ESG integration wields best results with good data and effective engagement
Large investors across Europe share the elements of their success when it comes to ESG integration and engagement, including in sovereign bonds.
Large investors across Europe share the elements of their success when it comes to ESG integration and engagement, including in sovereign bonds.
Europe's ability to contain inflation hangs on key variables including the energy crisis, central banks' ability to anchor expectations and the ability to stop it spinning into demand for higher wages, argues Clemens Kool, Professor of Macroeconomics and International Monetary Economics, Maastricht University.
The growth and availability of data is allowing investors to see progress on their de-carbonization efforts and contributing to increased investor confidence around decarbonisation, said John Quealy, chief investment officer, Trillium, the asset manager with nearly 40 years at the forefront of ESG thought leadership and responsible investing.
Three leading investors from around the world - USS from the UK, IMCO from Canada and APG from The Netherlands – discuss the importance of modelling and their strategies for investing in an inflationary environment, including allocating to inflation linked emerging debt and infrastructure.
Carol Geremia, president, MFS Investment Management, urged FIS Maastricht delegates to help create a new investment model.
Karin van Baardwijk, chief executive, Robeco, opens the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Maastricht University outlining the asset manager's priorities. Talent management, data analysis, leadership and sustainability will all play a role in navigating the year ahead.
Fiduciary Investors Symposium