Franklin Templeton ETF Webinar
Date: Thursday, 11 May 2023
Time: 12:00 PM CEST | 11:00 AM BST
Duration: 45 minutes
Today, investors are increasingly considering climate risks and opportunities – alongside more traditional financial metrics – related to their holdings. However, the focus of these efforts is unfortunately unduly lopsided; Europe and the United States get the bulk of the attention, whereas emerging markets, and China in particular, are somewhat cast aside - although it has a vital role to play in today's climate arena.
China is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gas emissions, the most populous country in the world with 18% of the global population as well as the world’s largest investor in climate transition technologies and controls vast swathes of key supply chains.
The MSCI Climate Paris Aligned Indexes are designed to help investors seeking to implement net-zero strategies in their portfolios, minimizing their exposure to physical and transition risks of climate change and increasing target exposure to sustainable investment opportunities.
With specific indexes tailored on the Chinese market, MSCI allows investors having exposure to Chinese leaders in climate transition and has partnered with Franklin Templeton on building an ETF that invests in large and mid-capitalisation stocks in China which are aligned to the transition to a low carbon economy.
Join our 45' webinar with MSCI experts Xiaoshu Wang, CFA, Head of APAC ESG & Climate Research and Saurabh Katiyar, CFA, Head of Index Solutions Research EMEA sharing a deep dive on their Paris-Aligned indexes, with a focus on China, and on how they are used in a climate-aligned portfolio, led by Rafaelle Lennox, Head of UCITS ETF Product Strategy at Franklin Templeton.
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Wang Xiaoshu leads MSCI’s ESG & Climate research team in Asia Pacific, primarily focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk and performance analysis of companies in Asia-Pacific and China. She has more than 10 years working experience in the ESG field. She publishes research on major ESG trends in the China, as well as a series of insurance sector reports. She has been recognized by Chinese media Jie Mian as “ESG Explorer of The Year” in 2021.
Prior to joining MSCI, Xiaoshu was a management consultant with CapGemini for several years, working with major Chinese bank and financial institution clients to address Basel III compliance, develop internal performance metrics systems, and improve operational processes.
Xiaoshu also worked with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) in Beijing to define sustainability strategies for over ten large MNCs and stateowned enterprises in China. Xiaoshu received her bachelor’s degree from Peking University Guanghua School of Management.
Rafaelle is a Vice -President, Head of UCITS ETF Product Strategy Global ETFs Distribution, responsible for the strategy and development of the Franklin LibertyShares UCITS ETFs. She also positions the firm's smart beta & index-based strategies to clients within the EMEA region. Rafaelle joined Franklin Templeton from State Street Global Advisors in London where she was responsible for the strategy and development of the European SPDR Equity and Smart Beta ETFs. Prior to this, she was an EM Sales & Product Specialist at RBS and an Index Analyst at ABN Amro. Rafaelle holds a Masters in Finance from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading and a Bachelor in Commerce from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Saurabh Katiyar is Executive Director and Head of Index Solution Research, EMEA offering research insights and thought leadership on global investing. He is responsible for research to support new and existing indexes and risk models, including factor, ESG, climate, thematic and economic exposure indexes, as well as performance and risk attribution. He also serves as an ambassador to asset owners, asset managers and wealth managers on the role of indexes and factor models in asset allocation and portfolio construction.
Prior to MSCI, Saurabh was working for Nomura in the Quantitative Equity Strategy team. In this role, he was responsible for carrying out thematic research and financial modelling to generate investment ideas and recommend factor allocation with a view on the macro environment.
Saurabh graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and is also a CFA charter holder.
