Responsible Investment in Fixed Income Markets

NOTE EDITORE

This book provides the world’s first comprehensive account of responsible investment for fixed income investors. It enables readers to understand the key characteristics of fixed income investments and the relevance of sustainability-related issues to fixed income markets. The expert contributors to this volume explain how sustainability-related issues can be taken into account in fixed income research and decision-making, in portfolio construction, and in active ownership (engagement). They provide a series of detailed case-studies from different parts of the fixed income market (corporate investment grade and high yield, emerging markets, sovereign and municipal debt), from a range of organisations with a variety of investment approaches.The contributors also provide in-depth critical analysis of key issues such as the role and influence of credit rating agencies, green bonds, data and public policy in shaping investment practice. For investors, thisbook provides practical guidance on how to improve the financial and the sustainability performance of their fixed income investments.For stakeholders such as companies, civil society organisations, and governments it allowsthem tounderstand the role that fixed income might play in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to understandhow they might encourage fixed income investors to pay greater attention to sustainability-related issues in their investment practices and processes.

SOMMARIO

1. Introduction Rory Sullivan and Joshua Kendall Part I: Fundamentals 2. Essential Concepts in Fixed Income Investing I: Function and Analysis David Oakes 3. Essential Concepts in Fixed Income Investing II: Participants and Portfolios David Oakes 4. The Landscape of Responsible Investment and Fixed Income Carmen Nuzzo and Sixtine Dubost Part II: Sovereign Investing 5. ESG Factors in Sovereign Debt Investing James Lockhart Smith, Mariana Magaldi de Sousa, My-Linh Ngo, Jana Velebova and David Wille 6. ESG Considerations in Sovereign and Public Finance Credit Analysis Joan Feldbaum-Vidra, Emilie Nadler, and Andrea Torres Villanueva 7. Sovereign ESG Risk Analysis and Engagement Scott Mather and Lupin Rahman Part III: Corporate Investing 8. The Stewardship Mechanisms of Corporate Bond Investors Arabella Turner 9. Connecting ESG factors with Credit Ratings Andrew Steel and Justin Sloggett 10. The Role of ESG Risk Factors in Corporate Credit Analysis Joshua Kendall and Tudor Thomas 11. Responsible Investment Strategies in Corporate Fixed Income Alex Everett and Keith Logan 12. ESG Research in Different Fixed Income Sectors Robert Fernandez Part IV: Impact Investing 13. Impact Investing in Fixed Income Markets Johanna Köb 14. The Impact Bond Market Manuel Adamini and Krista Tukiainen 15. Using Bond Markets to Achieve Issuer Sustainability Outcomes Peter Munro 16. Impact Bonds: Issuers and Investors Radek Ján, Thomas Girard and Thibaut Cuillière Part V: Market Influencers 17. The Role of Sustainable Treasury Teams Arthur Krebbers and Jaspreet Singh 18. ESG Data, Ratings and Indexes Kevin Kwok 19. Assessing the Responsible Investment Performance of Fixed Income Fund Managers Tomi Nummela and Sarika Goel 20. Delivering Sustainable Investment Objectives through the Capital Markets Doris Kramer and Caroline Horbrügger Part VI: Investment Products 21. Investment Product Design and Development Michael Ridley 22. Understanding Trends and Drivers in Fixed Income Investment Products Hortense Bioy and Benjamin Joseph Part VII: Looking Forward 23. Regulation, Policy and Fixed Income Will Martindale 24. Measuring the Impact of Climate Change James Edwards, Tamara Straus and Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme 25. Fixed Income Markets and Responsible Investment: The Past, the Present and the Future Rory Sullivan and Joshua Kendall

AUTORE

Joshua Kendall is Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at Bloomberg, and was previously Head of Responsible Investment Research and Stewardship at Insight Investment. He is an experienced responsible investment practitioner, whose experience extends across investment management, ESG research and stewardship. Dr Rory Sullivan is CEO of Chronos Sustainability and Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. He is an internationally recognised expert on climate change and investment.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780367518325
• Collana: The Responsible Investment Series
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 2.51 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 159 b/w images, 37 tables, 4 halftones and 155 line drawings
• Pagine Arabe: 502
• Pagine Romane: xxviii