All Credit risk and ratings articles – Page 4
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Credit risk case study: Legal & General Investment Management
Case study by Legal & General Investment Management
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Credit risk case study: HSBC Global Asset Management
Case study by HSBC Global Asset Management
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Credit risk case study: Futuregrowth Asset Management
Case study by Futuregrowth Asset Management
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Credit risk case study: BlueBay Asset Management LLP
Case study by BlueBay Asset Management LLP
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Investor case studies on ESG in credit risk analysis
This section contains 15 investor case studies. Contributors are asset owners and investment managers that support the ESG in Credit Ratings Statement and have actively engaged with CRAs through the forums that the PRI has organised as part of the initiative.
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How ESG factors are becoming more explicit in credit rating agency commentaries
Below are examples showing how ESG factors are becoming more explicit in CRA commentaries, adding to the list that the PRI published in part two. Corporate and sovereign credit risk examples are offered in chronological order, showing that rating or outlook changes, which are directly influenced by ESG factors, can ...
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Sovereign versus corporate ESG credit risk analysis
In part one, we highlighted the importance of credit ratings in sovereign debt, with the government debt market by far the largest across FI instruments (p. 20).
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Regional colour from the PRI's ESG in credit risk analysis forums
The forums that the PRI has organised globally have revealed regional differences on three levels: awareness and advancement of ESG consideration; relative sensitivity to ESG factors by country; and regulatory environment and attitudes towards it.
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Rounding off phase one of the PRI's ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative
This report rounds off phase one of the PRI’s ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative, which has served as an important stimulus for investors and CRAs to sharpen their focus on ESG factors. The progress that it has made in a very short time frame – particularly by the large CRAs ...
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Improving the transparent and systematic consideration of ESG factors in credit risk analysis
The PRI has compiled a list of more detailed emerging solutions that have been discussed during the investor-CRA roundtables, aimed at improving the transparent and systematic consideration of ESG factors in credit risk analysis.
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Turning CRA-investor disconnects into action areas
The investor-CRA roundtable discussions revealed that there is broad consensus that ESG factors are not new to credit risk analysis, and that governance is the most important of the three categories when assessing default risk.
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Fostering dialogue between credit rating agencies and investors
This report rounds off a series of three as part of the PRI’s ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative, which started with the launch of the ESG in Credit Ratings Statement in May 2016.
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ESG, credit risk and ratings: part 3 - from disconnects to action areas
Credit risk analysis is evolving. Although the basic tenet of assessing whether an issuer can pay back its obligations on time and in full still holds, the global fixed income (FI) community is increasingly seeking ways to factor in sustainability considerations when allocating capital and managing risks.
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ESG in credit risk analysis: part 2 - exploring the disconnects
Credit rating agency and investor representatives, including Hermes IM, Moody’s Investors Service, Neuberger Berman, Öhman and Pendal Group, discuss the disconnects between investors and credit rating agencies.
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News and press
The PRI publishes its second report on ESG in credit risk analysis and ratings
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has today launched a new report, Shifting perceptions: ESG, credit risk and ratings – part 2: exploring the disconnects, examining the gaps between investors and credit ratings agencies (CRAs) highlighted in its seminal work, Shifting perceptions: ESG, credit risk and ratings – part 1: ...
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Case study
Credit risk case study: Coca Cola Amatil
Case study by Pendal Group (formerly BT Investment Management)
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Credit risk case study: an emerging market quasi-sovereign issuer
Case study by Neuberger Berman
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Credit risk case study: a Canadian mortgage lender
Case study by Manulife Asset Management
