Bonds

It’s the largest transaction certified under the Climate Bonds Standard.

Eurosystem banks amass €6bn holding in the asset class

ISO is one of several groups working on industry standards

Move takes Fonds De Compensation’s ESG mandates to more than €4bn

How can investors think about sustainability in their wider corporate bond portfolios, and how are regulators and other public bodies beginning to address climate risk in bond markets? In this webinar, our experts discuss the current efforts being made to integrate ESG into the asset class and some of the lessons learnt so far. Speakers: Tomas Morsing, Head of Quant Strategies, Swedish pension fund AP2 Carmen Nuzzo, Senior Consultant, ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative, PRI Lev Dynkin, MD, Head of the Quantitative Portfolio Strategy Group, Barclays Research Moderated by Sophie Robinson-Tillett, Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor Further Readings: https://www.investmentbank.barclays.com/our-insights/ESG-investing-yields-positive-returns-in-select-bond-markets.html?icid=ESG2_RIwebinar

Lending books are arguably where the rubber hits the road for originating sustainable projects, but how do banks and other lenders identify ESG risks in loan books, and stimulate opportunities to lend to sustainable projects? In this sessions, our experts will discuss a number of initiatives that have been started to address mortgage lending, price adjustments and assessing risk exposure. Speakers confirmed: Jakob Thomä, Director, 2° Investing Initiative Florence Palandri, Climate Finance Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative Roland Mees, Director of Sustainable Finance, ING Bank Luca Bertalot, Secretary General of European Mortgage Federation, European Covered Bond Council Moderated by Sophie Robinson-Tillett, Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

A growing number of investors are screening out companies from lending portfolios because of exposure to climate change and other sustainability risks, but sovereign portfolios are often not assessed in the same way. This webinar looks at why: how serious are the sovereign default risks arising from ESG, how can they be quantified, and do investors have a responsibility to engage with governments on policy through bond buying? Speakers confirmed: Gabriel Torres, Vice President & Senior Credit Officer for Sovereigns, Moody's Lupin Rahman, Head of Emerging Market Sovereign Credit, PIMCO Bob Buhr, Honorary Research Fellow, Imperial College Business School Moderated by Sophie Robinson-Tillett, Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

Ex-UN climate negotiator issued challenge at PRI in Person 2017

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