Conference Schedule was:

Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 

• Introduction & Launch:
  • Moderator: Larry White, Managing Director Business Development, DBRS | Morningstar
    • Baer Pettit, President and Chief Operating Officer, MSCI
  • Notes from this panel discussion.

• ESG Corporate Bonds Panel:
  • Moderator: Ulf G. Erlandsson, Ph.D., CEO of Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)
  • Panelists:
    • Del Anderson, CFA, FSA, Senior Vice President, Credit Research Analyst, ESG / Financials, PIMCO
    • Andrew Lin, CFA, Managing Director, Infrastructure, Power and Utilities, DBRS Morningstar
    • Joshua Linder, CFA, Senior Credit Analyst, APG-USA
    • Bonnie Wongtrakool, CFA, Global Head of ESG Investment and Portfolio Manager, Western Asset
  • Notes from this panel discussion.

• Green Bonds Panel: 
  • Moderator: Caroline Flammer, Associate Professor and Dean’s Research Scholar at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, Boston University
  • Panelists:
    • Trevor Allen, Head of Sustainable Finance Research Global Markets Research Division, BNP Paribas
    • Stephen Liberatore, CFA, Managing Director Head of ESG/Impact, Nuveen
    • Alastair Sewell, CFA, Senior Director, Fund & Asset Management, Fitch Ratings
    • Ronald van Loon, CFA, Managing Director, BlackRock
  • Notes from this panel discussion.

• Conclusion of Day One:
  • Ralph DeCesare, CFA, CAIA, Managing Director & Head of Credit Research, TDAM USA, Inc.

Friday, April 23rd, 2021

• Introduction Day Two and of Student Scholarship Award Winners
  • John D. Finnerty, Ph.D., Professor Finance and Business Economics, Fordham University
  • Mark Howard, CFA, Senior Multi-Asset Specialist, BNP Paribas Securities

• ESG Fixed Income Indices
  • Moderator: Henry Shilling, Director of Research, Sustainable Research and Analysis
  • Panelists:
    • Philip Galdi, Head of Indices, ICE Data Indices, LLC
    • Chris Hackel, Index Product Manager, Bloomberg LP
    • Kumaran Ram, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Global Index Research
    • Elisabeth Seep, Executive Director, ESG Fixed Income Product Manager, MSCI
  • Notes from this panel discussion.

• ESG FI CMBS 
  • Moderator: Keith Kockenmeister, Senior Managing Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc.
  • Panelists:
    • Peter Beer, Vice President & Securitized Credit Analyst, Payden & Rygel
    • Leland Bunch, Managing Director, Head of CMBS Capital Markets, Bank of America
    • Thomas A. Fink, CRE, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Trepp, LLC
    • Edward Reardon, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
  • Notes from this panel discussion.

• J.P. Morgan ESG Workshop Panel: Investing within planetary boundaries – pursuing Paris-Alignment through Carbon Analytics
  • Moderator: Lydia Harvey, Senior ESG Specialist, J.P. Morgan Global Index Research Group.
  • Panelists:
    • Hasan Cerhozi, Head of Product Development - Methods and Innovation, Vigeo Eiris (V.E.)
    • Francis Condon, Sustainable Investment Team – Fixed Income Specialist, UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG
    • William Perry, Head of Global High Yield & Emerging Markets Corporates, Co-Head of ESG Committee, Stone Harbor
    • Rupert Rink, ESG Specialist, J.P. Morgan Global Index Research
  • Notes from this panel discussion

• Conclusion of Day Two:
  • Erin Lyons, Co-head US Investment Grade Research and the US Credit Strategist at CreditSights