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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
"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 -
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 -
"If ESG funds only talk the talk, it is because investors, legislators and regulators don’t walk the walk"
2 years ago
Whatever an ESG fund means to you, it probably means something different to the next investor -
Former DWS official claims company over-stated ESG progress: WSJ
2 years ago
DWS Group’s environmental, social and governance investment claims are in the spotlight after its former sustainability officer claimed the firm over-stated its ESG efforts, according to the Wall Street Journal -
Quantitative credit growth could fill in ESG blanks
2 years ago
Quantitative credit strategies have the potential to “advance 20 years in the next two years,” according to officials at Man Numeric. -
Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
2 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 -
"We should be mindful of the transfer of power to the C-suite that inheres in ESG"
2 years ago
As shareholder returns become one factor among many, the C-suite becomes more powerful -
"The lack of standardised ESG data creates opportunities for data-driven investors"
2 years ago
Investors can gain an edge by using technology to help parse ESG data -
Hermes seeks ESG alpha in companies making changes
3 years ago
Buy-side demand to tick boxes for ESG standards has fuelled a boom in green and social impact bonds that is extending into high yield issuance. But as investment opportunities mount, so does soul-searching about the next phase -
ESG was factor when firing managers for 42% of investors, survey reveals
3 years ago
The latest survey from investment consultant Bfinance shows the coronavirus pandemic increased focus on ESG issues for over a third of investors - and ESG is important when selecting external asset managers -
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 -
2020 is a massive opportunity for change - and clinging to past achievements won't wash
3 years ago
Statues don’t serve much of a purpose. It’s time to move on — and credit investors can and should be part of the movement -
High yield borrowers face pressure over social data
3 years ago
Two major themes of the credit market in 2020 are on a collision course: high yield issuers playing catch-up after a dearth of issuance and the Black Lives Matter movement putting the focus on the S of ESG investing -
Governance has greatest impact on short-term changes in company valuation out of ESG factors, finds MSCI
3 years ago
Governance has more impact than environmental and social factors on company financial fundamentals and stock price in the short term, but ‘E’ and ‘S’ play their part over the long term, according to analysis from MSCI -
LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
3 years ago
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
Zais ESG head to join DWS
3 years ago
Zais Group’s head of ESG (environmental, social, governance) and impact investing is joining DWS as group sustainability officer in New York -
Pandemic underlines importance of the S in ESG as compliant companies outperform
3 years ago
For years, assessing environmental risks has been at the forefront of ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing, but there’s been a greater appreciation of the ‘S’ in ESG since the market sell-off in March -
Ares hires head of ESG from Partners Group
4 years ago
Ares Management Corporation has appointed a head for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice, effective from April -
New York pensions seek climate change managers
4 years ago
The Comptroller of the City of New York is looking to appoint fixed income managers that invest in climate change solutions, according to a recent notice of search.
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