ESG & Sustainable Investing

Here we lift the lid on how typical ESG scoring models work in fixed income, with the help of some real-world examples that will help explain why some companies score well and others poorly. Some of the results will surprise you.

Collateralised Loan Obligations, or CLOs, are bond instruments issued to fund a specific pool of loans, typically senior secured or ‘leveraged’ loans, to companies.

Last week Oodle Financial Services successfully priced its fifth UK Auto ABS transaction, Dowson 2022-1.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered fresh debate about ESG considerations in fixed income, particularly when it comes to emerging markets assets.

Last year the Fortune 500 had a record 41 women CEOs. Yet US women earned just $83 for each $100 by men on average, reflecting the corporate ladder’s ‘broken rungs.’ This blog looks at female led company profiles, workplace headwinds for women, and ways to improve the flow of meritocracy.

With environmental and social factors rightly growing in prominence in the field of ESG, TwentyFour portfolio manager Chris Bowie explains why governance should still matter to bond investors

The nature we depend on is bleeding as natural habitat is cleared to support population growth, consumption and waste. Nature, society and the health of our portfolios are interlinked. This blog ties biodiversity hot spots to the impact of individual companies. Get ahead of risk and regulation.

TwentyFour Asset Management’s portfolio management team offer bond issuers three tips on improving their ESG data disclosure, and explain why companies shouldn’t attempt to fool them.

In recent months and years we have seen remarkable growth in the number of ESG-focused or sustainable investment strategies being offered by asset managers, a trend that first emerged in the equity market but is now making itself felt in the world of fixed income.

Graeme Anderson shares five lessons from sustainable bond investing, including how E and S are catching up to G and why Coca-Cola scores higher than Tesla.

To many, investing in sustainability is commonsense. To some, it is more of a bureaucratic waste of time with onerous new regulations. To us, it is clear that ESG is an integral part of evaluating business quality because, simply put, sustainability has a material impact on long-term value.

We can model all kinds of credit risk as long as there is enough protection in the structure for investors to get comfortable with a degree of residual value risk.