| Focus Area: |
Governance, Enterprise and Investment |
| Project: |
CLSA Investors' Forums |
| Commitment By: |
CLSA Ltd. |
| Value: |
$2.5 million |
Objective: To spread the work of the Clinton Global Initiative to the global investment community.
Commitment: Every year, CLSA Investors Forums are held in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing and other major international financial centers. They attract over 3,000 global investors from 30 countries representing $10 trillion of assets under management. We will further the aims of CGI by inviting speakers and panelists to incorporate the four Clinton Global Initiative areas of focus – religious reconciliation, poverty, enhancing governance, and climate change-- into our forum agenda. We will additionally encourage our 3,000 delegates to make commitments in the markets they invest in.
Background: The goal of the CLSA Investors’ Forums is to educate global institutional investors about the markets they invest in. The Forums teach investors how to derive long term growth from these markets by taking a long term stake in social and economic development. The Forums provide an ideal arena to foster and develop the Clinton Global Initiative’s key areas of focus. The CLSA has been running Investors’ Forums for over twelve years, and they continue to attract a very loyal following. Past speakers have included President Clinton, Nelson Mandela, and Bono.
| Point of Contact: |
Angelique Marcil, Group Marketing Director
CLSA |
| Geographic Scope: |
Global, with a focus on the Asia Pacific region |
| Anticipated Launch Date: |
February 2006 in Tokyo. We will be featuring Climate Change at the Third CLSA Japan Forum which will be held in Tokyo from February 6-10, 2006. Over 800 institutional investors from 30 countries are expected to attend. Vice President Al Gore, Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute and Japan’s Minister for the Environment Koike will all be speaking on climate change at our event. They will educate and empower our delegates to invest responsibly and to embrace critical climate issues. We will continue at the 11th CLSA China Forum in Shanghai from May 15-19, 2006 and the 13th CLSA Investors’ Forum in Hong Kong from September 11-15, 2006. Each of these events will explore a different Clinton Global Initiative focus area and feature speakers who were either at CGI or match their stature and expertise. |
| Anticipated Duration: |
5 years |
Partnership Opportunity: We seek collaboration with experts from all walks of life who can help us educate and inform our investors about the Clinton Global Initiative areas of focus.