ESG Equities Investing Simulation

Experience and explore ESG decision-making in this exciting simulation

In our ESG Equities Investing Simulation, participants take on the role of a fund management team running a long only equity fund. Presented with ESG scorecards, and business and markets news, participants make investment decisions to create an equities portfolio.

In our ESG Equities Investing Simulation… 

Teams are given an ESG scorecard for a number of companies describing the major ESG themes impacting them, and the risks (and opportunities!) these themes present to the financial performance of the companies. Using the ESG rating information and business and markets news from an online news portal, teams make their investment decisions and create their portfolio. Their portfolio will have an ESG score, which is a function of the ESG scores and weights of the companies in their portfolio.

Performance assessed on fund performance and ESG credentials 

In the ESG simulation, portfolio analytics allow teams to assess performance on an absolute, relative and risk adjusted basis, and fund performance is measured against a composite index. End of year AUM is based on fund performance during the year and winning new ESG mandates. The better their portfolio ESG score, the more new business they will win for the following year. Teams are then given updated company specific news, and news on a macro level that will impact the ESG ratings of all the companies. They get the opportunity to rebalance their portfolios to generate positive alpha whilst maintaining a strong ESG rating for their respective portfolios.

Learning outcomes include:

Explain key ESG themes and their importance, and how a fund manager integrates these with market news to make informed investment decisions

Explain key ESG themes and their importance, and how a fund manager integrates these with market news to make informed investment decisions

Describe how a fund manager selects stocks, constructs a portfolio, and manages risk

Describe how a fund manager selects stocks, constructs a portfolio, and manages risk

Summarise how fund performance is calculated, outlining key fund management metrics such as relative return, Sharpe ratio, and Information ratio

Summarise how fund performance is calculated, outlining key fund management metrics such as relative return, Sharpe ratio, and Information ratio

Outline sustainable and responsible investing practices and the very real challenge a fund manager has in balancing these with the need for generating returns for clients

Outline sustainable and responsible investing practices and the very real challenge a fund manager has in balancing these with the need for generating returns for clients

Get in touch today for a demo of our ESG Equities Investing Simulation

Get in touch today for a demo of our ESG Equities Investing Simulation