SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads funding round totaling $50 million, indicating a valuation of $450 million Existing investor, BlackRock, also participates in the round; Fifth Wall joins as a
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads funding round totaling $50 million, indicating a valuation of $450 million Existing investor, BlackRock, also participates in the round; Fifth Wall joins as a new.
WatersTechnology.com PanAgora’s CIO & head of sustainable investing explain firm’s ESG framework, best practices
Waters Wavelength Podcast Interview Series: PanAgora’s George Mussalli and Mike Chen hit on topics including building predictive models using point-in-time data, and balancing ESG portfolios.
Podcast Timestamps
2:00 To start, George and Mike give background on PanAgora and the firm’s ultimate investment strategy.
6:00 Mike explains what ESG means to PanAgora.
9:00 George lays out the investment objective for a chief investment officer when incorporating ESG into a portfolio.
15:00 Let’s get hypothetical: A company is extremely climate efficient and has extremely high employee satisfaction, but they have terrible board diversity and make monetary contributions to organizations that are deemed poor when it comes to social justice issues do you ditch that company even if it’s producing solid returns? How do you build a flexible framework to