Scientific Beta

A series of executive breakfast presentations to be held in Zurich, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London between November 2019 and February 2020, discussing the different approaches offered by Scientific Beta to reconcile ESG and factor investing and presenting the ESG and Low Carbon options available on all of Scientific Beta's flagship multi-smart-factor indices.

Scientific Beta considers that ESG and Low Carbon objectives should not be mitigated by considerations relating to the financial qualities of stocks and should rely on a clear exclusion policy that sends an equally clear message to companies and the markets. It is on this principle that two ESG and Low Carbon filters that apply to all Scientific Beta multi-factor flagship offerings have been constructed. The design of these filters ensures that ambitious ESG or Low Carbon objectives are reached while maintaining factor intensity and diversification, which are the academically-consensual drivers of the performance of smart beta strategies.

At special breakfast presentations to be held in a number of European cities, Erik Christiansen, ESG & Low Carbon Solutions Specialist at Scientific Beta, will discuss the different approaches to reconcile ESG and factor investing and will present the ESG and Low Carbon options available on all of Scientific Beta’s flagship multi-smart-factor indices.

Programme:

• 8:00am-8:15am
  Welcome coffee and tea
  
  
• 8:15am-9:00am
  Presentation of the ESG and Low Carbon options available on Scientific Beta’s flagship multi-smart-factor indices
  
  
• 9:00am-9:30am
  Q&A session

Dates and cities:

• November 20, 2019 Zurich (Baur au Lac)
• November 26, 2019 Frankfurt (Grandhotel Hessischer Hof)
• December 3, 2019 Munich (Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski)
• December 10, 2019 Vienna (The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna)
• January 14, 2020 Stockholm (Grand Hotel Stockholm)
• January 16, 2020 Copenhagen (Phoenix Copenhagen)
• February 4, 2020 Amsterdam (InterContinental Amstel)
• February 11, 2020 London (10 Fleet Place, Ludgate)

About the Speaker:

Erik Christiansen is an ESG & Low Carbon Solutions Specialist with Scientific Beta. He was previously Head of Investment Strategy with the Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique (ERAFP), the mandatory pension scheme for French civil servants, where he was responsible for implementing the equity and ESG strategies. He has also previously worked as a Methodology Coordinator and Analyst at Vigeo Eiris, the ESG rating agency. Erik holds a Master’s degree in Management from the ESCP Business School and is a CFA charterholder.

Registration:

Should you wish to attend any of these presentations, please contact Séverine Cibelly at severine.cibelly@scientificbeta.com or on +33 (0)4 93 18 78 63.

Attendance at these events is complimentary but registration is required.

These presentations are reserved for asset owners and allocators. The organisers reserve the right to refuse registration requests to preserve the diversity of the audience.