Mastering Climate Risk: Strategies for Asset Owners & Managers
We’ll discuss how to define and integrate ESG and climate risk into your investment framework, drawing on the latest insights from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) scenarios. Gain practical lessons from real-world climate scenario analysis implementations, including the crucial application of climate VAR. Equip yourself to strategically manage climate-related risks and opportunities within your portfolio.
Speakers
Richard Chan
Chief Investment and Asset-Liability Management Officer
Chow Tai Fook Life Insurance Company Limited
Richard Chan is the Chief Investment and Asset-Liability Management (ALM) Officer at CTF Life, a member of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited. He leads the investment and ALM activities at CTF Life, which include strategic asset allocation, tactical asset allocation, hedging strategies and liquidity management. His team is responsible for the selection and trading of securities within the company’s directly managed portfolios, covering rates, credit, equities and derivatives. He also manages the selection and oversight of external managers for the delegated portfolios. Before to his role at CTF Life, Richard served as the HK Chief Investment Officer and Asia Head of ALM of AXA. Before that, he held positions as the Capital and Investment Actuary in Prudential Hong Kong and the Chief Risk Officer of Aviva HK. Richard is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a CFA charterholder and an FRM charterholder.
Ben Carr
Global Head of Climate Risk Products
Bloomberg
Ben Carr leads climate risk product development at Bloomberg. He is a climate-related financial risk expert with over two decades of financial services experience working in both the public and private sector including at the Bank of England, the European Commission and Aviva. He has run several sustainable finance fora including the Scenario Analysis Working Group of the Climate Financial Risk Forum, co-chaired by the Bank of England and UK Financial Conduct Authority. He has led the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) track of the UN convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance and the Sustainability Working Group of the CRO Forum. Ben is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Warwick.Ben Carr leads climate risk product development at Bloomberg. He is a climate-related financial risk expert with over two decades of financial services experience working in both the public and private sector including at the Bank of England, the European Commission and Aviva. He has run several sustainable finance fora including the Scenario Analysis Working Group of the Climate Financial Risk Forum, co-chaired by the Bank of England and UK Financial Conduct Authority. He has led the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) track of the UN convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance and the Sustainability Working Group of the CRO Forum. Ben is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Warwick.
Anthony Lee
Risk Specialist Sales
Bloomberg
Anthony worked as a derivatives trader and PM for over 15 years in Hong Kong. He's been with Bloomberg for the past 8 years. His current role covers insurance companies, hedge funds, asset managers and corporations on risk and regulatory solutions.
Karen Ho
APAC Head of Sustainable Finance Regulations & Integration, Market Specialist
Bloomberg
Karen Ho leads the market strategy and contributes to the development of Bloomberg’s Sustainable Finance solutions in APAC. Specialized in sustainable finance regulations and investment integration strategy, she helps customers to navigate Bloomberg’s comprehensive suite of ESG solutions, including data, scores, estimates, analytics, news, research, index, risk management and regulatory reporting solutions. Karen represents Bloomberg in multiple industry working groups, including Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (CASG) since 2022, SFC's Climate Change Technical Expert Group in 2020 in Hong Kong, observer for the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute Taxonomy Technical Expert Group since 2023, and a member of CASG Transition finance Workstream since 2025. Karen is the Co-lead of Bloomberg Women's Community in Hong Kong, she continues to advocate inclusions at workspace.