All Fixed income articles – Page 3
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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.
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WebinarTackling ESG factors in Canada’s provincial and municipal bonds
This webinar will explore how investors in Canadian provincial and municipal bonds can assess and incorporate ESG factors in their investment decisions.
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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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Case studyManulife Investment Management: enhancing gender diversity in Chinese holdings
Case study by Manulife Investment Management
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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.
