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ESG Indices: Latest Data, New Developments

ESG investments have gained traction over the last few years, reaching $21 billion in the first half of 2020, versus $8 billion in 2018. A growing number of investors are seeking to positively shape their investment policy, increasing the need for a global cross-asset ESG index suite.

Our panel of experts and researchers will discuss:
- Equity: the Bloomberg SASB ESG index family
- Fixed Income: new carbon data and developments to come
- Commodity: a practical review of estimating GHG emissions, looking towards a commodity ESG index
- Taxonomy for an environmental cross-asset solution
- Insights on ESG index performance versus traditional funds

Speakers

Alan Campbell

Global Head of Product Management: Multi-Asset Indices

Bloomberg

Alan Campbell is Global Head of Product Management within Bloomberg's Multi-Asset Index business. In this role, he oversees strategy and business development for equity, commodity and crypto indices. Prior to his current role in New York, Mr. Campbell created Bloomberg Terminal analytics and managed groups in London focused on financial data procurement.

Sanjay Rao

Bloomberg Barclays Indices Product Manager, EMEA

Bloomberg L.P.

kartik ghia

Co-Head of Systematic Strategies Research

Bloomberg

Kartik Ghia is the Co-Head of Systematic Strategies Research at Bloomberg. He has written extensively on factor investing and developed risk premia strategies and portfolios across the asset class spectrum. His work on commodities benchmarks include the development of factor-tilted benchmarks and alternative risk premia overlays. Prior to Bloomberg, he worked at Barclays and JPMorgan as an index researcher. Kartik received his Ph.D. in Statistics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and his MPhil & MA from the University of Oxford.

ARTHUR LINDEMAN

Head of Index and ESG Quant Research

BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEX

AJ is the head of the Index and ESG Research team within Bloomberg's Index & Portfolio Research team. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he was at Benchmark Solutions and Morgan Stanley as a Fixed Income quant. He has a PhD in mathematics from Purdue University.

Patricia Leandro

Global Head, Sustainable Finance Solutions,

Bloomberg

Patricia Torres heads the business development team for Sustainable Finance Solutions at Bloomberg. Patricia has spent 19 years with Bloomberg in diverse roles ranging from sales, strategy, data management, to product development. Prior to that she started her career as a management consultant. Patricia graduated as an economist and has done various post-graduate courses, including corporate finance, enterprise selling, corporate governance and negotiation.

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