Name: Sustainable investing: Q4, 2023 overview and key current trends
Start: 2024-01-18T14:00:00Z
End: 2024-01-18T14:00:46.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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What’s important to watch in APAC now?

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Throughout the discussion, our presenters will draw upon key findings from our APAC Financial Markets Spotlight Market Maps report, published shortly before this webinar.

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• Growth, inflation, monetary policy expectations and financial conditions
• Deep dive into various equity markets
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• How have different SI strategies performed in 2024 across asset classes?
• What are some of the key trends effecting SI at the moment, such as the changing nature of electricity generation, the evolution of equity and bond decarbonisation and asset owner preferences in addressing SI?
• How are market trends effecting SI fund flows?

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Hey highlights:

• Cyclical factors, central bank easing and geo-political risks favour government bonds
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Throughout the discussion you will hear answers to key questions facing investors on market expectations and performance – along with actionable insights on global yield curves and credit spreads across sovereign, inflation-linked and corporate indices, and FX-adjusted return performance using data from our global fixed income indices. 
The discussion will draw upon key findings from our Fixed Income Insights reports, published shortly before this webinar.

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• Clarity around the macro backdrop, and multiple and diverse markets within the region
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• How critical drivers impact different asset classes across individual APAC markets
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Throughout the discussion, our presenters will draw upon key findings from our APAC Financial Markets Spotlight Market Maps report, published shortly before this webinar.

APAC Financial Markets in the Spotlight: for investors in the APAC time zone

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You will hear a review of investment outcomes through the lens of FTSE Russell sustainable investment index strategies including global equities, fixed income and our TPI Climate Transition indices, along with answers to key questions facing sustainable investment in 2024, such as:

• The sustainable investment market needed to perform in 2023, to prove itself after a weak 2022. How did it do?
• News headlines are full of weakness in the renewable energy markets, what is going on in green thematics?
• How are investors reacting to more positive markets?

Sustainable investing: Q4, 2023 overview and key current trends

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