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    Overview

    Introduces sustainability issues and perspectives in the context of Finance and provides hands on skills for sustainable investing.

    About this paper

    Paper title Sustainable Investing
    Subject Finance
    EFTS 0.1500
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Semester 1 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $937.50
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    FINC 202
    Schedule C
    Commerce
    Notes
    May not be credited together with FINC 399 passed in 2021 or 2022
    Contact

    sebastian.gehricke@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Dr Sebastian Gehricke

    Paper Structure

    Assignment 1 (group report): Creating a SIPO 15%
    Assignment 2 (individual report): Evaluating ESG and Financial performance 20%
    Assignment 3 (group presentation): Impact Investment measurement and Management 15%

    Professionalism 10%
    Final Exam 40%

    Teaching Arrangements

    Lectures and Labs,  BNZ Bloomberg Trading Terminals.

    Textbooks

    Recommended: Hill, John, 2020, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investing: A Balanced Analysis of the Theory and Practice of a Sustainable Portfolio, Academic PressRecommended: Hill, John, 2020, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investing: A Balanced Analysis of the Theory and Practice of a Sustainable Portfolio, Academic Press.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research.
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    Learning Outcomes
    • Discuss, from an investment perspective, the risks and opportunities presented by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and concepts such as climate change, biodiverisity and broader planetary boundaries.
    • Develop a critical understanding of the fiduciary duty of investment managers in the context of sustainable investing.
    • Design and assess various sustainable investment approaches and products considering their strengths and limitations.
    • Develop and evaluate Impact Investments
    • Discuss Investing with a Te Ao Māori worldview

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Wednesday 10:00-11:50 9-13, 15-22
    Thursday 15:00-15:50 9-13, 15-16, 18-22
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