Fiona Reynolds, managing director of Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), explores how the fixed income sector is embracing responsible investment strategies.
The economic turbulence of recent years highlighted the need for investors to reth ink the way they analyse creditworthiness. Analysing traditional key performance indicators is no longer enough to provide a full picture of the risks or opportunities presented by a particular issuer. The integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in ‘mainstream’ fixed income investment should work because of the common focus on producing stable incomes to meet liabilities over the medium and long term. A recent report published by Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) explo...
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