EAA WEB SESSION
13 Dec 2024
ESG Investing from a (Retail) Investor Point of View
ESG investment has become mainstream for institutions over the last couple of years. Sustainability reports have grown in detail and have extended besyond qualitative goals and ambitions into quantitative reports showing measurable progress on KPIs. Despite the increase in interest in ESG matters in the public domain by consumers, reflected in climate protests and concerns, this has not yet translated in consumers becoming active EGS investors themselves: retail ESG investment in 2020 was lagging with a share of 25% compared to 75% for institutional investment, despite retail investors owning 52% of global assets as per 2021. As the share of retail investments in total assets under management is expected to increase to 61% by 2030, this provides a clear opportunity for individual investors to increase their ESG awareness and interest in sustainable assets.
Participants
Actuaries with an interest in ESG, investment and asset management.
Technical Requirements
Please check with your IT department if your firewall and computer settings support web session participation (the programme Zoom will be used for this online training). Please also make sure to join the web session with a stable internet connection.
Purpose and Nature
The aim of this web session is to provide the audience an overview of ESG and sustainability developments first, and then to explore in more detail developments for investment both from a corporate and retail point of view.
Language
The language of the web session will be English.
Lecturers
Servaas Houben
Servaas is a qualified actuary, CFA and GARP charterholder, with 20+ years of international work experience of which 10+ years international management experience on varying projects like Solvency II, IFRS 4/17, and intersections between insurance, asset- and risk-management.
Leading international teams in Ireland, UK, Caribbean, Netherlands, and currently Belgium. Active contributor to The European Actuary, The actuary, De actuaris, and CFA digest.
Servaas currently heads the IFRS 17 reporting team at Ergo Belgium and is board member and president of the programming committee of CFA Belgium.