Phenix Capital Group is hosting Impact Seminar Series around the globe as part of its effort to educate institutional investors on impact and Sustainable Development Investment opportunities.
These seminars bring together institutional investors and impact practitioners focusing on public and private markets to catalyse institutional capital to support the financing of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and mainstream impact investing.
WHY ATTEND
It is essential to have a more nuanced conversation about climate change, the most significant externality of our time. Impact investments have the power to realize inclusive growth, tackle social inequalities, foster gender equality, fight climate change, and help reach many of the SDGs. To do so, investors must incorporate climate change in their investment's strategies and achieve concrete results.
Moreover, considering how urgent it is for financial players to act on climate change, all solutions and approaches in the market across impact themes and asset classes must be discussed. The future relies on the financial markets ability to foster an inclusive and sustainable development. Investors have a unique role to play, acting as the capital provider for companies and activities to achieve their potential impact. Whether geared towards public or private markets, impact investments can fuel growth strategies designed to boost positive social-environmental impacts.
Over this event, institutional investors and asset owners have the chance to share knowledge, best practices, challenges and opportunities within the impact investing universe while promoting collaboration among financial players.
OBJECTIVES
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INFORM
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The Seminars aim to allow institutional investors to share knowledge through discussions about the challenges and opportunities of impact investments in public and private markets.
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CONNECT
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Investors and fund managers will be able to reconnect with industry peers, exchange best practices, learn from each other’s experiences, and share ideas on creating innovative and scalable solutions to their impact journeys.
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DISCOVER
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InvestorConnect sessions offer institutional asset owners an efficient way to discover a pre-screened group of scalable impact strategies of institutional quality, across multiple asset classes, impact themes and the SDGs. The dynamic system of 15-minute meetings set a comfortable space to ask relevant questions & create connections along the way.
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WHO WILL ATTEND:
This event is catered for C-Suite, Board Members, Portfolio Managers and ESG/Impact Investing officers of:
● Public and Corporate Pension Funds and their Fiduciary Managers,
● Insurance Companies,
● Sovereign Wealth Funds,
● Family Offices,
● Foundations and Endowments,
● Wealth Managers/Private Banks,
● Development Finance Institutions,
● Faith-based Organisations.
● Public and Corporate Pension Funds and their Fiduciary Managers,
● Insurance Companies,
● Sovereign Wealth Funds,
● Family Offices,
● Foundations and Endowments,
● Wealth Managers/Private Banks,
● Development Finance Institutions,
● Faith-based Organisations.
HEAR WHAT INDUSTRY LEADERS SHARED AT OUR PAST IMPACT INVESTING EVENTS
"I do hope these types of events become more mainstream, as they truly enable more people to participate and contribute to the impact investing ecosystem."
Managing Director, Insurance Company, Switzerland
"One of the biggest and well-organized events on impact investing."
Altis Investment Management
"I was able to meet niche managers and products that were not on my radar."
Director, Family Office, Netherlands
"For an introduction in Impact Investing and for broadening your network the conference is worth visiting."
Anthos Fund & Asset Management
"It is an excellent venue to meet others interested in the concept of investing with impact, both on the investment side and on the investor side."
Conservation Resources
"Great event with plenty of opportunity to network and connect with interested institutional investors."
Triodos Investment Management
"It is always a pleasure to be surrounded by and exchange ideas with like-minded professionals who are exploring ways to invest in positive impact in the real world. Impact Summit Europe is a platform for investors who aim to translate today’s societal challenges in opportunities to invest to transform the world’s societies."
Yvonne Janssen, Portfolio Manager Balance Sheet Management Investments, PGB Pensioendienst
“It was an eye opening and insightful conference, very well curated and for a must visit for the new actors in the ecosystem but also the seasoned professionals that wish to learn best practices and close deals with peers.”
We Share Forward Foundation
"The way this conference is organized with keynotes, panels, interactive sessions and the arrangement of InvestorConnect meetings is highly professional and efficient and provides for an optimal conference attendance of every guest. I highly appreciate this level of professionalism and will definitely come again."
Barbara Wokurka, Head of Impact Investing, FINVIA Holding GmbH
"Very useful conference in terms of bringing together all types of profiles from the impact investing world, including different investor profiles, funds covering all asset classes and impact specialists, with the ultimate aim of getting to know each other’s position in impact investing and sharing ideas."
Paloma Giménez de Córdoba Melgarejo, Vice President, Arcano Partners
"If you want to hear about impact investing and get a 360 degree open view from multiple professionals in the market Impact Summit Europe is the place to be to sharpen your own mind and track developments."
Jos van Gisbergen, Expert asset management, External Managers, Achmea Investment Management B.V.
"Speakers and attendees are high caliber, and the agenda is always topical, with good breadth and very interesting items."
Andreas Gintschel, CEO, Effectual Capital
"The IC sessions were extremely well organised and we found them very useful. 15 minutes is just the right time to get to know each other and can always be followed up by a dedicated meeting. So I would not make any changes to the format from my point of view."
Christian Kleboth, Head of Loan Syndications, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
"I think the investor connect sessions were very useful, because it was very fast and very easygoing. Good to just have a quick chat and receive other peoples contact details, to be able to contact them in the future. Also funny structure with having multiple investors at the table, where it was also good to speak to other LPs."
Laura Alberga-Berendsen, Associate Director, Rabo Investments
“The event plays a vital role in allowing industry stakeholders to get together and discuss how investment capital can address pressing social and environmental challenges. This coming together of minds is important as it allows attendees to share ideas and build networks. It also helps to raise greater awareness about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This engagement is particularly relevant to me this year, as I recently launched Mobius Capital Partners, a new asset manager with an emphasis on improving governance standards in Emerging and Frontier Market corporations. Listening to some of the other attendees speak, it gave me a fresh take on a wider range of issues affecting developing markets and what we can do as a firm to help.”
Mobius Capital Partners
“InvestorConnect is an efficient and well-structured way to get to know a number of managers and learn about their impact strategies. The organization of the meetings with the personal schedule was great. I liked the format, which gave managers flexibility on how to present their funds. The slots were short, but forced everybody to be on point. “
LGT Capital Partners
“An excellent deep dive into the inspirational world of impact investing.”
Baillie Gifford
“The InvestorConnect series are an effective way to learn about various impact strategies and tune in to impact industry peers.”
Portfolio Manager Private Markets, Aegon Asset Management
“As befits true impact investors, the attendees are very engaged in the discussion of the topics. Their participation is an added value that makes this seminar stand out.”
Dr. Jac Kragt, Assistant Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management
"I think the InvestorConnect sessions were very useful, because they were very fast and very easygoing. Good to just have a quick chat and receive other people's contact details, to be able to contact them in the future. Also, funny structure with having multiple investors at the table, where it was also good to speak to other LPs."
Laura Alberga-Berendsen, Associate Director, Rabo Investments
“It was a unique opportunity to deep dive into the impact investing trends and challenges as well as connect with experts, asset managers and owners that are shaping the impact landscape.”
Haltra Group
“Inspiring event, with concrete investable solutions in impact investing field amongst all asset classes and great, relevant network.”
Sweco Capital Consultants
“Very Professional and informative. Help build up a more positive view of the world by meeting people that act.”
Candriam investors group
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The world is facing an abundance of environmental and societal challenges. Recent years have seen a significant momentum surrounding the need of a ‘new normal’ where financial markets are designed to positively contribute to sustainable development. Despite this trend, significantly more private sector capital is needed to help finance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, which requires investments in the amount of several trillion USD each year. Phenix Capital Group accompanies institutional investors and asset owners throughout their impact journey. We provide tools to facilitate the implementation of a successful impact investing allocation and to navigate current impact investing opportunities.