AIMA Putting ESG into Practice Conference

We are pleased to announce AIMA’s inaugural event dedicated exclusively to ESG. The event will bring together managers, investors, and standard setters to shine a light on developments in responsible investment around the world.

During the course of the half day, speakers will offer unparalleled practical insights into how to approach integration of responsible investment techniques across a range of strategies, while offering an in-depth perspective on the evolution of industry approaches in the months and years to come.

Agenda

• 1.30pm: Opening remarks
• 1.35pm: In-conversation / keynote
• 2.00PM: Panel: Shorting, carbon foot printing, reporting: key challenges in implementation. This panel will bring together investment managers to explore how they are approaching key questions relating to the practical integration of responsible investment. It will explore the approach to short positions, how firms approach carbon footprinting, and will address data and reporting challenges.
• 2.45pm: Break
• 3.00pm: Regulation in practice: Complying with new European rules
• 3.30pm: Winds of change: What to expect from a new US administration
• 3.55pm: Break
• 4.00pm: Panel: Engagement and the role of external standards. This panel will bring together investment managers and allocators to explore approaches to engagement with issuers, collaboration platforms and the role of external standards (such as SDGs and PRI membership). It will also explore the potential of industry associations, including AIMA, to support the development of new approaches to responsible investment.
• 4.50pm: In-conversation / keynote
• 5.15pm: Event close