Fixed Income Outlook 2022: Low yields and omicron impact
Low interest rate environment continues to present challenges for the bond market
Bonds
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Sharp uptick in social bonds: Blip or trend?
Covid-19 has accelerated the growth of social financing
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Sharp uptick in social bonds: Blip or trend?
Social bonds raised $147.7bn in 2020 – more than seven times the $20bn figure in 2019 But is the trajectory likely to continue? Malika Takhtayeva, ESG analyst, sustainable fixed income lead at BNP Paribas Asset Management, believes the massive increase in money raised underscores their appeal as a potentially significant force for effecting social changes…
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China to allow GSS panda bond issuance
The pilot programme will authorise overseas issuers to issue social and sustainable development bonds
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Vanguard’s own goal: Carbon-heavy holdings and $3trn climate risk
Think tank Universal Owner claims asset manager is doing harm to the market on which it depends
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Sustainability-linked bonds: The ultimate ‘win-win’ in fixed income?
EFG AM’s head of fixed income describes SLBs as a ‘solution that unites two stakeholders together to their mutual benefit’
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ESG factors to make monetary policy predictions tougher
T. Rowe Price’s Quentin Fitzsimmons says to tackle climate change, central banks could make changes to bond-buying programmes
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ESG factors to make monetary policy predictions tougher
T. Rowe Price’s Quentin Fitzsimmons says to tackle climate change, central banks could make changes to bond-buying programmes.
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Calls for sovereign bond to curb Brazil deforestation
Planet Tracker and Grantham Institute urge Brazil to issue bond linked to curbing deforestation
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ESG impacts credit ratings
Covid-19 has accelerated many credit-relevant ESG trends that will be of growing importance in rating agencies’ assessment of bond issuers’ credit quality.
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Climate news has negative impact on bond returns
Candriam and Kedge Business School study finds real estate, industrials and consumer discretionary most affected
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FTSE Russell launches climate inflation-linked index
Inflation-linked securities across the world has grown to $4trn.