Course

FIN-429: Sustainable & entrepreneurial finance

Summary

This course deals with the role of finance in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. Students learn how to apply asset allocation techniques to build sustainable portfolios, understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and discover the emerging asset class of impact investing.

Lectures

Instructor

Eric Jondeau

Teaching & PhD Courses Financial Econometrics FIN-702 Comprehensive course about the econometric tools that are essential to estimate financial models, both for asset pricing and for forecasting purposes. Sustainable & entrepreneurial finance FIN-429 This course deals with the role of finance in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. Students learn how to apply asset allocation techniques to build sustainable portfolios, understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem,

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https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/sustainable-entrepreneurial-finance-FIN-429

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Eric Jondeau

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/sustainable-entrepreneurial-finance-FIN-429

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/FIN-429

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Lectures in this course (7)

Portfolio Management Fundamentals

Explores portfolio management fundamentals, including sustainable finance, risk and return, and the efficient frontier.

Sustainable Finance: Climate Change and Risks

Covers ESG investing, climate risks, carbon emissions, and financial impacts of climate disasters.

Portfolio Construction: Climate Risks

Covers portfolio construction under climate risks, exploring metrics, carbon exposure, decarbonization, and market measures.

Decarbonized Portfolio: Climate Finance

Explores portfolio optimization with carbon risk, carbon intensity reduction strategies, and global climate finance challenges.

Sustainable finance: Portfolio Temperature Alignment

Explores aligning portfolios with climate goals, minimizing tracking error, and decarbonization strategies in sustainable finance.

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