Assistant Professor, FON
Milica Latinovic PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Financial Management and Accounting, at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Organizational Sciences. For several years now, she has been the head of the Center for Financial Markets Development. Her focus is on developing student capacity in the field of security valuation and financial markets. In the last fifteen years, her researches are published in international scientific journals, monographs, and conference proceedings. Her research interest lies in the area of financial markets, with specific focus ESG investing (ESG – Environmental, Social, and Goverance factors).
Presentation abstract: Retail and institutional investors worldwide are becoming increasingly concerned about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria and they are adding them to their investment analysis. Their increased interest in sustainable returns, rather than just financial returns, and the increase in policy requirements are leading to an expansion in the implementation of ESG activities in corporate and financial institution decision-making. Those activities and their value creation potential are important for all market participants. In this course, we will be examining the implementation of ESG investment strategies, and their performance characteristics based on a real-life examples. Objectives: The aim of this lecture is to equip students with key terminology and help them to develop an understanding of how sustainable investment sector operates. Real-life examples should provide students with guidance on how to spot valuable sustainable investment opportunities. Purpose and outcomes: Purpose of this lecture is to familiarize students with the ESG factors, investment strategies based upon them, and to present real-life sustainable return examples. Upon completion of this lecture, students will learn who are the key market participants and which financial instruments foster the change toward a net zero goal. Students are going to be able to show an understanding of the drivers and the challenges of sustainable investments value creation. Also, they will gain an insight into ESG investment strategies, and are going to be able to understand the role of ESG factors and their relation to investment returns.