Agenda

Agenda

Agenda

09:0009:30

Registration and refreshments

09:00 - 09:30

09:3011:00

Sustainability considerations in portfolio management

09:30 - 11:00

  • NGFS sustainable and responsible investment guide for central banks portfolio management Setting the board oversight: disclosure frequency and link to strategic objectives
  • Different policy objectives and what that means for investments
  • Central banks and management role in helping to promote responsible financial markets
  • Balancing liquidity, safety and return with sustainability objectives

11:0011:30

Morning networking break

11:00 - 11:30

11:3013:00

Climate-related risks and opportunities

11:30 - 13:00

  • Understanding risks and opportunities over short, medium and long term across investments
  • Impact of climate-related risks and opportunities on business, strategy and financial planning
  • How these risks might have persistent impacts on macroeconomic and financial variables
  • Resilience of investments under different scenarios

13:0014:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:00

14:0015:30

Risk management: Scenario analysis and stress testing

14:00 - 15:30

15:3016:00

Afternoon networking break

15:30 - 16:00

16:0017:30

Overview of strategies for SRI

16:00 - 17:00

  • Negative and exclusionary screening
  • Best-in-class strategy as a solution to SRI for central banks
  • ESG integration – Identification of financially material ESG criteria, assessment of ESG criteria
  • Impact investing

09:0009:30

Registration and refreshments

09:00 - 09:30

09:3009:40

Welcome address and chairperson’s opening remarks

09:30 - 09:40

09:4011:10

Negative and exclusionary screening

09:40 - 11:10

  • Exclusion lists vs investment results
  • Tackling biases that negative screens create
  • Emphasis needed on reporting on ESG issues

11:1011:40

Morning networking break

11:00 - 11:30

11:4013:10

Best in class strategy

11:40 - 13:10

  • Why is best in class strategy used?
  • How to construct a portfolio on active selection of certain companies
  • What metrics are used to rank companies

13:1014:10

Lunch

13:00 - 14:00

14:1015:40

Metrics and targets uses to assess climate related risks and opportunities: Green bonds case study

14:10 - 15:40

  • What is the aim for green bond investors?
  • Accessibility and liquidity of green bonds
  • Generating diversification benefits
  • Improving the risk-adjusted returns of traditional government bond portfolios
  • Designing an SRI monitoring process: how to select monitoring metrics to manage performance

15:4016:10

Afternoon networking break

15:30 - 16:00

16:1017:40

Sustainable investment and long-term investing – the 2020 vision

16:10 - 17:40

  • Increasing awareness of risks associated with sustainability issues and opportunities
  • The need for a more comprehensive understanding of the trends reshaping the world economy
  • Developing global collaboration – driving more stable, sustainable financial markets