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Advanced Programme on Sustainable Finance: Sustainable Finance in Investment Management

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Global sustainability challenges – including climate change, natural resource depletion, and rising inequality – are affecting the commercial environment in a way that presents both risks and opportunities for the financial sector. 

The "Advanced Programme on Sustainable Finance” courses are giving you the knowledge and tools needed to address and take advantage of these changes. The course topics including sustainability goals and ESG-related risks, are perfect for business and risk managers, compliance officers, investment professionals, management consultants, and financial analysts of all types, as delivering impact by sustainable finance and resilience to ESG risks are increasingly important for financial institutions. We therefore aim at helping finance professionals to manage the risks and opportunities arising from the transition to a more sustainable economy, as well as its financial and non-financial impact.

This program consists of a series of training courses specifically designed around certain themes.
These courses are:

Objectives:

 

Total price *

Members: € 550
Non-members: € 650
Partners/ BZB: € 550
Incompany: tailor-made, prices on request

* Are you entitled to an allowance or subsidy?
* Price: service in the context of continuing professional training, exempt from VAT

CPD Hours Banking: 6h general
Insurances: 6h general
Compliance: 6h

Continuing Professional Development

Available dates

19/12/2024 - 09:00u - 17:00u - Advanced Programme on Sustainable Finance: Sustainable Finance in Investment Management

10/06/2025 - 09:00u - 17:00u - Advanced Programme on Sustainable Finance: Sustainable Finance in Investment Management

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Please let us know you're interested in this training should there be no date available, the planned date does not suit you and/or this session is full. As soon as about 5 people are registered on the interest list, we will propose a new course date. Your registration on the interest list is free of charge and without any obligation.

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Target group

These advanced training courses (with preliminary basic introduction if requested) can be followed by various target groups in financial institutions:

  • Relationship, sales and portfolio managers in banks, insurance companies and investment firms
  • Staff in risk, compliance, internal audit and legal departments
  • Front and Middle office middle management, both commercial and supporting functions
     

Required prior knowledge

Advanced level training: this training requires a general basic knowledge of the subject.

Preparation: Persons wishing to take the course are strongly advised to have completed the E-Learning "Introduction to Sustainable Finance" 

Programme

CONTENT

  • Before 2006 : the origins of what would become the building blocks of sustainable investing
  • Exclusions
    • Sectors
    • Controversial activities
    • International norms/UN Global Compact
  • 2006 Principles for Responsible Investment
    • 2006 UN PRI
    • 2006-2021 Growth of Sustainable Investments
  • The key investment strategies
  • 2021 EU Green Deal
    • Growth of Sustainable Investments
    • Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
    • EU Taxonomy
    • Sustainability in MiFID
  • ESG in figures
  • ESG Assets Under Management (AUM)
  • ESG Performances
  • Febelfin Quality Label (Towards Sustainability)
  • Capita Selecta
    • The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
    • European ESG Template (EET)
    • Sustainable Bonds
    • Towards Sustainability: sustainability labels
  • Business case of ESG fund management (Review an existing customer portfolio and optimize investments to ensure the inclusion of sustainable/ESG objectives)

Target audience: in addition to above, special interest to front office Private Banking & Retail.

 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

  • Duration: 1 day of training (6 class hours)
  • Hours: 09:00 to 17:00
  • Location: Febelfin Academy: Phoenix building, Koning Albert II-laan/Boulevard du Roi Albert II 19, 1210 Brussels
  • Language: This training will be given in English

Methodology

You follow a ‘Classroom training’ face-to-face in a group. You, the other participants and the teacher are all present in the same classroom at an agreed time. There is an opportunity for interaction and feedback, both from the participants to the teacher and vice versa. The teaching material consists as a basis of a presentation via the MyFA learning platform, supplemented with various other items (such as digital syllabus, presentation, audiovisual fragments, etc.).



Course material: PowerPoint presentation (slides);

Teachers

Daniel Verbruggen
Risk, finance & treasury

Kris Organe
Private banking & asset management
Durability