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Fitch expands ESG scores to America
6 months ago
Sustainable Fitch announced the US expansion of its ESG scores for leveraged finance today, designed to enable investors to compare metrics across CLO portfolios -
ELFA starts drive for consistent climate reporting in CLOs
6 months ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) has published a new report on CLO carbon and climate disclosures -
Allspring doubles down on funds promoting reduced carbon emissions
6 months ago
Allspring Global Investments has expanded its portfolio of climate transition funds with the launch of its third climate transition fixed income fund -
Blackstone closes energy transition fund at over $7.1 billion
8 months ago
Blackstone builds on sustainable credit platform with the final close of a new $7.1 billion green fund -
Asset manager launches credit fund focused on sustainable initiatives
8 months ago
Sustainably-focused asset manager Power Sustainable has launched credit fund with plans to invest in energy, transportation, social and digital and other sustainable infrastructures -
Infrastructure investor brings in senior team to launch new sustainable credit platform
10 months ago
Energy Capital Partners (ECP) has announced that a new team will merge into ECP’s dedicated credit investing business and launch a sustainable credit platform named ECP ForeStar -
Allspring launches new climate transition fixed income fund
10 months ago
Allspring Global Investments has announced the launch of its second climate transition fixed income fund, called the Allspring Climate Transition Global High Yield Fund -
"A bit ‘woke’? Possibly. But true corporate sustainability derives from sound governance"
1 year ago
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse underlines the importance of sound governance -
They said it: "I don’t know and I don’t care about ESG"
1 year ago
One of our CLO Census responders has a strong view (or not) on ESG -
Carlyle launches decarbonisation-linked financing initiative
1 year ago
Carlyle Group says its credit division has launched a decarbonisation-linked financing programme, having closed the first two loans under this initiative -
Green negative basis trades open up after GM issues bonds
1 year ago
There is an attractive entry point for ESG-minded credit investors to put on green negative basis trades, according to a research paper by Anthropocene -
Impact investor earns $146 million from US body for second CLO
1 year ago
An impact investment firm owned by M&G is poised to launch its second CLO, according to filings seen by Creditflux -
FinDox steps in on climate disclosure reporting for CLOs
1 year ago
FinDox has become involved in reporting on carbon data for climate-related financial disclosure regulations, having been mandated by leading CLO managers to source relevant ESG key performance indicators -
HSBC AM's responsible investing head resigns with view to creating "new asset class"
1 year ago
HSBC Asset Management’s global head of responsible investing has resigned after been suspended by the firm. This followed him delivering a conference speech in May in which he downplayed the impact of climate change on financial markets -
ESG investors bemoan corporate greenwashing
1 year ago
US CLO market participants have complained of loan issuer ‘greenwashing’ that aims to circumvent environment, social and governance portfolio restrictions -
We’ll get through this awkward patch
1 year ago
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As -
"ESG should not be viewed as a set of principles being imposed on investors — it’s a natural evolution"
1 year ago
It’s not easy for fund managers to assess the most green option -
Managers debate ethics of investments in arms makers
The armaments industry has for a long time been negatively perceived by CLO managers and investors alike. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked debate on the subject2 years ago -
Infrastructure manager targets €1 billion for eclectic mix of project finance debt and SRTs
2 years ago
A Copenhagen-based firm is launching its first credit fund and has partnered with an SRT specialist in London for a component of its potential €1 billion offering -
"Credit investors should interpret 100,000 Russian troops on the Ukrainian border as worth pricing in"
2 years ago
Welshcake tells credit portfolio managers to under-promise and over-deliver in 2022 -
ESG template fires up hopes of CSO issuance
2 years ago
2021 may not have been a year of big volume in the synthetic bespoke market, but primary business is back, and decisive inroads into environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused issuance bode well for 2022 -
Brace yourselves for increasing ESG basis in credit
2 years ago
One of the safest bets in credit for 2022 is that ESG focus will intensify, with market participants anticipating a surge of green bond issuance as well as widening spread dispersion between climate leaders and underperformers -
CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
2 years ago
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux. -
Most investors still behind target with sustainability and impact investing, survey finds
2 years ago
72% of global investors plan to increase their allocation targets to sustainability and impact investing. That is according to a limited partner survey by private markets firm HarbourVest Partners HarbourVest’s 2021 ESG, Sustainability, and Impact Investing Survey of LPs -
Zais and BNP Paribas strike ESG breakthrough with climate change CSO
2 years ago
The growing theme of environmental, social and governance standards helping to revitalise the market for collateralised synthetic obligations appears to have taken a big step forward, with Zais Group and BNP Paribas partnering on a first-of-its-kind deal that could lay a template for future transactions
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