Events and webinars

Discover how consistency delivers value to investors in emerging market bond and global credit markets.

Achieving consistent returns with active bond funds is pivotal to helping investors and their clients meet their objectives in fixed income. But how can active bond fund managers generate alpha from global credit or emerging market bonds that investors can rely on?

In this panel our leading fixed income experts examine the case for active global credit and emerging market fixed income. They discuss their role as part of an investor’s strategic asset allocation, and demonstrate how a disciplined approach to risk taking can deliver value to investors by improving the consistency of alpha-generation and reducing downside risk.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced huge growth as more investors adopt them as a low-cost, liquid and transparent way to access indexed strategies. But what are the key trends driving their rise in popularity? Deborah Fuhr, ETFGI Managing Partner, Founder and Owner, examines the latest developments in the industry in Europe and the product developments that ETF investors can expect in the coming years.

Our presenters will discuss:

• The latest insights in ETF growth trends and flows.
• How industry developments are reshaping the ETF competitive space in Europe.
• What the future might hold for ETF investors.

Effective corporate governance practices can drive long-term value creation at the companies in which equity index funds invest. But how do index fund managers promote these practices and represent investors’ interests?

Learning objectives:

• How the values that underpin Vanguard's investment stewardship programme are communicated to the companies in our equity index funds.
• Some of the key themes of our engagements with companies.
• Voting trends across companies, meetings and proposals.