Vanguard's ESG ETFs: Helping Clients make an Impact

  • Tuesday, November 17, 2020
  • 2:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar

Good morning to all our FPA Chapter Executives!

FPA will be hosting a Vanguard Webinar on 11/17 at 2pm EST,  “Vanguard's ESG ETFs: Helping Clients Make an Impact” with our experts:

 (Note: You must login to your FPA account to finalize your registration or create an account if you don’t have one.)

Richard Powers

Fund and ETF Product Management Category Head Planning and Development, Vanguard

Richard F. Powers is the head of ETF Product Management at Vanguard. His team is responsible for meeting with clients and prospects to discuss Vanguard’s ETF® lineup, conducting surveillance of competitor products, publishing on noteworthy developments in the ETF marketplace and Vanguard lineup, and enhancing Vanguard’s ETF lineup via changes to existing products or launching new products. He joined the firm in 1999, and before his current role, Powers was a senior member of the oversight and manager search team, which is responsible for identifying sub-advisory partners for Vanguard’s active fund lineup and monitoring the firm, people, process, portfolio, and performance of all existing Vanguard funds on behalf of Vanguard’s Global Investment Committee and board of directors.

Douglas Grim, CFA

Senior Investment Strategist Investment Management Group, Vanguard

Doug Grim, CFA, is a senior investment strategist in Vanguard investment Strategy Group, where he leads the team that conducts research and provides thought leadership on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in investing and factor-based portfolio construction. Previously, Grim was a senior investment consultant in Vanguard Institutional Advisory Services®. In that position, he provided asset allocation and portfolio construction recommendations, investment policy consulting, and capital markets research to institutional clients. He also served as team leader responsible for assisting other consultants with all asset allocation and asset/liability modeling studies conducted for clients. Grim is a member of the Advisory Board of The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing. He earned a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is a CFA® charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Philadelphia.

Learn to reflect ESG values with Vanguard ETFs®

Increasingly, Americans want environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values reflected in their investments.¹ You can learn to guide clients who are considering ESG investing at the upcoming FPA (Financial Planning Association) webinar, Vanguard’s ESG ETFs: Helping Clients Make an Impact.

Register for this free event, scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, at 2 p.m., Eastern time, to hear Vanguard experts:

  • Outline the four-step process for prudent ESG decision-making.
  • Explain how Vanguard can help you create diversified ESG portfolios for clients.
  • Share details about our newest ESG product, Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF.

Note: You must login to your FPA account to finalize your registration or create an account if you don’t have one.



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