All Fixed income articles – Page 2
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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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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 studySycomore Asset Management: Assessing the societal contribution of companies
SDG outcomes case study
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Case studyFTSE Russell Research: COP26 Net Zero Atlas
Coinciding with COP26, FTSE Russell’s inaugural Net Zero Atlas surveys countries’ climate targets and mitigation strategies
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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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PodcastESG in private debt: Episode 1
In this episode, the PRI’s head of fixed income, Carmen Nuzzo speaks with Adam Heltzer of Ares Management and Faith Rosenfeld of HPS Investment Partners, to discuss how private debt investors are incorporating ESG into their investment practices.
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PodcastESG data: Is it different for securitised products?
In this new podcast, an investor and a bank discuss which ESG data they use for securitised product analysis and how it differs from other asset classes.
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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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PodcastESG in credit risk and ratings: episode 10
In the tenth podcast of a series on the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, Sixtine Dubost (PRI) speaks with Erika Wranegard (Lombard Odier Investment Managers) and Michael Ferguson (S&P Global Ratings) about the ESG information provider landscape and the usefulness of the product and service offering for fixed ...
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Case studyEdenTree Investment Management: Clean water, energy and climate change
SDG outcomes case study
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PodcastThematic ESG investing in the US municipal bond market
In this episode of the PRI podcast, Jasper Cox, Investment Practices Analyst at the PRI, speaks with Christian Leveque, Municipal Portfolio Manager and Strategist at Payden & Rygel, and Ruth Ducret, Senior Analyst, Municipal Research at Breckinridge Capital Advisors.
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PodcastAssessing the veracity of ESG-labelled securitised products
In this new podcast, PRI’s Carmen Nuzzo speaks with an originator and an investor to discuss the benefits and the challenges of structured products with green or social labels. They are growing rapidly but are not always genuine.
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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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Call for case studies: Human rights in fixed income
Just as for all businesses, institutional investors have a responsibility to respect human rights, as defined in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). Fixed income investors are no exception.
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ArticleThe ASCOR Project: Progress report
The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) Project has been established to create a tool giving investors a common understanding of sovereign exposure to climate risk and of how governments plan to transition to a low-carbon economy.
