One of the factors which will be reshaping the investment research landscape over the next 5 to 10 years, is the increased adoption of the use of alternative data in the investment decision making process which is being enabled by the information explosion currently underway globally.

Environmental, Social and Governance data is probably one of the best-known and widely-used alternative datasets globally and investors are integrating it into their investment decision making process so that they can become better investors to achieve stronger, long-term returns.

Investors are using active ownership to persuade companies to clean-up their act. Globally we are seeing a shift to Responsible and Sustainable Investment (RI/SI) models and investors are focusing more on their stakeholder responsibility by being engaged owners, or even activist owners in some cases. Sustainable development goals are becoming an integrated part of asset managers’ and owners’ strategies and communications as they place more importance on their societal responsibility of investing responsibly and sustainably.

In this presentation, we will be showing how drivers such as client demand, regulation, the transfer of wealth and climate change are driving the shift towards sustainable financial and economic markets. We will also look at how ESG investing is being incorporated by asset managers and owners, from using it as an input in the investment decision making process, to incorporating it as a key part of a company’s strategy.

ESG is no longer just a conversational topic being driven by activist groups, it is now also seriously being incorporated by global money management firms and is set to become a key part of the global investment industry.