The Next Five

A decade ago, ESG was a term deployed as social lip service; now, it’s part of daily boardroom discussions, and top of the agenda for G7 leaders, financial institutions and businesses. The Paris Agreement propelled the conversation to the forefront of everyone’s minds, and today ESG credentials are key to securing anything from bank loans to equity investment. While progress has been made, the sector is still in its infancy and, with new regulation coming in seemingly every month, with its concomitant challenges, there’s still plenty of work to be done. However, get it right and the future should still look bright.To help us navigate the subject, Amanda Young, Global Head of Responsible Investment at abrdn joins us on the show. Amanda is a board director for Social Investment Scotland’s SIS Ventures fund. She served on the board of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association for six years, and now chairs the FTSE Russell ESG Advisory Committee.Our sources for the show: FT resources, United Nations, Reuters, Forbes, Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, IFC World Bank Group. Mark Carney soundbite is taken from a UN climate change interview series.This content is paid for by advertisers and is produced in partnership with the Financial Times' Commercial Department. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artificial Intelligence used to be the stuff of fantasy movies and comics. Now it’s a part of every industry and everyday life. Our use of it is only going to increase in the future as AI becomes more and more intertwined with our day-to-day activities and industries recognise it's boundless potential. However, so far the finance sector has lagged in terms of uptake compared to other industries. Harish Sundaresh joins to discuss the adoption of AI in the finance sector, drawing on comparisons with the healthcare and transport sectors to argue for its benefits while warning of its pitfalls. Harish is leading the development and management of quantitative trading strategies in the multi-asset space at Loomis Sayles and Director of the firm's Factor-Based Investment Group. He also holds an MSc in applied mathematics (computational engineering) from MIT.Our sources for the show: FT resources, BBC, Reuters, Forbes, IDC, Electronic Design, CAR Magazine.This content is paid for by advertisers and is produced in partnership with the Financial Times' Commercial Department. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our world changes quickly. In the past five years alone, the Paris climate agreement was signed, Donald Trump won (and lost) the US presidency, and a global pandemic transformed the planet. A lot can happen in a short space of time – so what lies ahead? In this series, Tom Parker from the FT Partner Studio asks industry experts how their worlds will change over the next five years, and what impact it will have on our lives.This content is paid for by advertisers and is produced in partnership with the Financial Times' Commercial Department. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.