In pictures: highlights from NZI’s 2024 Annual Conference
Delegates representing pension funds, insurers, charities, endowments and fund managers gathered at Stationer's Hall in the heart of the City of London.
The event, held for the third time this year, was chaired by Natalie Winterfrost, director at LawDebenture with David Gudgin, CEO of Elbow Beach Capital delivering the keynote.
Pictures credit: Tina Miguel
The first panel of the day discussed strategies for allocating to the transition.
Following a brief networking break, the second panel of the day drilled down into the specific opportunities and challenges arising from the transition.
Steven Penketh, senior advisor to the CEO of the Green Finance Institute joined JP, CEO of Elbow Beach for an engaging discussion on how policy, blended finance, and the National Wealth Fund (NWF) can shape the future of investment into the net zero transition.
The first afternoon panel took stock of nature positive investing and new opportuntities in carbon credits.
The debate then turned to index investing with two seasoned DC investors analysing how to avoid a rear-mirror view.
The next panel took stock of key stewardship challenges with panellists debating whether to focus their attention on corporates or policy makers.
The final panel featured a discussion on fixed income strategies to tackling climate change with panellists debating the merits of Sustainability-Linked Bonds versus green bonds.
