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Fitch expands ESG scores to America
5 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
5 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
5 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
7 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
7 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
9 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
9 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"
11 months 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 subject1 year 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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