Sustainable Finance Around the World With SustainFinance's Paul Smith, CFA

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Sustainable Finance Around the World With SustainFinance's Paul Smith, CFA

Sloane Ortel

Nov 02, 2021

We're joined in this episode by Paul Smith, CFA, a co-founder of SustainFinance and the former CEO Of CFA Institute. We chat about:

His favorite experience leading CFA Institute, which is global beyond simple comprehension.
How prepared the industry is to navigate the climate transition
Whether ESG Investing is just a new form of colonialism

We also discussed his outlook for Hong Kong as a financial center and, as always, took questions from listeners.

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