Overview

The world is rapidly moving towards sustainable and responsible investing practices, and technology plays a pivotal role in providing innovative solutions and data-driven insights to enable investors to make informed decisions while driving positive change.

This webinar allows participants to better understand the role tech can and will play in ESG and Sustainable investing, and to benefit from the real-life experiences of seasoned practitioners in tech.

Objective

Participants will gain knowledge of the latest tech developments in driving sustainability. The deployment of technology to more accurately track ESG data could help mitigate the risk of “green-washing”.

Content

• ESG data continues to be one of the main “pain points” in ESG Investing. How can technology help address this limitation, enabling investors to make more informed investment decisions?
• Role of technology in Sustainable Investing (With a focus on AI, big data, and blockchain)
• Challenges and pitfalls of Deploying Technology
• Measuring impact with technology (with examples)
• Future Developments - How do you envision the continued coverage of tech and ESG and Sustainable Investing?

Who should attend

- Asset managers, wealth managers and family office investment professionals, private equity and venture capitalists
- Any persons who are interested in sustainable investing

Financial Incentive Scheme of the WAM Pilot Programme

This course has already been approved as an eligible course of the Financial Incentive Scheme for Professional Training (“the Scheme”) under the Pilot Programme to Enhance Talent Training for the Asset and Wealth Management Sector (“the Pilot Programme”). The Scheme aims to enhance the competency and professionalism of in-service practitioners within the asset and wealth management sector and to assist other practitioners within the financial services industry in acquiring the knowledge and skills required for entering the sector. Eligible applicants will be subsidised 80% of the course fees by the HKSAR Government upon satisfactory completion of the courses approved by Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, subject to a ceiling of HK$15,000. Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute is appointed as the implementation agent of the Pilot Programme. Regarding the details of eligible criteria and application procedures, please refer to the dedicated web-site of the Pilot Programme (https://www.wamtalent.org.hk/).