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"A bit ‘woke’? Possibly. But true corporate sustainability derives from sound governance"
1 year 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 -
Points up front: ESG official rants at ESG
1 year ago
Stuart Kirk, the former head of responsible investing at HSBC Asset Management, signed off on a frank note as he unveiled his resignation on LinkedIn -
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 -
"Boardrooms are being hustled by activist shareholders using ESG data to drive economic value"
2 years ago
Pledges have been made and the Race to Zero has begun. Firms need to put their plans in place -
"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 -
"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 -
"I’m passionate about broader representation within investment teams"
2 years ago
CIP's Leila Donnachy takes our credit quiz -
"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 -
"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 -
"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 -
CLOs seem like Premier League members in the world of finance
2 years ago
The CLO industry is in a privileged position and can wield its power to do good -
"The heterogeneous set of KPIs make comparisons difficult and self-policing hurts credibility"
3 years ago
Loans with ESG ratchets are popular and a good way to align incentives – but we need accountable external reviewers -
"If we have to rely on top-down global political coordination we are all doomed"
3 years ago
ESG can’t be dictated to us by authorities. It’s a way of life -
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 -
Wirecard shows that in an era of ESG analysis, governance still gets relatively short shrift
3 years ago
Wirecard’s spectacular collapse raises questions for auditors, regulators and agencies -
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 -
If you’re not finding black talent, you’re not trying hard enough
3 years ago
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 -
They said it: "How about a carbon reduction covenant?"
4 years ago
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
4 years ago
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.
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