All Sovereign debt articles
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Workshop summaryMandate 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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PRI Web PagePRI 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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Discussion paperConsidering climate change in sovereign debt
Investors increasingly consider climate change in sovereign debt assessment – both risks and opportunities for positive impact. This paper helps investors understand the many links between sovereign debt and climate change.
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Technical guideMapping 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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WebinarESG 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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WebinarAssessing sovereign climate-related opportunities and risks (ASCOR)
This webinar marked the launch of the public consultation of ASCOR, a new tool which gives investors, issuers and other stakeholders a common understanding of sovereign adaptation to climate change and of how governments plan to transition to a low-carbon economy.
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News and pressASCOR Consultation to Assess Sovereign Debt Issuers on Climate Change
Assessing Sovereign Climate-Related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) is the first, public investor framework to assess sovereign bond issuers on climate change.
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Blog postHow do natural areas affect financial markets?
By Claudio Rizzi, University of Miami – Miami Herbert Business School
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RecordingPRI in Person & Online: Breakout 2C - Sustainable investing: sovereigns’ friend or foe?
Integrating ESG considerations in sovereign bond portfolios is more challenging than other asset classes but the size of the market offers huge potential in shaping real-world outcomes.
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PodcastSovereign sustainable bonds – a fast-evolving, innovative market
Many governments are turning to labelled sustainable bonds, and Latin American sovereigns have been particularly innovative.
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News and pressUS municipal bonds well-placed for thematic ESG investing, new PRI report says
The Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) has released its second report on ESG investment approaches in the US$4trn US municipal (muni) bond market. This report, The thematic ESG approach in US municipal bonds, frames key issues when investors use muni bonds to finance projects tied to specific environmental or social ...
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Discussion paperThe thematic ESG approach in US municipal bonds
US municipal (muni) bonds play an important role in funding public services and infrastructure, hence they are fundamentally well positioned for responsible investment strategies. Muni bond issuers will be key in the transition to a low carbon economy.
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Case studyNeuberger Berman: Climate-integrated strategic asset allocation
Neuberger Berman’s Climate-Integrated Strategic Asset Allocation framework serves to incorporate climate risks and opportunities into top-down portfolio construction for multi-asset portfolios
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Technical guideAchieving climate commitments in multi-asset portfolios
This report helps asset owners address the complexity of implementing a climate commitment across multi-asset portfolios.
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WebinarOpportunities and challenges in the growing sovereign sustainable bond market
This webinar discusses the labelled bonds in country funding strategies, their advantages and related challenges, as well as their effectiveness in shaping sustainable outcomes.
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Workshop summaryClimate budget tagging: A discussion between sovereign debt investors and issuers
Debt management and budget department officials, alongside investment managers, discussed the purpose of CBT, how countries have started to tag climate expenditure, and its uses for debt issuance and investment analysis. This workshop summary presents the main themes from the discussion.
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Workshop summaryBringing together sovereign debt investors and climate information providers
Sovereign bondholders’ demand for data, analytics and broader information about climate change has outpaced supply from third-party providers, whose product offerings were originally developed to serve equity investors. This workshop summarises a discussion between climate information providers and a group of sovereign debt investors.
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PodcastBringing ESG factors into sovereign debt indices
In this episode of the PRI podcast, Jasper Cox, Investment Practices Analyst at the PRI, speaks with Lupin Rahman, Head of Emerging Markets Sovereign Credit at PIMCO, and Jarrad Linzie, Global Head of Fixed Income Index Research at MSCI.
