TSAM speak with Christian Eriksen, Commercial Director/Co-Founder of Investment Control Systems and Lise Pretorius, Head of Sustainability Analysis at Matter

https://www.investmentcontrolsystems.com/

Topic of this podcast: The new model for transforming customer acquisition with the intersection between paid search [Value-based bidding & automation], data science, and performance creative at scale.

Who is today’s guest?

Paris Childress is an Ex-Googler, the CEO & Founder of Hop-Online, and the host of the Paris Talks Marketing Podcast.

Paris has grown the agency to a highly recognized and awarded global performance marketing agency. Today, Hop Online is a Premium Google Partner Agency, managing over $20 million in annual performance advertising spend across Google and Facebook.

You can find Paris Childress here at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parischildress/

Sponsor of this Episode:

Econry is an innovative training academy focused on innovative subjects. From Neural Networks to Multi-plattform development, Cyber Security, SEO and HR Retention.

As a global education provider, econry is a partner of selected universities and manufacturers. Thereby increasing the career options for people with and without a university degree.

Who is actually on the Team of econry?

The founders and trainers are experts in their particular niche. Christian, the leading founder is an expert in Cyber Forensics, New Business Development and Multi-Channel Market Entry Strategies (SEO, SEM, Coldcall, , while leading companies in 4 countries. Deniz, is a Researcher and University Professor focused on AI, VR, VX and Online Marketing. Eren is a cyber security and virtualisation expert, who has worked on google VR projects. Neylan is an expert in HR, Recruiting and leads several train-the-trainer programs to improve the quality of educators.

Econry.de itself is the education section of ACATO GmbH, which is a Vodafone Enterprise Partner, Member of the Dell Expert Network and Partner of several Software and hardware manufacturers. This also includes SEO / marketing tools and automation solutions, e.g. keap / infusionsoft, memberium, TechSmith, …

Hence, people looking for a new career path have access to a wide variety of specialized knowledge from the founders and the trainers who also help educate more people in different languages. Some o the upcoming courses will include the “Digital Business Growth Expert” which is a combination of Search Engine Optimization Training and Branded Marketing Strategist.

At Sustainable Finance.Live there was a lot of talk for the need of a Data Marketplace and aggregation service for ESG data. Richard Peers of ResponsibleRisk talks to Gregoire Hug, CO-Founder WeeFin & Marion Aubert Product Marketing WeeFin about one such service that they have created.

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DigFin speaks with asset managers, asset owners and service providers in Asia Pacific about ESG data – sourcing, budgeting, AI versus human analysis, regulatory changes, the Asia experience.

For all of our content, visit https://www.digfingroup.com

This webinar is sponsored by State Street. Learn more at: https://www.statestreet.com/solutions/by-capability/esg.html

Speakers:
* Marion O’Donnell, Fidelity International
* Hardik Shah, GMO
* Liza Jansen, Prudential Asia Corporation
* Konstantina Founta, State Street
* Jame DiBiasio, DigFin (moderator)

Timecodes:
0:00 – Welcome and introduction to ESG data for buy sides
2:01 – Changing availability of ESG data in Asia
3:42 – Are regulatory disclosure requirements in line with available data?
5:20 – APAC versus EU from an asset owner’s perspective
6:55 – How data is used to accommodate differences among APAC markets
10:05 – How different is treating ESG data versus other investment data?
11:38 – How to determine when data is material
13:10 – Using data to tell consistent stories about sustainable investing
15:20 – Is there too much ESG data being disclosed?
18:10 – Are regulators asking companies to disclose the right kind of information?
19:20 – Can asset owners simply tell companies to adhere to international disclosure standards?
21:45 – Human analysis and engagement versus AI and data-driven decisions
24:45 – How to value and price a data vendor
26:55 – Helping asset managers source from and evaluate vendors
30:00 – Does bespoke client reporting fit with global standards?
33:10 – Integrating ESG data throughout buy-side operations
35:20 – Managing disclosure bias among companies eager to score well
41:02 – Will regulation “clean up the ESG vendor zoo”?
44:35 – Does too much disclosure mandates obscure greenwashing?
47:42 – What best practices should the industry suggest to Asian regulators?
49:50 – Comparing value and costs between traditional financial ratings and AI-driven ratings
54:44 – How to engage with Asian regulators on ESG
56:30 – How asset managers should think about budgeting for ESG