Time zones
The digital event will be run across the following time zones on May 25 and 26:
UTC -5 (New York): 8.00am - 1.05pm
UTC +0 (London): 1.00pm - 6.05pm
UTC +1 (Paris): 2.00pm - 7.05pm
UTC +4 (Abu Dhabi): 5.00pm - 10.05pm
UTC +8 (Singapore): 9.00pm - 2.05am
UTC +11 (Sydney): 12.00am - 5.05am (+1 day)
This conference will look at whether the COVID crisis has had a pervasive impact on the investment landscape in the short and long term, and ask delegates to question whether some of the investment assumptions used in the past are still applicable in the future. It will look at the influence of the COVID crisis as an accelerator for certain key themes driving markets; examine the way business is conducted and decisions are made; and predict the impact of technological innovation on businesses, the way we work and the future of the global economy. Importantly it will challenge investors to think about what needs to change, and hasn’t yet, and how the crisis can be a catalyst for new and improved business practices and investment allocations.
The solution to slowing global growth lies in a new way of thinking, said Stephanie Kelton, a leading Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) scholar at Stony Brook University and senior economic advisor to presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders.
Low for ever, a risen China and climate change, are just some of the 10 changes set to sweep through the investment industry in the next 10 years, said Cyrus Taraporevala, president and chief executive of State Street Global Advisors. In his opening speech to 85 asset owners from 20 countries responsible for a combined $9 trillion assets under management at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Harvard University, Taraporevala described a brave new world where only the fittest survive.
“We take the S in ESG very seriously,” said John Adler, mayor’s trustee and advisor to the other mayoral appointees at New York City’s $200 billion five retirement systems. Speaking at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Harvard University, Adler highlighted the critical role investors play in protecting workers’ rights and ensuring a just transition as the global economy adapts to the implications of climate change.
