Why you should watch:

For investors who want their values reflected in the baskets of stocks they buy, ESG-themed ETFs provide an increasingly popular way to do it. But while this sounds very much part of the zeitgeist, dig down a little and you will find some tricky questions. These include:

- What, exactly, goes into an ESG ETF?
- Can these funds cover both a divestment approach (sell those ‘sin’ stocks) and engagement with companies to encourage changes in behaviour?
- What will be the next innovations in this field?
- And shouldn’t ESG investing be mainstream anyway?

The three experts debating these issues are Deborah Fuhr (EFTGI), Cosmo Elms (Legal and General Investment Management) and Billy Nauman (Financial Times).

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Moderator: Jane Fuller (Co-director, CSFI)

Panellists:

Deborah Fuhr is Founder, Owner and Managing Partner of ETFGI, an independent research provider and consultancy. Formerly, she was the Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy and a Managing Director at BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors.

Billy Nauman is a reporter for the Financial Times and a producer of its ‘Moral Money’ platform. He has been a specialist writer and editor on investment for the FT and sister publications for more than a decade, including as managing editor of FundFire.

Cosmo Elms is Head of ETF Business Development at Legal and General Investment Management, a leading user and developer of ETFs. He joined LGIM in February 2017 from Aberdeen Standard Investments where he worked in the Product Development team.

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