About The Guest
Yash Chanana, Director - Investment Banking
Acuity Knowledge Partners
Yash has been working with Acuity Knowledge Partners’ Investment Banking teams for more than 16 years now. He has been involved in setting up and on-boarding new teams for various mid-size to boutique investment banking clients. He is responsible for transitioning and implementing various processes and is also actively involved in managing client engagements, setting up of methodologies and new templates, team staffing and workflow management, as well as training and development of team members.
Episode Description
Ananta and Yash discuss on how asset managers and investment banks are changing the way their resources are being directed to optimize thei contribution in supporting corporate sustainability. Yash highlights the various areas where investment banks are playing a role; from ESG advisory and solutions for the ESG capital markets, to helping in strategic initiatives for decarbonizing their business.
Key Takeaways
- Investment banks play a major role in net zero through sustainable bonds, sustainability-linked initiatives, and devising the roadmaps.
- A combination of social and sustainable bonds could exceed 1 trillion dollars of issuances in 2023.
- Acuity helps investment banks device strategies, plan energy transition roadmaps come up with innovative financing solutions through research and analytics.
- Acuity supports IBs with expertise in ESG advisory, ESG ratings, sustainable finance analysis, and much more, to enable end clients achieve net zero.
