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TCW launches 'first' ESG-labelled structured credit fund in the US
2 years ago
TCW has launched what it claims to be the first dedicated structured credit fund with an ESG-label in the US -
"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 -
Fidelity to add ESG portfolio test in Article 8-aligned CLO
2 years ago
Fidelity International has taken ESG scoring in the CLO market a step further by including a new ESG portfolio profile test on an upcoming European CLO -
"I’m passionate about broader representation within investment teams"
2 years ago
CIP's Leila Donnachy takes our credit quiz -
M&G launches ESG loan fund with Prudential UK and Kapan backing
2 years ago
M&G has launched a leveraged loan fund focused on environmental, social and governance -
The Last Tranche with Bardin Hill's Raciti: For-profit prisons are classified as construction and have some of the best ESG scores
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Bardin Hill's Philip Raciti tells Creditflux that environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a growing risk factor for CLO managers -
CIFC's Vaccaro highlights importance of company culture [video]
2 years ago
CIFC Asset Management’s Steve Vaccaro gave an insight into his company’s approach to diversity and inclusion at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium earlier this month. He said that these values have been a focus for CIFC for a long time, culminating in the firm producing a CLO linked to a charitable initiative in May -
Amundi focuses on ESG-linked margin ratchets in €1 billion private debt fund
2 years ago
Amundi has become the latest manager to place a focus on ESG-linked margin ratchets on its fourth private debt fund, which has a €1 billion target -
Cheyne puts focus on ESG-linked loans for new €1 billion strategic credit fund
2 years ago
The London-based manager held a €1 billion final close on its second strategic credit fund in the series, Cheyne European Strategic Value Credit Fund II, which it says took less than six months following its first close -
Tabula launches ESG compliant Asia ex-Japan high yield ETF
2 years ago
Fixed income exchange traded fund provider Tabula Investment Management has launched what it says is Europe's first dollar-denominated Asia ex-Japan high yield corporate bond ETF compliant with environmental, social and governance standards -
"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
2 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"
2 years ago
CarVal on its ESG line of CLOs -
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 -
CarVal comes clean with ESG CLO platform launch
2 years ago
CarVal Investors has teamed with Insig AI to create a “clean CLO product line” through which it will issue ESG CLOs in the US -
Elfa taps Hermes to chair CLO investor committee
2 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 -
Green QE is future, says BofA
2 years ago
Last week's European Central Bank strategy review confirmed that climate change policies will dictate the shape of future asset purchases, say Bank of America credit strategists -
Tikehau launches high yield impact credit fund
2 years ago
Tikehau says it has committed €30 million of initial capital to the fund, through which it aims to transition companies towards a net zero carbon economy -
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. -
CLO arrangers roll out carpet for ESG CLO warehouses
2 years ago
US arranging banks are offering looser warehouse terms to CLO managers if they can confirm that the resulting CLO will be compliant with environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, sources have told Creditflux. -
Permira takes 2021 Euro CLO volume over €1.4 billion with 2019 deal reset
2 years ago
Barclays arranged the €349.7 million ESG-labelled CLO, in a first-time partnership for the pair -
CLO managers embed new EU sustainable disclosure language in docs after investor push
2 years ago
Bridgepoint, CSAM and Pinebridge are among managers to include language related to the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, following a push from CLO investor Lupus alpha -
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 -
LSTA, LMA and Elfa publish standardised ESG questionnaire for CLO managers
2 years ago
The Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA), Europe’s Loan Markets Association (LMA) and the European Leveraged Finance Association (Elfa) – have teamed up to launch a new ‘standardised’ ESG due diligence questionnaire for CLO managers -
"Technology won’t replace human judgement. In ESG a qualitative review is necessary"
2 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
2 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
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