The twelfth annual Lipper Alpha Expert Forum was held in London on November 7, 2017 and maintained its reputation as one of the European mutual fund industry’s premier thought-leadership events. We welcomed some of the preeminent fund industry executives in Europe to share their views on key developments and challenges facing the industry today. Once again we partnered with the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment–the leading professional investment body in the U.K.–as our co-hosts, and a full house in the Thomson Reuters Auditorium ensured a lively debate. The evolution of ethical investing to ESG and beyond The morning’s first panel