Name: Is the Grass Always Greener? Greenwashing Risk and Regulation
Start: 2023-12-05T15:00:00Z
End: 2023-12-05T15:00:57.000Z
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Periodic webinars showcasing the latest insights into market trends & regulation and occasionally a demo of Morningstar products.

Data can be both a blessing and a curse. It can expose opportunities but only with the right tools and processes in place. 

Learn how to use Morningstar Direct’s Performance Reporting module to build custom reports at scale. Our expert speakers will share tips to help you improve your processes and expedite your reporting and due diligence efforts.  

In this discussion, you’ll learn: 
- What the Performance Reporting tool is 
- How power users are leveraging its advanced reporting capabilities 
- How to build, format, and automate a report for comprehensive-yet-clear reporting 

Webinar Speakers:  
- Ben Johnson, Head of Client Solutions, Asset Management, Morningstar, Inc. 
- Brandon Krisko, VP, Direct Sales Specialist, Morningstar, Inc. 
- Peter Kalembasa, Senior Customer Success Manager, Morningstar, Inc.

Learn to Master Custom Reporting at Scale with Morningstar Direct

After four years of suffering from long-Covid, 2024 is lining up to be the year that the economy and individual behavior have finally recovered and normalized. The massive disruptions and dislocations caused by the pandemic are rapidly fading in the rearview mirror and we think it’s time for investors to get back to basics. While we forecast the rate of economic growth will slow and stocks have already rallied off their lows, we still see multiple undervalued areas that provide relatively large margins of safety.

Join Morningstar’s Dave Sekera, CFA, Chief U.S. Market Strategist and Preston Caldwell, Chief U.S. Economist as they review why we expect the economy will dodge a recession and which areas in the market still offer upside opportunities. 

Learn why we view the U.S. equity market as undervalued, how we expect the U.S. economy will play out over the course of this year and next. We will:
• Break down our valuations and identify undervalued opportunities across categories, sectors, and stocks.  
• Highlight investable long-term secular growth themes.  
• Provide our forecasts for real U.S. GDP, inflation, and interest rates. 
 
In our market outlook, we utilize a bottom-up perspective to determine market valuation. By leveraging off of the 1,500 companies covered by Morningstar's equity analysts, we identify which areas are undervalued versus which are overvalued. From growth stocks to value stocks and from small-cap to large-cap, we will identify where we see value today. Following the presentation, we take as many questions from the audience as time allows.  
 
Presented by:
 Dave Sekera, CFA, Chief U.S. Market Strategist, Morningstar
 Preston Caldwell, Chief U.S. Economist, Morningstar
 Moderated by Susan Dziubinski, Investment Specialist, Morningstar

This webinar has been accepted by the CFP® Board for one continuing education (CE) credit for CFP® designations.

2024 U.S. Market Outlook: What a “Return to Normal” Means for Stocks

We are in the midst of a climate crisis. Without decisive action, companies and their investors will face climate-related physical and transition risks that will impact their operations, their assets and ultimately their bottom lines. 

Globally, the regulatory landscape is evolving to try to address the climate crisis. However, this creates a new set of challenges as firms strive to comply with the growing number of reporting frameworks and standards, while trying to mitigate climate-related risks in their portfolios. 

Join us to gain insights on the climate transition risks institutional investors face, how they can assess those risks, and what they can do to manage those risks effectively. We will discuss:  
           - What climate transition risks are.  
           - The role asset managers can play in mitigating the impacts of climate change.  
           - What investors can do to better understand and evaluate climate transition risks in their portfolios.  
           - How the changing climate reporting regulatory landscape could impact companies and investors.

Speakers:  
           - Anya Solovieva, Global Commercial Lead, Climate Solutions, Morningstar Sustainalytics  
           - Melissa Chase, Senior Content Marketing Manager, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Climate Transition Risks: 6 Investors Questions Answered

Join Morningstar Sustainalytics for a panel discussion about Data Privacy and Cybersecurity. In this webinar, our knowledgeable panel will delve into these topics and more:  

•ESG risk drivers   
•Data privacy and cybersecurity risk trends  
•Market signals and companies’ weaknesses  
•How prepared are companies and what investors should look for regarding cyber risks   

Panelists:  
•Daniëlle Essink-Zuiderwijk, Engagement Specialist, Robeco  
•Tiffany Flaherty, Associate Director, ESG Research, Morningstar Sustainalytics 
•Kristoffer Inton, Equity Strategist, Morningstar   

Moderator: Victoria Hernandez, ESG Product Manager, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Navigating Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks: Insight for Investors

Integrating ESG into risk management frameworks has become a crucial issue – how prepared are you for the challenges? 

Join Morningstar Sustainalytics for a panel discussion about ESG risk exposure, what this means and how to manage. In this webinar, we will focus on how Sustainalytics identifies drivers of product governance risk. 

Our knowledgeable panel will delve into these topics and more: 
- Quantifying exposure 
- Defining risk drivers 
- Identification and application of ESG data 
- Defining financial impacts 

There will be time throughout the webinar to ask your questions. 
 

Speakers: 
Tiffany Flaherty, Associate Director, Sustainalytics ESG Research, Risk Rating Oversight, Morningstar Sustainalytics 
Kristoffer Inton, Equity Strategist, Equity and Credit Analysis, Morningstar 
Moderator: Youri Groenhart, Director, ESG Products, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Product Governance Risk: Navigating one of the most common ESG issues

Although the stock market is undervalued – it faces a rough road ahead. The effects of the second largest bank failure in U.S. history are reverberating throughout the markets. Tightening monetary policy is poised to begin taking its toll on the economy later this year. Inflation remains stubbornly above the Fed’s target.

While volatility will likely stay elevated over the foreseeable future, once investors begin to see an upswing in leading economic indicators, we think the markets can begin a sustainable rally towards where we see fair value.

Join Morningstar’s Dave Sekera, CFA, Chief U.S. Market Strategist and Preston Caldwell, Head of U.S. Economics as they review our analysis of the U.S. markets and economy.

Learn why we view the U.S. equity market as undervalued, how we expect the U.S. economy will play out over the course of the year, and why we have an above consensus economic outlook over the long-term. We will:

Break down our valuations and identify undervalued opportunities across categories, sectors, and stocks.

Highlight investable long-term secular growth themes.

Provide our forecasts for real U.S. GDP, inflation, and interest rates.

In our market outlook, we utilize a bottom-up perspective to determine market valuation. By leveraging off of the 1,500 companies covered by Morningstar’s equity analysts, we identify which areas are undervalued versus which are overvalued. From growth stocks to value stocks and from small-cap to large-cap, we will identify where we see value today. Following the presentation, we will take as many questions from the audience as time allows.

Presented by:
Dave Sekera, CFA, Chief U.S. Market Strategist, Morningstar
Preston Caldwell, Head of U.S. Economics, Morningstar
Moderated by Susan Dziubinski, Investment Specialist, Morningstar

This webinar has been accepted by the CFP® Board for one continuing education (CE) credit for CFP® designations.

Morningstar’s 2nd Quarter 2023 U.S. Stock Market Economic Outlook

Equity attribution is the process of comparing portfolio performance to a pre-selected benchmark. It’s a crucial part of proving fund value, especially as interest rates and inflation rise.  

Join us as we breakdown our own analyses to show how you can run your own equity attribution within Morningstar Direct. 

Subjects to be discussed: 
- How high-performing funds are utilizing struggling growth stocks 
- How Morningstar research conducts its analysis 
- A step-by-step walkthrough of Equity attribution in Morningstar Direct 

Webinar Speakers: 
Jack Shannon, Senior Manager Research Analyst, U.S. Equity Strategies 
Sneh Verma, Customer Success Manager, Morningstar Direct

Prove Your Portfolio: Best Practices in Equity Attribution

Discover how investors can more effectively respond to climate regulatory initiatives, advance engagement activities and support net zero strategies.

The Net Zero Transition: Building Climate-Aware Investment Strategies

How can you grow and retain business as a financial advisor in 2023? With a growing need for hyper-personalized advice, there is an increasing importance in getting to know your clients – and more than just their retirement date.  Join us in the first of a series of webinars that walk through the ways in which you can bring true value to your clients that lead to better outcomes and longer-term clients. In this webinar, we will review the methods and processes advisors can use to drive productive conversations with their clients and go beyond table stakes in constructing a portfolio. 

In this webinar, you will learn:   
- How to leverage growing need for advice to grow your business    
- Why truly understanding your client leads to better outcome and growth    
- How to utilize technology to reliably gather client profiles and preferences to be reflected in their portfolio  
- How Morningstar’s Investment Planning Experience (IPx) can help you achieve growth

How to demonstrate your value through personalized investment planning

Performance Reporting is key to your due diligence processes, and being able to quickly and easily analyze the data that is important to you can make all the difference. In this discussion, we will explore how a few simple steps can help save time, scale your workflows and improve efficiencies for you and your teams. 

Webinar Speakers:  
- Ben Johnson, Head of Client Solutions, Asset Management   
- Maggie Carlson, Vice President, Business Development, Morningstar Direct  
- Peter Kalembasa, Senior Customer Success Manager, Morningstar Direct

Performance Reporting: Improving Efficiencies and Delivering Scalable Processes

What does 2023 hold for ESG and Sustainable Investing? How is the implementation of ESG strategies by Asset Managers shifting to meet those key trends? 
- Regulators globally are taking interest and action by applying more scrutiny around ESG Disclosures and more recently around ESG Investment strategies and processes. 
- Climate targets and net zero commitments are dominating regulatory frameworks around the globe and affecting most players in the market including Asset and Wealth managers and Asset Owners.  
- Market conditions in 2022 have had an impact on product development and ESG investment strategy. What does that mean for 2023?  


Join Hortense Bioy, Lindsey Stewart and Laura Lutton in a panel discussion around the 2023 outlook for Sustainable Investing and what that means for the different market players.

What does 2023 hold for ESG and Sustainable Investing?

How should you be positioned for 2023? 

Join Morningstar’s Dave Sekera, CFA, Chief U.S. Market Strategist and Preston Caldwell, Head of U.S. Economics as they review our analysis of the U.S. markets and economy.   

In our 2022 Outlook, we noted that the market was overvalued and would need to contend with four main headwinds. Following the sell-off, we think the pendulum has swung too far and that the equity market is now undervalued. 

Learn why we view the U.S. equity market as undervalued, how we expect the U.S. economy will play out over the course of the year, and why we have an above consensus economic outlook over the long-term. Join our webinar as we: 

 - Break down our valuations and identify undervalued opportunities across categories, sectors, and stocks.  

 - Highlight long-term secular growth themes we see heading into 2023.  

 - Provide our forecasts for real U.S. GDP, inflation, and interest rates. 

In our market outlook, we utilize a bottom-up perspective to determine market valuation. By leveraging off of the 1,500 companies covered by Morningstar's equity analysts, we identify which areas are undervalued versus which are overvalued. From growth stocks to value stocks and from small-cap to large-cap, we will identify where we see value today. 

Presented by: 
Dave Sekera, CFA, Chief U.S. Market Strategist, Morningstar 
Preston Caldwell, Head of U.S. Economics, Morningstar 
Moderated by Ruth Saldanha, Editorial Manager, Morningstar 
 
This webinar has been accepted by the CFP® Board for one continuing education (CE) credit for CFP® designations.

2023 U.S. Market Outlook: Near Term Turbulence, but Path to Clearer Skies Ahead

Turning data into actionable insights requires firms to address sourcing the correct data, ensuring quality, and making it easily accessible. Learn how Morningstar raised the bar for data and research in an effort to empower investor success. 

Webinar Speakers:  
 - Sara Otterbeck, Senior Product Manager, Direct Analytics Lab 
 - Kumar Neelotpal Shukla, Quantitative Research Manager 
 - Christine Barnstable, Head of Data Strategy

Exploring the Data Value Chain

Join the analysts behind the latest edition of Morningstar's U.S. Active/Passive Barometer, for a 30-minute, live discussion and audience Q&A.   

Webinar Speakers: 
 - Bryan Armour, Director of Passive Strategies Research 
 - Ryan Jackson, Manager Research Analyst, Passive Strategies 
 - Romir Agarwal, Associate Product Manager

U.S. Active/Passive Barometer

Today’s investors are demanding personalization more than ever, and sustainable investing introduces an opportunity for advisors to help consider (or reconsider) why they invest. 

Each client will have different motivations for sustainable investing. Some want to limit risk. Some want to improve their returns. Others want to make an impact or seek policy change. 

Knowing a client’s interest isn’t enough—advisors must be able to drill down into what their clients want to achieve, discuss different approaches, and convey the resulting impact. 

There is no “one size fits all” approach, but advisors who adopt a consultative approach to sustainable investing will demonstrate added value in an increasingly competitive space.

Join us for a discussion on:
- How to incorporate sustainability across the entire advisor workflow 
- Five steps to kicking off an investable world conversation with clients
- Strategies for integrating ESG into portfolio construction

This webinar has been accepted by the CFP® Board for one continuing education (CE) credit for CFP® designations.

Speakers: 
• Shila Wattamwar, Global Head of Retail and Wealth ESG Strategy and Strategic Partnerships, Morningstar Sustainalytics
• Adam Fleck, Director of Equity Research, ESG, Morningstar

This webinar has been accepted by the CFP® Board for one continuing education (CE) credit for CFP® designations.

Incorporating Sustainability Into the Advisor Workflow

Open banking, also known as open finance, allows consumers the right to access and share their financial data held by their financial institutions. Consumers can exercise this right when they select advisors and the applications to help them improve their financial well-being. Take 25 minutes to learn more about open banking, the benefit for the wealth management ecosystem, and why you need to partner with an investment-first data aggregator to receive high-quality data.

Open Banking: 5 Key Questions Answered

Getting to know your clients – their goals, risk comfort, values, and goal timelines – has always been important to ensure your clients stay invested for the long term. Increasing demands from regulations, ever-rising client expectations, the latest meme stock and overall economic uncertainty now require an even more holistic understanding of your clients. Join our Director of Product Management, Jason Stipp, and our Vice President of Business Development, Thomas Aviles, as we discuss how risk profiling can be thorough, yet efficient ... and integrated to provide your clients with a truly personalized investment plan.  

We will discuss:  
1. Why risk profiling is necessary 
2.  How to know if your current profiling system is doing its job 
3. Why now is the best time to standardize your process 
4. How an integrated approach can save your firm time and money, while powering better outcomes for your clients

Risk & Rewards: Risk Profiling to Meet Today’s Demands

In 2023, asset management firms caught greenwashing faced criticism by regulators and clients alike, with perpetrators facing real consequences such as:  

- Reputational risk 
- Regulatory compliance issues 
- Fines (up to billions of dollars) 
- and more 
 
Join speakers from Morningstar Sustainalytics for a panel discussion on greenwashing risk and how regulators and asset managers are tackling this issue in 2024. 

We’ll discuss:  

- The regulatory landscape for 2024  
- How asset managers are thinking about building thoughtful strategies to mitigate greenwashing risk 
- Ways to potentially mitigate greenwashing risk and build an authentic ESG strategy 

Submit your questions by December 1, 2023 to Beth Thompson at beth.thompson@morningstar.com for a chance to have them answered live by the experts.  

Speakers:
- Ruthann Bartello, Director, Commercialization, Morningstar Sustainalytics  
- Anne Schoemaker, Director, ESG Products, Morningstar Sustainalytics 
- Benjamin Schofield, Director, Product Strategy/Commercialization, Sustainalytics

Is the Grass Always Greener? Greenwashing Risk and Regulation

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