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2023-10-19 03:15:00 ET Summary Investors turn to sustainable strategies for attractive return potential and opportunities to align with environmental or social themes. Stocks have offered the most attractive long-term return potential compared to other assets, but they’re p...
2023-08-22 05:29:00 ET Summary Objective Measurement: Investors must objectively measure the fair value of Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to avoid overpaying for non-pecuniary features of the bond. Establishing Norms: As the SLB market expands, well-established norms at the is...
2023-07-25 03:47:00 ET Summary Investors in ESG-labeled bonds expect well-structured issues with strong green or social credentials to command higher prices than the same issuer’s conventional bonds. We find that many older ESG-labeled bonds issued in the 2018–2019 e...
2023-06-22 06:30:00 ET Summary Sustainable bonds expand the trading universe for fixed income managers of all stripes, complementing ESG public equities that investors can also go both long and short. As with traditional loans, sustainable loans afford securitization into sustaina...
2023-06-13 03:30:00 ET Summary ESG-labeled bonds have come a long way quickly, and innovation shows no signs of slowing. Given the SLB market's nascency, its sample size is significantly smaller. The good SLBs can offer compelling yield and close alignment with investors' ESG ...
After record bond issuance in 2020 and profits hitting new highs, many companies are debating “What should we do with all this money?”. Given the limited impact to interest costs, I would expect high-quality companies to exhibit fewer bondholder-friendly spending habits....