All Fixed income articles – Page 4
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Case studySouthern Asset Management: fixed income engagement in the Chinese context
Case study by Southern Asset Management (SAM)
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WebinarClosing the funding gap: responsible investment in emerging markets
Investment in emerging markets remains substantially below the levels required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. In this webinar, we’ll explore how investors and other stakeholders can help close this gap - from developments at the policy level, to asset allocation and engagement with portfolio companies.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with insurance companies
Corporate bond investors and analysts met with two life insurance groups and discussed issues including the importance of good corporate governance in the sector and the societal cost of the energy transition.
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PodcastSpotlight on human rights: addressing sovereign bondholders’ challenges
In this episode of the PRI podcast, Jasper Cox, Investment Practices Analyst at the PRI, speaks with Camilla Ogunbiyi, Senior Sovereign ESG Analyst at Nordea Asset Management, and James Lockhart Smith, Vice President for Markets at Verisk Maplecroft.
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Discussion paperClosing the funding gap: The case for ESG incorporation and sustainability outcomes in emerging markets
How investors can use responsible investment practices to manage risk and meet return objectives while working towards closing the emerging markets funding gap.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with North American banks
Credit analysts met with six representatives from four US and Canadian banks to discuss the importance of good governance, the challenges for banks in gauging clients’ climate exposure, and their concerns over sustainable finance regulation.
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PodcastThe US opioid crisis and municipal funding
This podcast explores how the US opioid crisis plays out at the local level, with repercussions not just on lives lost and healthcare costs, but also US municipal bonds and the cost of local authorities’ funding.
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Thought leadershipAre the TCFD recommendations useful for credit risk analysis?
Read about how investors and credit rating agencies use the information provided by companies following the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures in their credit risk analysis.
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WebinarESG in credit risk and ratings: Modelling uncertainty in credit risk
This webinar, organised as part of the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, explores the differences between forecasts and scenario analysis, in particular, how to consider different time horizons in credit risk assessments.
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Blog postFixed income investing: delivering returns and achieving outcomes
The diversity and complexity of debt markets bring unique challenges when incorporating ESG factors in investment decisions, however opportunities for responsible investors abound.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with UK banks
Credit analysts met with seven representatives from four UK banks to discuss governance and litigation risk, climate change and the net-zero transition, and the prospects for new financing structures such as social bonds.
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Discussion paperHuman rights in sovereign debt: the role of investors
Investors in sovereign debt have less leverage on human rights issues than investors in equities or corporates. But they are not powerless. In this report, we outline three steps sovereign investors can take when considering human rights issues in their investment decisions and we propose a range of responses.
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WebinarUK Climate Financial Risk Forum: deep dive on data, metrics and legal risks
Join us to hear the highlights from the Forum’s second-year report, including a dashboard on data and metrics, managing legal risk as well as comparative analysis of what to expect from common law countries such as the US.
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PRI Web PageProviders of Scenario Analysis and Climate Risk Metrics
For a detailed explanation of the methodology of scenario analysis and climate risk providers, see Taming the Green Swan (2020) by Julia Anna Bingler and Chiara Colesanti Senni.
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Case studyTabula Investment Management: Launching a Paris-aligned bond ETF
Case study by Tabula Investment Management
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Case studyNeuberger Berman: Developing a net zero multi-asset class portfolio solution
Case study by Neuberger Berman
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Case studyMFS Investment Management: Creating a framework to turn thematic plastic research into actionable investment insights
Case study by MFS Investment Management
