2021 ESG in Fixed Income: Shining a Light on Transparency
Conference Schedule was:
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
- Introduction & Launch:
- Moderator: Larry White, Managing Director Business Development, DBRS | Morningstar
- Baer Pettit, President and Chief Operating Officer, MSCI
- Notes from this panel discussion.
- Moderator: Larry White, Managing Director Business Development, DBRS | Morningstar
- ESG Corporate Bonds Panel:
- Moderator: Ulf G. Erlandsson, Ph.D., CEO of Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)
- Panelists:
- Del Anderson, CFA, FSA, Senior Vice President, Credit Research Analyst, ESG / Financials, PIMCO
- Andrew Lin, CFA, Managing Director, Infrastructure, Power and Utilities, DBRS Morningstar
- Joshua Linder, CFA, Senior Credit Analyst, APG-USA
- Bonnie Wongtrakool, CFA, Global Head of ESG Investment and Portfolio Manager, Western Asset
- Notes from this panel discussion.
- Green Bonds Panel:
- Moderator: Caroline Flammer, Associate Professor and Deans Research Scholar at Boston Universitys Questrom School of Business, Boston University
- Panelists:
- Trevor Allen, Head of Sustainable Finance Research Global Markets Research Division, BNP Paribas
- Stephen Liberatore, CFA, Managing Director Head of ESG/Impact, Nuveen
- Alastair Sewell, CFA, Senior Director, Fund & Asset Management, Fitch Ratings
- Ronald Van Loon, CFA, Managing Director, BlackRock
- Notes from this panel discussion.
- Conclusion of Day One:
- Ralph Decesare, CFA, CAIA, Managing Director & Head of Credit Research, TDAM USA, Inc.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
- Introduction Day Two and of Student Scholarship Award Winners
- John D. Finnerty, Ph.D., Professor Finance and Business Economics, Fordham University
- Mark Howard, CFA, Senior Multi-Asset Specialist, BNP Paribas Securities
- ESG Fixed Income Indices
- Moderator: Henry Shilling, Director of Research, Sustainable Research and Analysis
- Panelists:
- Philip Galdi, Head of Indices, ICE Data Indices, LLC
- Chris Hackel, Index Product Manager, Bloomberg LP
- Kumaran Ram, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Global Index Research
- Elisabeth Seep, Executive Director, ESG Fixed Income Product Manager, MSCI
- Notes from this panel discussion.
- ESG FI CMBS
- Moderator: Keith Kockenmeister, Senior Managing Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc.
- Panelists:
- Peter Beer, Vice President & Securitized Credit Analyst, Payden & Rygel
- Leland Bunch, Managing Director, Head of CMBS Capital Markets, Bank of America
- Thomas A. Fink, CRE, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Trepp, LLC
- Edward Reardon, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
- Notes from this panel discussion.
- J.P. Morgan ESG Workshop Panel: Investing within planetary boundaries pursuing Paris-Alignment through Carbon Analytics
- Moderator: Lydia Harvey, Senior ESG Specialist, J.P. Morgan Global Index Research Group.
- Panelists:
- Hasan Cerhozi, Head of Product Development - Methods and Innovation, Vigeo Eiris (V.E.)
- Francis Condon, Sustainable Investment Team Fixed Income Specialist, UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG
- William Perry, Head of Global High Yield & Emerging Markets Corporates, Co-Head of ESG Committee, Stone Harbor
- Rupert Rink, ESG Specialist, J.P. Morgan Global Index Research
- Notes from this panel discussion
- Conclusion of Day Two:
- Erin Lyons, Co-head US Investment Grade Research and the US Credit Strategist at CreditSights
Event Date
2021-04-22