‘Sustainability & Suitability’ SRI event videos

I am delighted to announce that you can now access the ‘Sustainability & Suitability’  Good Money Week  event videos on the SRI Services YouTube channel here.

The ‘highlights video’ gives a flavour of the day and Keynote speaker Lord Deben’s presentation was a real highlight.

• Highlights video (2 mins)
• Key note speaker:   Lord Deben (John Gummer)  ‘Climate change and why it matters to investors’  (32 mins)

Attendees also enjoyed the  SRI fund manager led round table presentations, which are summarised  in the following (1-3 mins each) videos:

• JanusHenderson – Hamish Chamberlain, fund manager and Head of SRI, Global Sustainable Equity Fund
• Kames – Craig Bonthron, fund manager, Global Sustainable Equity Fund
• Liontrust – Chris Foster, investment analyst, Sustainable Future Funds
• M&G – Ben Constable-Maxwell, deputy fund manager, Positive Impact Fund
• Rathbones – Bryn Jones, Head of Fixed Income, fund manager, Ethical Bond Fund
• Sarasin & Partners – Alex Bibani, fund manager, Responsible Global Equity Fund
• Unicorn – Simon Moon & Fraser Mackersie, joint fund managers, Ethical Income Fund

For those looking for – or interested in – building portfolios our DFM/portfolio planner session was also particularly (see below).

• DFM / portfolio planner panel session – recorded in full: ‘What does ‘sustainable and suitable’ mean to us, what do we look for when selecting funds in this market?’ (26 mins)
  • RSMR – Stuart Ryan
  • Financial Express – Charles Younes
  • EQ Investors  – Damien Lardoux
  • Tribe Impact Capital – Amy Clarke
  • Rathbone Greenbank Investments – Kate Elliot

The day opened with the following ‘scene setting’ presentations:

• Julia Dreblow – SRI Services & Fund EcoMarket overview (18 mins)
• Simon Howard – UKSIF – Good Money Week 2018 overview (12 mins)
• Maria Varbeva-Daley – BSI- discussing the proposed British Standards for Sustainable Finance (15 mins)
• Eleanor Spencer – ZSL (owners of London Zoo) – discussing project SPOTT & Palm Oil (9 mins)

And finished with our exceptional keynote speaker, focusing on what many would agree is ‘the issue of our time’ – climate change:

• Key note speaker:
  • Lord Deben, (John Gummer) Chairman of Sancroft and Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA) speaking on:  ‘Climate change and why it matters to investors’  (32 mins)

Event date: 3 October 2018