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Responsible Investment Forum: APAC Investor Day Virtual Experience 2021
Jeff Pentland
Managing Director, Northleaf Capital Partners
Accelerating ESG practices for Asian LPs
Join us to dissect key ESG factors driving Asian investor portfolios and returns at the Responsible Investment Forum: APAC Investor Day on 16 September.
The Investor Day will create an intimate virtual setting for regional investors to knowledge-share challenges and opportunities associated with responsible investing and ESG practices.
Hear from specialists on Environment, Social, Governance, and beyond to understand best practices in decision-making and due diligence process.
Why the Investor Day?
Broaden your ESG & responsible investing network
Meet LP peers focusing on ESG and responsible investing in the Asia-Pacific region through our investor network and interactive roundtables.
Hear real LP voices on ESG & responsible investing
Discuss trending topics and high-yielding strategies with APAC LPs to create sustainable portfolios.
Make smart ESG decisions
Guide your business decisions alongside APAC investors and global ESG leader intelligence.
2020 attendees included:
What our attendees said?
Daniel Jacobs
Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LCC
If you are serious about integrating ESG into your investment strategy, you should attend this conference.
Anna Follér
Sustainability Manager AP6(Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund)
Networking and roundtables made the discussions between LP and GP lively and easy. PEI managed very well in the structure and digital format.
View agenda today and discover industry-shaping conversations include:
- How do LPs choose their managers? What are they thinking in terms of strategy, policy, and allocations?
- Find out which sectors hold the greatest investment potential?
- Understand how to measure and manage impact investing effectively and much more to discover…
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Yoshitaka Todoroki
2020 keynote speaker, Head of private equity and infrastructure at Japan’s GPIF
We continue to develop new activities regarding ESG, maybe firstly in the public space, but also the private space. We want to discuss with market participants how we can pursue ESG-related goals or objectives in this market.
View key conversations shaping the industry
Download the agenda to see the trends shaping APAC allocators’ allocation strategies and markets across the region. These topics will shape the discussions of the Responsible Investment Forum: APAC Investor Day 2021.
Have a topic that you would like to discuss on the agenda? Contact Ms. Niann Lai today.
Agenda
Virtual event - Thursday 16th
PEI Welcome and Opening remarks; Opening panel: Driving ESG integration in private markets
- Amid the pandemic, how have asset owners recalibrated their thinking around ESG?
- How are GPs ensuring that the leadership mindset aligns with that of their investors?
- Is the debate of financial vs non-financial performance still holding full ESG integration back in Asia?
Panel: Investors expectation on ESG reporting requirements
- One of the challenges of responsible investment is transparency. What are actionable ESG approaches that will impact GPs and LPs in the due diligence process?
- What KPIs are being used for reporting with identifiable metrics and regular measurement?
- What can LPs do to drive positive, fundamental change in alternative investment industry?
Case study: Why human rights matter for GPF
- The S in ESG investing
- Why human rights consideration is crucial to driving returns in private equity and alternative investments
- Major priorities for GPF to integrate ESG in responsible investing in 2022
LP Roundtable 1 – Impact investing in private lending
- What are the best opportunities in impact investing right now?
- How can a private lending firm make differences in impact / ESG investing?
- Making use of carrots and sticks as a private lender to become a better partner?
LP Roundtable 2 – From ESG to SDG
- How are investors utilizing the SDGs to fashion sustainability outcome frameworks?
- Do approaches differ based on asset classes/investment approaches (direct versus fund investing)?
- How have managers embedded the use of SDGs in their investment activities and policies?
- What complementary sustainable outcome frameworks have managers found useful?
Break
Keynote address: Deep dive into CDPQ’s sustainable investment approach
Panel: Shining the spotlight on impact investment
- Understanding what impact investment means for private capital in general.
- How has the pandemic impacted the way LPs are approaching impact investing?
- What do LPs care about in impact investment and what set of GP practices do they want to see?
LP Roundtable 3 – How to organize for success in an ESG world
- What do LPs look for when evaluating GPs commitment to ESG?
- What are some concerns that arise from ESG diligence?
- What are some of the challenges that GPs confront when implementing ESG policies?
- From a UN PRI perspective, what do you view as core objectives for GPs and LPs with respect to ESG?
- What are some key lessons learned on implementing ESG?
LP Roundtable 4 – How can real estate deliver exponent ambition around ESG?
- How will we reach our net zero goals?
- How can private investors balance responsible property investing and financial returns?
- What are occupiers likely to demand?
- How can digital solutions help deliver ESG targets?
Closing address
- Updates on international corporate governance and reporting framework
- With the new integrated reporting framework and standards, how private market decision makers can track ESG performance and measure between sustainability and financial performance
Responsible Investor - Update (followed by End of Investor Day)
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Meet APAC’s most influential investor community
The Investor Day will connect you to regional investors focused on integrating ESG into their portfolio practices. Take your strategies to the next level by knowledge-exchange with LP peers across the region.
The full day program will create an intimate setting for all LP attendees to discuss challenges and opportunities raised in ESG portfolios. Download attendee list to see who you can meet.
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“I look forward to networking with other LPs to discuss ESG trends and issues at the Responsible Investor Forum. I hope to learn more about climate change, ESG due diligence and diversity.”
Jinsuk Choi
Senior Director, Investment Strategy Group
Korea Investment Corporation
Jeff Pentland
Managing Director, Northleaf Capital Partners
Jeff is a member of Northleaf's Investment Committees and oversees the origination, evaluation and monitoring of Northleaf’s private markets investments, with a focus on North American and Asian opportunities. Jeff also leads Northleaf’s investor relations and business development activities, working closely with existing and prospective investors and investment consultants to design, develop and monitor their private markets portfolios. Jeff serves on the advisory boards of several partnerships within Northleaf’s portfolio. Prior to joining Northleaf’s predecessor, TD Capital, in 2005, Jeff was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company where he specialized in corporate strategy, finance and organizational behaviour, advising companies in financial services and other sectors. Previously, Jeff was a corporate/securities lawyer with Stikeman Elliott in Toronto, and Hamada Matsumoto in Tokyo, where he advised clients on private equity, infrastructure, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Prior to that, Jeff worked with the United Nations Development Programme in New York and West Africa. Jeff received a B.A. (First Class Honours) from the University of British Columbia, an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University and an LL.B. (Dean’s Honours List) from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.