UAE SCA Approved Webinar - Active investing and global equities markets 2021 | CISI | 16 August 2021 | Online Event

This webinar has been pre-approved by the UAE Securities & Commodities Authority as part of their CPD Mandate in the UAE. In September 2020, Almalia launched the world’s first actively managed global equity ETF (Exchange Traded Fund), employing Shariah investment principles. The aim of the Almalia Sanlam Active Shariah Global Equity UCITS ETF is to achieve capital growth over the medium to long term, whilst complying with principles of Shariah investing.

In this webinar Pieter Fourie, Lead Fund Manager, Sanlam Investments, and Hannah Gooch-Peters, Global Equity Investment Analyst explain:
• How active management can add value, including the advantages and risks of trading active ETFs and the opportunity to outperform passive ETFs
• The methodology behind this high-quality strategy, which focuses on companies with high returns on capital and low leverage
• Shariah investing - what the Shariah screen process entails
• The alignment of Shariah investing with sustainable investing
• 2021 outlook for global equities
• The alignment of Shariah investing with sustainable investing
• 2021 outlook for global equities

Learning objective
To understand how active management can add value, including the advantages and risks of trading active ETFs and the opportunity to outperform passive ETFs, the methodology behind this high-quality strategy, which focuses on companies with high returns on capital and low leverage, Shariah investing - what the Shariah screen process entails, the alignment of Shariah investing with sustainable investing and the 2021 outlook for global equities.

2021 Speakers

Pieter Fourie
Head of Global Equities, Lead Fund Manager

Hannah Gooch-Peters
Global Equity Investment Analyst, Sanlam Investments