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Tony Dalwood, Chief Executive Officer, Gresham House

Masja Zandbergen, Head of ESG Integration at Robeco

Priyanka Chandran, CFA shares her views on the challenges that are delaying the implementation of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and why she believes it is a technology whose time is yet to come.

Why professionalism matters

Debate about how the investment profession should evolve to meet its duties and obligations has always been a key concern for members, as demonstrated by this article, published in The Investment Analyst, September 1974.

There is a small talent pool in responsible investment analysis. Investment firms would be well advised to develop a recruitment and retention strategy specific to ESG, and many are already doing exactly that, reveal Emma Wallis and Sarah Dudney.

Lucy Walker, CFA, is senior associate partner at Sarasin & Partners

Doing nothing about climate change is no longer an option for pension funds, argues Karen Shackleton.

Stephanie Kelly, IMC is a senior political economist at ASI Research Institute, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Elena Koycheva, CFA, is senior RFP writer, Global Business Development, at BlueBay Asset Management

Simon Barnard, CFA, is portfolio manager of the Smithson Investment Trust, which became the largest investment trust launch in history in October, after raising £822.5 million at initial public offering (IPO). He talks to Professional Investor about his career, and experiences in the investment industry.