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Fitch launches ESG scoring for Euro lev fin issuers with 75% CLO coverage
2 years ago
Fitch has scored 430 individual borrowers in the European market, which are on average more than 75% of the portfolio in an average Fitch-rated European CLO -
FinDox steps in on climate disclosure reporting for CLOs
2 years 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 -
Seeds sewn for carbon credit market to flower into CLOs
2 years ago
Long-time structured credit specialist Jan Phillip Wassenaar has joined start-up NatureCredits as a senior advisor to support the evolving carbon credit industry -
CEO steps down after DWS greenwashing allegations lead to police raid
2 years ago
A tumultuous 24 hours for DWS Group, in which police and regulators raided its office, has been compounded by the resignation of its chief executive officer Asoka Woehrmann on Wednesday morning -
We’ll get through this awkward patch
2 years 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 -
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 -
Elfa launches ESG exclusion checklist to streamline process for CLO managers
2 years ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association has launched an environmental, social and governance exclusion checklist, which it says is designed to “streamline the negative screening and exclusion” for CLO managers -
CLO Census latest: voting crosses 200 as range of dealers lead in CLO origination
2 years ago
CLO market participants are placing value on the specialist service that dealers are providing, according to Creditflux’s CLO Census, with three different banks leading the way for US CLO execution, structuring and syndication. A silimar trend is in play in Europe -
The Last Tranche with Capital Four: 26% of new European loans have an ESG-linked margin ratchet, and the US could follow fast
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Capital Four's Torben Skødeberg and Jim Wiant discuss the emergence of loans linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria -
"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
3 years ago
Instead of rushing through an ESG framework, asset managers need to adopt a long- and short-term approach -
They said it: "The mantra is doing good and doing well without sacrificing returns"
3 years ago
CarVal on its ESG line of CLOs -
Elfa taps Hermes to chair CLO investor committee
3 years ago
Trade body the European Leveraged Finance Association has formed a CLO investor committee it hopes will be a forum for various industry initiatives, including environmental, social and governance standards -
Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
3 years ago
Axa Investment Managers says it is expanding its 2014 policy of excluding investments in companies which do not have sustainable palm oil production certificates by factoring in deforestation and ecosystem protection -
"Technology won’t replace human judgement. In ESG a qualitative review is necessary"
3 years ago
The social aspect of ESG must be given sufficient weight in investment decisions -
Elfa adds to ESG fact sheet range in standardisation drive
3 years ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association (Elfa) will shortly publish sector-specific fact sheets for the transport and healthcare industries, sources say, bringing its total of ESG fact sheets to 12 -
Blackstone and Credit Suisse among participants in talks for new ESG loan index
3 years ago
European leveraged loan market participants – including Blackstone and Credit Suisse – are said to be in the process of launching the ESG loan index -
A transformational framework means fund managers have to drive real-world change
3 years ago
There are managers who make transformational investments, those who incorporate ESG and those who do nothing -
The imperfect incorporation of ESG is no excuse not to act
3 years ago
Managers’ legal ESG responsibilities may be vague, but they must still set up a credible strategy -
All types of financing will have to incorporate ESG risks and use their real economy influence
3 years ago
Fund managers can no longer ignore, postpone or hide from measures to tackle climate change -
Revolutionary ESG-linked loan wins CLO support
4 years ago
European loan investors welcomed a novel concept in June when Carlyle Group-backed Logoplaste issued the first term loan with pricing linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors -
Zais ESG head to join DWS
4 years ago
Zais Group’s head of ESG (environmental, social, governance) and impact investing is joining DWS as group sustainability officer in New York -
PRI unveils ESG workstream for CLOs, loans and ABS
4 years ago
Principles for Responsible Investment has established a workstream on environmental social and governance standards in structured products -
ESG pervades US CLOs but screening approach divided
4 years ago
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is reshaping the US CLO market, with February bringing the first CLOs marketed that have explicit ESG-related investment criteria. -
Managers dispel myth that lenders can’t influence ESG
4 years ago
There’s a growing belief among credit fund managers that they can influence borrowers to take on ESG-friendly practices, contrary to the widely-accepted notion that the business practices of companies are dictated by their private equity owners. -
The question is not whether CLOs are too dangerous, but what more they could and should be doing
4 years ago
Contrary to recent headlines, CLOs could be the tool which help reduce the rate of climate change
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