Industry Voice: Pricing ESG risks in credit markets through volatility, our conviction confirmed
To analyse credit risks with greater precision, we developed a pricing model in 2017 to capture the influence of ESG factors on credit spreads. Today, we revisit our study to understand the impact that 2020 has had on that relationship.
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Back in 2017 we analysed the link between ESG factors and credit spreads
[1] in an effort to refine our ability as fixed income investors to more accurately price factors beyond traditional operating and financial risks. We were able to demonstrate that companies with better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices tended to have lower credit default swap (CDS) spreads, even after controlling for credit ratings and other risk factors. Using the results, we plotted predictions of CDS spreads for given values of ESG scores, drawing an innovative implied ESG pricing curve. In 2018 we published an updated study
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Industry Voice: Impact Opportunities - investing to limit biodiversity loss
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Nature is critical for human existence, but it is under increasing stress - because of us. Human activity, such as consumption, eating habits and energy needs, has altered almost 75% of the earth s surface. Forests are declining at an alarming rate owing to agricultural expansion and climate change, while almost 1m animal and plant species are threatened with extinction
[1]. According to the WWF s Living Planet Report 2020, global wildlife populations fell by 68%, on average, between 1970 and 2016, with some Australian populations plummeting by up to 97%.
It is estimated that damage to our ecosystems and the associated loss of biodiversity could cost the global economy $10tn by 2050