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SPS Impact & Sustainable Investing for Dutch Institutional Investors
September 28, 2022
Apollo Hotel, Amsterdam
Purpose
This conference brings together international investment ideas and industry expertise to cover a variety of impact and asset strategies aimed at creating sustainable investments for Dutch pension funds and institutional investors. To ensure the key questions and priorities for institutional investors are covered there will be case studies from pension funds as well as expert consultants leading the conference sessions. There will also be plenty of opportunities for friendly discussions and networking with your peers during the day.
Programme
9.00
Registration
9.30
Session 1 - Developments in sustainable equity investing globally and in emerging markets
Lead Portfolio Manager, Global Sustainable Equity
Nomura Asset Management
Developments in sustainable investing
This talk will provide an in-depth focus on current sustainable issues and challenges within global equity and, as the focus shifts to impact, what that means in practice.
Vice President and Lead Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Strategies
AGF Investments
Rewiring supply chains to benefit Emerging Markets excluding China
With deglobalization, ongoing trade tensions and lingering impacts of the pandemic, the global supply chain continues to sputter and break down. Efforts to reduce dependency on China has meant investing more in trade diversification. However, rewiring will be challenging, slow and expensive. While China will hold many competitive advantages in manufacturing, EM excluding China will be the key beneficiary of supply chain diversification. What are the responsible investment implications for this transition?
10.45
Coffee/Tea
11.15
Session 2: Topical investments: renewable energy and agriculture
Portfolio Manager Infrastructure
KGAL
Renewable energy: the value of platform investment
In a maturing renewable energy market in Europe platform investments blended with traditional project investments can be a prudent fund strategy in order to diversify the risk for investors while enhancing potential returns. This talk will explain how the different risks can be managed and the attractive upside for investors.
Principal Agriculture
Fiera Comox
Sustainable Investment Opportunities in Agriculture
How can institutional investors achieve the benefits of investing in agriculture while supporting the continued development of a sustainable food and fiber system? This talk will discuss the ESG and sustainability risks and opportunities within agriculture and the investment strategy considerations for institutional investors evaluating an allocation to the asset class.
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Session 3
Chair:
Marcel Jeucken
Founder and Director
SustFin
Climate Commitment for Dutch Asset Managers - implementing net zero in practice (Panel)
Panellists include:
ESG and ODD Specialist
Altis
ESG market review: Preventing greenwashing and shifting focus from classification to integration
How can investors choose between ESG strategies? Distinguishing between what managers claim to do and what some actually do. Plus looking ahead to SFDR Level 2 and a focus on integration with the Principal Adverse Impact indicators (PIAs).
14.40
Tea/Coffee
15.00
Session 4
Impact Strategies - Dutch Investor experience (Panel)
Panel of Dutch investors
Panellists include:
Portfolio Manager, ACTIAM Impact Investment and
Investment Advisory Committee, Ahold Delhaize Pension
Biodiversity loss: the investment challenge for pension funds
16.15
End of conference followed by drinks reception
Cost
The conference is by invitation only for pension funds and other institutional investors and we welcome new attendees from these investors. Therefore if you are not already receiving an invitation please contact us. A limited number of Complimentary invitations are available to genuine pension fund representatives (executives and trustees) and other approved institutional investors. However, to ensure we have room for as many funds as possible, we have to limit free places to 3 attendees per approved organisation thereafter a reduced rate fee is payable per delegate. Furthermore, SPS always reserves the right of admission (free or paid) and our decision is final.
Venue
Apollo Hotel, Amsterdam
Apollolaan 2
1077 BA Amsterdam
Hotel Tel: +31 2067 35922
We are working with the venue on catering and social distancing options and can provide you with a comprehensive risk assessment for this event nearer the time.
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