‘SRI Services and Partners annual Good Money Week event’
Recordings are now available from our 6 October 2021 event…
See below for links:
- Our key note speaker this year was Mark Manning from the FCA.
- The event was approved for 6 hours CPD by the CISI
- Click here to view delegate pack: Delegates Pack – 6 October 2021
Agenda and recordings:
10- 10:25 Introduction
10:30 10.55
- UKSIF – introduction to UKSIF & their work & Good Money Week Update
- CEO James Alexander
- View video here
11:00 – 11.30 KEYNOTE FCA Mark Manning, Technical Specialist, Sustainable Finance and Stewardship
11:30 – 11.40 Break
11.40 – 12.30 Fund Manager Panel 1
- Diversity, inclusion and equality. Why do ‘people issues’ matter to companies, investors – and beyond? What can we learn from recent events & what does ‘good’ look like?
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- Miranda Beacham – Aegon Asset Management
- Alex Game – Unicorn Asset Management
- Freddie Woolfe – Jupiter Asset Management
- Kaboo Leung – PIMCO Europe Ltd
- Harriet Parker – Liontrust Asset Management
- View Panel 1 video here
12.35 – 1.15 Fund Manager Panel 2
- Biodiversity and supply chain management. How can investors ensure they are not effectively responsible for habitat destruction? How do investors manage supply chain issues?
- Jennifer Boscardin-Ching – Pictet Asset Management
- Adam Robbins – Triodos Investment Management
- Mohan Gundu – Stewart Investors
- Neville White – EdenTree Investment Management
- View Panel 2 video here
13:15 -14:20- Lunch Break
14:20-15.00 – Fund Manager Panel 3
- Climate change – the facts. A discussion of recent international developments, why ‘net zero’ and +1.5-2 degrees matter and what we can expect from COP26.
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- Vicki Bakhshi – BMO Asset Management
- Randeep Somel – M&G Investments
- Amarachi Seery – Janus Henderson Investors
- Ben McEwen – Sarasin & Partners
- View Panel 3 video here
15.05 – 15:45 – Fund Manager Panel 4
- Responding to the climate emergency. Are investors responding with the ‘necessary urgency’? What options are available to investors – large and small? What ‘escalation options’ are available? What do ‘good’ and ‘bad’ look like?
- Mark Brennan – Foresight Group
- Lloyd McAllister – BNY Mellon
- David Harrison – Rathbones
- Cornelia Furse – Fidelity International
- View Panel 4 video here
15:45-16.00 – Break
16.00-16:40 – Fund Manager Panel 5
- New ESG and Sustainability developments – what’s hot and what’s not? An exploration of new industry initiatives and developments aimed at addressing major ESG threats.
- Amanda Young – abrdn
- Caroline Langley – Quilter Cheviot Investment Management
- Seb Beloe – WHEB Asset Management
- Mike Clark – Ario Advisory
- View Panel 5 video here
16.40 – 17.00 ‘An expert view on ‘What needs to happen’ in the investment world (and how to understand it when it does).’
17.00 – 17.45 Formal close & move to optional breakout room
These events are free to attend thanks to our Fund Manager partners:
Janus Henderson, EdenTree, Rathbones, abrdn, M&G, Aegon, Stewart, BNY Mellon, Pictet, Unicorn, Sarasin & Partners, Fidelity, Liontrust, BMO, Triodos, WHEB, Quilter, Jupiter, Foresight & PIMCO
Drinks reception
To mark the end of Good Money Week 2021 we partnering with UKSIF to hold an informal, in person, London drinks (and canapes) reception on 13 October. This event is for financial services professionals only.
This will be in the London Wall /Moorgate (EC2) area, from 5-9 pm.
Please email julia@sriServices.co.uk if you would like to attend but had not previously registered.
Date: 13 October
Time: 5-9 pm
Format: In person (we are using Zoom to register attendees only)
Location: London Wall/Barbican area, London.
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See below for 2020 highlights video:
2020 SRI Services & Partners event
Event date: 21 October 2020
Our annual ‘SRI Services and Partners Good Money Week event’ was held on Zoom this year because of world events. Please use the links below to view each session. The CISI approved this event for 5 hours CPD.
Agenda:
- Introduction & welcome
- Julia Dreblow – Welcome & SRI Services update
- UKSIF – Charlene Cranny – The Road to COP26 & Good Money Week Update
- KEYNOTE – Richard Monks, Director of Strategy, FCA
- Fund Manager Panel 1 – Triodos, BMO, Unicorn, Sarasin & Partners
- Fund Manager Panel 2 – Foresight, Janus Henderson, WHEB, Rathbones
- Fund Manager Panel 3 – Edentree, Aegon, abrdn
- Fund Manager Panel 4 – Liontrust, M&G, BNY Mellon, Pictet
- Launch City:
(Breakout sessions were not recorded.)
2020 Event Highlights video:
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2019 SRI Services Event
The 2019 annual ‘Screened, Themed & Engaged’ event was held on 9 October, during ‘Good Money Week 2019′ at the Barbican Centre, in London. It was free to attend for financial advisors and investment intermediaries only and the format was a combination of presentations, panel sessions and breakout sessions with subject specialists and fund managers and focused on ESG, SRI, Sustainable, Responsible and Ethical investment. (The event qualified for 5 hours of CPD training)
Agenda:
- Welcome and morning presentations:
- Fund Manager Breakout Panel Sessions:
- Panel 1 – Sustainability: recognising risks & opportunities – RSMR (Chair), Rathbones, Aegon (Kames), Pictet
- Panel 2 – ESG integration, stewardship & ethics – EIRIS (Chair), Unicorn, abrdn (ASI), EdenTree
- Panel 3 – Investing for positive impacts & outcomes – Responsible Investor (Chair), Triodos, WHEB, Foresight
- Panel 4 – Sustainability: mission possible – UKSIF (Chair), Sarasin & Partners, Janus Henderson, Liontrust
- Afternoon panel: ‘A Changing World – what can the financial services community do to help address major environmental challenges?’ speakers:
- Chaired by Daniel Brooksbank (Editor, Responsible Investor)
- Mark Armstrong – BlueSphere Wealth (IFA)
- Mike Clark – Ario Advisory (policy)
- Ray Dhirani – WWF (wildlife NGO)
- Ben Constable-Maxwell – M&G Investments
- Keynote speaker: Emma Howard-Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency
Download AGENDA here (for information only as this event has now taken place)
2019 Event Highlights video:
2018 SRI Services Event
3 October 2018
The 2018 annual ‘Sustainability & Suitability’ event was held on 3 October, during ‘Good Money Week 2018′ at the Mermaid Theatre, in London. It was free to attend for financial advisors and investment intermediaries only and the format was a combination of presentations and breakout sessions with subject specialists and fund managers (The event qualified for 5 hours of CISI accredited CPD training)
Agenda:
- Welcome, SRI market overview & update:
- Brief overview of recent developments:
- SRI fund manager led round table sessions hosted by:
- Janus Henderson – Hamish Chamberlain, fund manager and Head of SRI, Global Sustainable Equity Fund
- Kames Capital – Craig Bonthron, fund manager, Global Sustainable Equity Fund (now Aegon)
- 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
- DFM / portfolio planner panel session: ‘What does ‘sustainable and suitable‘ mean to us, what do we look for when selecting funds in this market?’
- Stuart Ryan – RSMR
- Charles Younes – Financial Express
- Damien Lardoux – EQ Investors
- Amy Clarke – Tribe Impact Capital
- Kate Elliot – Rathbone Greenbank Investments
- Key note speaker:
See ‘2018 highlights video’ below:
2017 SRI Services Event
19 October 2017
The 2017 annual ‘Screened, Themed & Engaged’ event was held on 19 October at the Terrace Gallery Rooms, Museum of London. It was free to attend for financial advisors and investment intermediaries only and the format was a combination of presentations, small group ‘fund manager led’ round table sessions and an interactive panel/Q&A discussion panel sessions. The event focused on understanding the diverse and growing opportunities in sustainable, responsible and ethical investment and was organised by sriServices (with kind support from LGBR/Unicorn).
Agenda:
- Welcome and introduction – Julia Dreblow founder sriServices & Fund EcoMarket
- SRI Market overview – Simon Howard, CEO UKSIF market update
- Fund Manager round table meetings:
- Liontrust– ‘Exploiting sustainability themes for the benefit of investors’ .
- Speaker: Mike Appleby, Investment Manager Sustainable Futures funds
- Rathbones – ‘Addressing climate change, inequality and affordable housing through funds and discretionary fund management.’
- Speakers: Bryn Jones, Head of Fixed Income and Manager of the Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund, Perry Rudd, Head of Ethical Research, Rathbone Greenbank Investments
- Sarasin & Partners – ‘Responsible ownership – how successful engagement benefits both investors and companies’.
- Speaker: Paul Fairbrother, ESG Product Specialist
- Triodos Investment Management – ‘Investing for a happier, healthier future’ .
- Speaker: Adam Robbins, Senior Investor Relations Manager
- Unicorn Asset Management – ‘Finding ethically acceptable higher income UK small and mid cap stocks’ .
- Speakers: Simon Moon, Frasier Mackersie, joint Fund Managers UK Ethical Income Fund
Speakers will be joined on the panel session by:
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- Claudia Quiroz – Climate Assets fund manager at Quilter Cheviot
- Stuart Ryan – investment research manager at RSMR
- Peter Webster – Vigeo EIRiS / EIRiS Foundation
- Guy Turner – founder Trove research ‘Sustainability and performance: identifying the opportunities’
- Panel / Q&A discussion session – ‘Opportunities & threats in SRI today’