Navigating uncertainty, raising returns: how new risks, technology and climate disruptions are reshaping capital allocation

EDHEC Business School and PwC are joining forces in New York for an exclusive evening with senior leaders from across the banking, capital markets, and asset management ecosystem.

Ranked among the Top 10 business schools in Europe by the Financial Times and #5 worldwide for its Master in Finance, EDHEC Business School has built a longstanding reputation for excellence in finance, combining education, applied research and a global alumni network.

PwC, one of the world’s leading professional services firms, works alongside major financial institutions as they navigate transformation, technology, risk, regulation and new growth opportunities. 

Context

Private assets, artificial intelligence, regulatory uncertainty, geopolitical pressures, climate events… Financial institutions and investors are facing new and pressing challenges when balancing risk and return. How can data and technology-driven innovations help firms navigate this complex environment when making capital allocations? And how can foreign banking organizations in the U.S. adapt and thrive in this context? 

Keynote: Climate risk is financial risk: Translating climate science into valuation and investment decisions

For investors and financial institutions, the challenge is no longer only to understand climate exposure, but to assess how climate risk changes the probability and financial consequences of these events,  and ultimately how it affects asset values, creditworthiness and capital allocation.

Drawing on research from the EDHEC Climate Institute, this keynote will present how Scientific Climate Ratings, EDHEC’s latest venture, translates forward-looking climate risks into financial valuation and investment decisions.

Presenters: Rémy Estran-Fraioli, CEO, Scientific Climate Ratings & Alexis de Pampelonne, Manager, Climate Risk, Scientific Climate Ratings

Executive Panel Discussion : How do financial institutions turn an increasingly complex and interconnected environment into better capital allocation decisions and, ultimately, better returns ? 

The panel will explore how these new risks and market dynamics are changing the way financial institutions compete, advise clients and make strategic decisions. Panelists include:

• Noelle Silberbauer, Partner, PwC Digital Assurance and Transparency
• Laurent Jacquemin, CEO, BNP Paribas Asset Management US 
• Alexis de Pampelonne, Manager, Climate Risk, Scientific Climate Ratings 
• Fabien Bouvet, Head of the Treasury and Economic Department in New York, French Treasury

Moderated by: Dietmar Serbee, Partner, PwC 

Agenda

• 5:30-6:00 PM - Welcome Drinks
•  6:00-6:10 PM - Introductory Remarks | EDHEC x PwC
•  6:10-6:30 PM - Keynote | Scientific Climate Ratings, an EDHEC venture
•  6:30-7:15 PM - Executive Panel Discussion + Q&A
•  7:15-8:00 PM - Networking Cocktail
  
  

Registration is required

Attendance is limited and advance registration is mandatory. For security reasons, all participants must be included on PwC’s guest list prior to the event and show a photo ID to enter.

If your plans change, we kindly ask you to cancel your registration so that your place can be offered to another participant.

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We look forward to welcoming you to 
the EDHEC x PwC Finance Night in New York !

PwC contact: Dietmar SERBEE (dietmar.d.serbee@pwc.com)
EDHEC contact: Carole-Anne LECOLIER (carole-anne.lecolier@edhec.edu)