Family Officer Christian Hammes spoke with Philipp Hohmann, Head of Quantitative Strategies, during the 33rd private banking congress in Hamburg.

As a quantitatively oriented portfolio manager, Hohmann provides insights into the practical implementation of sustainable investment strategies. He explains how EB-Sim combines ESG criteria with traditional return targets and why sustainable investing does not have to mean sacrificing returns despite investment restrictions.

An overview of other topics in the podcast episode:

• How church investment guidelines have shaped sustainable investment
• Why best-in-class approaches and exclusion criteria complement each other
• Active ownership: How smaller asset managers can also exert influence
• The role of CO2 certificates and their impact on portfolios
• New regulatory requirements due to the ESMA Directive
• The importance of currency risks in globally diversified portfolios
• The meaningfulness of “ESG” in the fund name