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This is the third theme of the Franklin Templeton and Green Templeton College‘Navigating the COVID challenge’. Please click here for further information about this program.

Academic session, 10 June: Building Back Better – But on What Foundations?
Investor Session, 29 June: Positioning for the Next Normal

Our panel of experts will review current economic foundations and how the pandemic is accelerating the shift towards a new model that recognises societal welfare and sustainability concerns alongside economic growth.

Speakers

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Nobel prize economist, Professor at Columbia University

Stephen Dover

Chief Market Strategist, Head of Franklin Templeton Institute

John G. Levy, CFA, CAIA

Managing Director of Impact

Mary Jane McQuillen

Managing Director, Head of ESG Investment, Portfolio Manager

David Zahn, CFA, FRM

Senior Vice President, Head of European Fixed Income

Watch Again

Watch again the academic lecture provided by Professor Joseph Stiglitz.

Watch again the interview with Professor Joseph Stiglitz followed by a panel debate with our investment teams.

Other Sessions

Under the overall theme “The Way Forward: Navigating the COVID challenge”, the program will focus on different aspects, ranging from framing the coronavirus challenge to key lessons for recovery strategies to measuring the actual progress towards a better future these strategies deliver. Each of the three academic sessions, will be followed by an investor panel.

Key Lessons for Recovery Strategies

Academic session, 10 March: Key lessons from COVID for recovery strategies

Investor session, 23 March: Sustainable Investment strategies in a post-COVID landscape

Framing the Covid Challenge

Academic session, 27 January: Insights from scenario planning and from earlier pandemics

Investor session, 9 February: Investing in the ‘new normal’

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