ESG index roll creates long and short opportunities
The first roll of a CDS index screening for environmental, social and governance criteria has opened a less-watched relative value opportunity for investors

Green credit advocate launches research body
Stockholm-based portfolio manager and green credit advocate Ulf Erlandsson has today announced the launch of research body Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)

PGIM hires for newly created ESG fixed income research role
PGIM has appointed a former Allianz official into the newly created role of head of environmental, social & governance (ESG) research for its fixed income division

Amundi names head of €55 billion real and alternative asset unit following departure
Amundi has named a successor to lead its €55 billion real and alternative assets unit which includes real estate, private debt, private equity and infrastructure

Nordic boutique launches debut green corporate bond fund
Nordic boutique Evli Fund Management has launched an inaugural fund focusing on green corporate bonds, which the Helsinki-headquartered manager says is in response to growing investor demand for allocation to green bonds

Wirecard shows that in an era of ESG analysis, governance still gets relatively short shrift
Wirecard’s spectacular collapse raises questions for auditors, regulators and agencies

CLO managers offer views on ESG for upcoming PRI report
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is set to unveil a report detailing results from its ESG structured credit survey in the next few months, and the institution anticipates that this will be a launch pad for further investigation about ESG integration into the asset class

If you’re not finding black talent, you’re not trying hard enough
In the past few weeks, it has been easy to put up our billboards and tweet our condemnation of the treatment of black people. Now we need to change the way companies work

Revolutionary ESG-linked loan wins CLO support
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

High yield borrowers face pressure over social data
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
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

Zais ESG head to join DWS
Zais Group’s head of ESG (environmental, social, governance) and impact investing is joining DWS as group sustainability officer in New York

Carlyle-backed firm introduces breakthrough ESG-linked term loan
Logoplaste Consultores Técnicos has become the first issuer to launch a term loan with the interest linked to environmental, social and governance factors

EQT launches 'largest' ESG-linked subscription credit facility
EQT has launched what it says is the largest ever environmental, social and governance-linked (ESG) subscription credit facility in the global fund financing markets

Pandemic underlines importance of the S in ESG as compliant companies outperform
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

Nordea's former head of sustainable loans resurfaces at Handelsbanken
The former head of sustainable loans at Nordea will join Handelsbanken debt capital markets team in May

PRI unveils ESG workstream for CLOs, loans and ABS
Principles for Responsible Investment has established a workstream on environmental social and governance standards in structured products

Ares hires head of ESG from Partners Group
Ares Management Corporation has appointed a head for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice, effective from April  

They said it: "How about a carbon reduction covenant?"
In a social media post, Bfinance’s Trevor Castledine recalls a conversation with a private debt manager who claimed to be powerless when it comes to influencing borrowers over ESG. The lender’s response was: “Er…”

Points up front: Betting on ESG CLOs
Investing ethically is becoming a big part of credit, with CLO managers among the first to adopt environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment guidelines. So it’s no surprise that ESG criteria were high on the list of talking points at the Structured Finance Association’s SFVegas gathering last month.

ESG pervades US CLOs but screening approach divided
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.

NNIP launches corporate green bond fund
NNIP Investment Partners has launched a green bond fund focused on corporate borrowers, following dominance by this issuer group in the green bond market last year

Italian pension fund seeks greater exposure to private debt
BNL, the pension fund of the investment manager BNP Paribas Italia, has launched a request for proposals (RFP), looking to commit €20 million to private debt closed-end funds.