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About this Course

Sustainability is now a key consideration when assessing financial performance and investment risk, and attractive environmental, social & governance (ESG) opportunities are emerging across all asset classes. How is sustainability shaping the global markets and impact asset classes including fixed income, ETFs & indexing and multi-asset portfolios?

This course is created by BlackRock and specifically tailored for professionals in the financial sector who are keen to deepen their sustainable investing expertise. Participants are expected to have some experience in the financial services sector and investments.

This course comprises of three sections:

  1. Sustainable Investing in Fixed Income, instructed by Ashley Schulten, Head of ESG Investment, Global Fixed Income, BlackRock. Participants will:

    (a) Learn how sustainable investing is going mainstream in fixed income
    (b) Understand why sustainable investing in fixed income requires a differentiated approach
    (c) Understand commonalities and differences of ESG analysis and sustainable investing across different fixed income asset classes
    (d) Understand the growing universe of "labelled" bonds

  2. Sustainable Investing in ETFs & Indexing, instructed by Sunita Subramoniam, APAC Head of Sustainable Product Strategy for iShares and Index Investments, BlackRock. Participants will:

    (a) Learn how innovations in ESG fixed income indexing can be used as sustainable building blocks for portfolios
    (b) Explain the growth in the market
    (c) Discuss the factors driving the move to sustainable index investing
    (d) Explain how better date leads to better indexes

  3. Building and Managing Sustainable Multi-Asset Portfolios, instructed by Katharina Schwaiger, Factors, Sustainability and Solutions, BlackRock Systematic. Participants will:

    (a) Understand the practicalities of optimising for outcomes and building sustainable portfolios
    (b) Explain the benefits of integrating ESG via multiple drivers of return
    (c) Discuss implementation of ESG through index, factor and alpha exposures and identify key considerations for each


This course will take 1 hour to complete.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Course Introdution
  • 2

    Sustainable Investing in Fixed Income

    • Fixed income sustainable investing as a mainstream strategy | A differentiated approach in fixed income sustainable investing

    • Knowledge Check

    • Commonalities and differences of sustainable investing across key fixed income asset classes | The growing universe of labelled bonds | Innovations in Sustainable Fixed Income Indexing

    • Assessment
  • 3

    Sustainable investing with ETFs and Indexing

    • Sustainable Investing with ETFs and Indexing

    • Knowledge Check

    • Key forces driving sustainable index investing | Better data leads to better indexes

    • Assessment
  • 4

    Building and managing sustainable multi-asset portfolios

    • Building & managing sustainable multi-asset portfolios | Delivering outcomes with sustainable portfolios

    • Knowledge Check

    • Implementation of ESG through Indexes, Factors, Alpha Indexes

    • Assessment
  • 5

    Post Course Survey

    • Post Course Survey