Funds Masterclass: ESG
23 June 2021
Highlights Video
Speakers and Panellists
Quotes From the Speaker Presentations
Elliot Refson:
"ESG criteria will play an increasing role in fund domiciliation. It is clear therefore that this accelerating trend towards ESG is being driven by investors, and their fund managers are responding accordingly. The trend is filtering through the ecosystem which supports the industry."
David Postlethwaite:
"It’s not just investor requirements that must be met. Increasingly, access to markets - and capital - will be determined by the ability for managers and administrators to comply with requirements associated with the regulation of sustainable finance."
Quotes from our panel discussion
Andrew Mitchell:
"One of the best examples of how our planet is getting ill is Covid-19, which is driven in part by environmental degradation, the trade in particular species and bringing together large numbers of people with these emergencies – these zoonotic transfers of viruses from animals to people … they’re symptoms of what we mean by ‘unrecognised nature-related risk’."
Felicia de Laat:
"Jersey has been quietly supporting positive social impact for a number of years already and it’s not a new thing. Many of our funds, particularly real estate funds, have got pension schemes as investors and the wealth generated by our funds is paid out to pensioners throughout the UK and elsewhere, enriching their retirement."
Eva Vogt:
"I think accounting for sustainability outcomes is going to be increasingly important and common metrics for reporting. Those sort of things [stakeholder capitalism metrics] are going to be really useful in communicating sustainability outcomes and linking performance back to SDGs."
Charlotte Brambilla:
"Our finance sector is our biggest sector and we hold so much money under management, clearly the shift to being able to help enable that capital to be used to finance those initiatives which have a social impact is something we have the skill set for and the ability to. That way Jersey really can and will make a difference."
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