IMPACT INVESTING:
RESHAPING THE FINANCIAL DOGMA
Sustainable impact investing can have a large effect on creating a better future for people and the planet. Not too long ago, the concept was introduced to the world. Today, it has become a household name in global finance for investing to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Impact Investing: Reshaping the Financial Dogma is a four-part series looking at the challenges and opportunities of impact investing, and the role it can play in helping address global issues while generating financial returns.
Part 2: From Theory To Investment Practices
Sustainable investment is rapidly becoming mainstream, with many asset managers offering a growing number of different sustainable products that focus on ethics and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) impact. This session will examine the creation, management, and selection of sustainable financial products.
HAE Members: Free
Friends of HAE/General Admission: $10
MODERATOR
Maritz Mayoral Senior Associate of ESG research, MSCI
PANELISTS
Isabelle Millat Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB)
Andrew Parry Head of Sustainable Investing, Newton Investment Management
About our guests
Maritz has been with MSCI Inc. since 2013 where she currently serves as a Senior Associate of ESG research. She has a demonstrated history in the financial services industry focused on ESG analysis consulting. Maritz graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Financial Management from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey / ITESM and received her MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology.
Isabelle is the Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB. She has more than 13 years of experience in the financial markets and derivatives products in particular. She joined the Societe Generale group in 2006 and has held various roles within markets activities, notably as Chief Operating Officer for the Cross Asset Structured Products activity in New-York. Since 2010, she has been a Financial Product Engineer in charge of developing cross asset investment strategies and index structuring for the Societe Generale Index franchise (SGI). In February 2017, she was appointed as Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions for Societe Generale, a newly created position within Global Markets activities.
Andrew is the Head of Sustainable Investing at Newton Investment Management. He was most recently Head of Sustainable Investing at Hermes Investment Management, developing the firm’s impact investing capabilities, and aligning its funds to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He previously held roles as head of equities and impact investing at Hermes, and before this as CEO of Hermes Sourcecap Limited. Andrew has over 30 years of equity investment expertise, having also held roles as CIO of global equities at Northern Trust Global Investments, head of equities at Julius Baer Investment Management, CIO of Lazard Brothers Asset Managers, and head of UK equities at Barings.
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