All Fixed income articles
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Case study
Swedbank Robur: Driving engagement on children’s rights
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Recognition for Action – Human Rights
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Workshop summary
Mandate design considerations for sovereign debt net zero portfolios
This article summarises key points from a workshop held in September 2024 where participants in sovereign debt markets discussed challenges and emerging solutions in pursuing net zero targets in portfolio design.
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Case study
Investi: Accelerating innovation in sustainable finance through collaboration
A collaboration between 12 major Quebec financial institutions led by Innocap.
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PRI Web Page
PRI asset class and asset owner guidance advisory committees: call for new members
The PRI is looking for signatories to join its asset class and asset owner guidance advisory committees.
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PRI reporting analysis
Global responsible investment trends: Inside PRI reporting data
This report finds that signatories have continued to enhance their RI practices, with RI policies becoming more detailed, action on sustainability outcomes more widespread and disclosures more in-depth since the 2021 reporting cycle.
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Blog post
Climate regulatory risks have strong impacts on corporate bond pricing and credit ratings
By Laura Starks, George Kozmetsky Centennial Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
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News and press
New PRI report helps investors consider ESG factors in Canadian provincial and municipal bonds
Initiative Climat International (iCI), together with ERM, launch today a new guidance document to help software companies account for their indirect or “value chain” greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, referred to as Scope 3 emissions.
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Technical guide
Mapping the role sustainable bonds play in the fixed income market
The sustainable bond market is growing rapidly. We explain some of the market dynamics and provide a starting point for enhanced scrutiny.
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DDQ
Responsible investment DDQ for private debt investors
This DDQ has been developed to help investors better understand and evaluate private debt managers’ approaches to responsible investment
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Case study
Mirova: Using the SDGs to accelerate sustainable economic transformation
SDG outcomes case study
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Webinar
Biodiversity and fixed income: how to start
This webinar will explore where and how to start incorporating biodiversity considerations in the analysis of fixed income assets.
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Discussion paper
ESG, credit risk and ratings: part 4 - deepening the dialogue between investors, issuers, and CRAs
The second phase of the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, which this report summarises, has deepened the dialogue that the PRI started between investors and credit rating agencies (CRAs) in phase one. It has also broadened the outreach to other stakeholders – primarily borrowers, but also ESG information ...
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Webinar
ESG data for sovereign bonds: the what, the why and the how
This session, co-hosted by the PRI and the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA), will help investors and other market participants understand where to find countries’ ESG data, what it shows, and how to use it.
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PRI reporting analysis
Inside PRI data: Investment manager practices
There are many responsible investment practices that are now widely practised among the PRI’s investment manager signatories. A large majority publish core policies and have executive oversight of their implementation.
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PRI Web Page
Share your views on ESG in private debt
The PRI is calling for limited and general partners in private debt funds to participate in a survey, and/or one-to-one interviews, to inform an upcoming report.
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Article
ESG in credit ratings and ESG ratings
Credit ratings and ESG ratings are distinct but complementary products. This page aims at providing clarity on the difference between the two, as well as the current offering landscape.
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DDQ
Responsible investment DDQ for fixed income investors
This due diligence questionnaire has been developed to help investors understand and evaluate fixed income managers’ approaches to responsible investment.
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Webinar
Understanding how US agencies consider ESG factors in commercial mortgages: Freddie Mac Multifamily
This series of two webinars will explore the US agencies’ approach in incorporating ESG factors in their strategy, in order to enable a sustainable housing market. This second session will focus on Freddie Mac Multifamily’s approach.