Alliance News | CASVI & AVPN Host Dinner Dialogue in Amsterdam

As an effort in driving global sustainable finance, CASVI, together with AVPN, hosted a dinner dialogue on Global Investors for Sustainable Development in Amsterdam on Oct 2^nd, 2019. This is part of a series of roadshows for pre-communication on the launching of Sustainable Development themed ETF by CASVI and Bosera Funds.

The dinner dialogue was hosted by Kevin Teo, COO of AVPN,and CASVI Chairman Ma Weihua and AVPN CEO Naina Subberwal both gave welcoming speeches. Over 50 representatives from 38 organizations attended the event, including Big Society Capital CEO Cliff Prior, Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director Kristy Graham, Bosera International CEO Song Wanhai, and more.

Chairman Ma Weihua regarded the Netherlands as the global pioneer of responsible investment, and that impact investment is also a rising force in China. He introduced CASVI’s efforts in encouraging mainstream investment institutions to join the movement, by developing an Assessment Model to evaluate and rank A-share listed companies’ sustainable development contributions. The result of our SV99, China’s top 99 A-share listed companies, have outrun mainstream A-share indexes, fully demonstrating the power of capital directed towards doing good. Chairman Ma introduced the ETF tracking a Sustainable Development themed Index that CASVI and Bosera Funds are jointly launching, and invited global investors to join in investing for a better future.

AVPN CEO Naina Subberwal expressed that with China taking the lead in launching sustainable development themed ETF, it signals a historic breakthrough in Asia’s capital market. She also pointed out that CASVI’s Assessment Model to evaluate sustainable development, together with Bosera Funds developing an investment product that promotes doing well and doing good, have directly addressed two major issues faced by institutional investors.

Director of Member Engagement at GIIN, Sean Gilbert, together with Steward Redqueen Partner Willem Vosmer gave rounds of lightning speeches, calling for global support from investors in sustainable development.

To mark the end of a succesful and engaging evening, the group took a photo in front of the Beurs van Berlage, with everyone wearing the SDG Panda scarf, made from recycled plastic bottles by a Chinese social enterprise, P.E.T. .