All Fixed income articles – Page 9
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Thought leadershipRegional colour from the PRI's ESG in credit risk analysis forums
The forums that the PRI has organised globally have revealed regional differences on three levels: awareness and advancement of ESG consideration; relative sensitivity to ESG factors by country; and regulatory environment and attitudes towards it.
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Thought leadership
Rounding off phase one of the PRI's ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative
This report rounds off phase one of the PRI’s ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative, which has served as an important stimulus for investors and CRAs to sharpen their focus on ESG factors. The progress that it has made in a very short time frame – particularly by the large CRAs ...
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Thought leadershipImproving the transparent and systematic consideration of ESG factors in credit risk analysis
The PRI has compiled a list of more detailed emerging solutions that have been discussed during the investor-CRA roundtables, aimed at improving the transparent and systematic consideration of ESG factors in credit risk analysis.
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Thought leadershipTurning CRA-investor disconnects into action areas
The investor-CRA roundtable discussions revealed that there is broad consensus that ESG factors are not new to credit risk analysis, and that governance is the most important of the three categories when assessing default risk.
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Thought leadershipFostering dialogue between credit rating agencies and investors
This report rounds off a series of three as part of the PRI’s ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative, which started with the launch of the ESG in Credit Ratings Statement in May 2016.
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Thought leadershipESG, credit risk and ratings: part 3 - from disconnects to action areas
Credit risk analysis is evolving. Although the basic tenet of assessing whether an issuer can pay back its obligations on time and in full still holds, the global fixed income (FI) community is increasingly seeking ways to factor in sustainability considerations when allocating capital and managing risks.
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Case studyDelivering social and environmental impact in the healthcare sector
Case study by AllianceBernstein
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ArticleThe ESG integration framework
After extensive analysis of the ESG integration techniques of direct investors across the globe, CFA Institute and PRI collated the many ESG integration techniques used by practitioners and developed the ESG Integration Framework (see below). This article is taken from the Guidance and case studies for ESG integration: equities and ...
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Technical guideESG integration in the Americas: markets, practices and data
This report focuses on the current state of ESG integration in the Americas, with reports for EMEA and APAC are scheduled to be released in March 2019.
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Technical guideGuidance and case studies for ESG integration: equities and fixed income
Set out by the CFA Institute and the PRI, this best practice report helps investors understand how they can better integrate ESG factors into their equity, corporate bond, and sovereign debt portfolios.
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Technical guideLow-carbon investing and green and climate-aligned bonds
Climate (or climate-aligned) bonds refer to labelled and unlabelled bonds for which proceeds are intended to finance projects and activities that contribute to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. Green bonds refers to explicitly labelled bonds for which the proceeds will be exclusively used to finance, or re-finance (in part or ...
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Technical guideLow-carbon, climate-aligned investment opportunities
The shift towards renewable energy is building, recording its highest growth rate of any energy source recorded in 2017.
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Technical guidePhasing out investments in thermal coal
While many investors may consider phasing out thermal coal alongside reductions to other fossil fuel assets (such as oil sands, crude oil, natural gas and metallurgical coal), this section focuses on thermal coal assets as a starting point due to their high CO2 content (and potential for carbon reduction), the ...
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Case studyCredit risk case study: Coca Cola Amatil
Case study by Pendal Group (formerly BT Investment Management)
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Thought leadershipESG in credit ratings: lessons from the automotive sector
The PRI’s forum on ESG in credit ratings that took place in Frankfurt focused on the automotive sector.
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Thought leadershipThe ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative: looking ahead
While it is still too early to identify solutions to the problems frequently encountered by investors and CRAs when incorporating ESG factors in credit risk analysis, there are ripe opportunities for further work.
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Thought leadershipInvestor-CRA disconnect 4: communication and transparency
An overview of the PRI’s observations on the investor-CRA disconnect related to communication and transparency.
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Thought leadershipInvestor-CRA disconnect 3: organisational approaches to ESG
An overview of the PRI’s observations on the investor-CRA disconnect related to organisational approaches to ESG.
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Thought leadershipInvestor-CRA disconnect 2: relevant time horizons to consider
An overview of the PRI’s observations on the investor-CRA disconnect related to relevant time horizons to consider.
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