RI INSIGHT – Fixed Income: ESG in the world’s largest asset class

Fixed income is the world’s largest asset class with government and corporate bonds accounting for some 35% of global institutional investment. But to date, bonds haven’t received the attention on material ESG factors they should have, given the importance of their allocation and the relatively long time that investors hold them for. This is changing dramatically, reflecting a number of key evaluations by institutional investors about the sustainability of bond investments.