Summary of the session
30 minutes structured CPD
Synopsis
Applying ESG to credit investing:
- Properly assessing a company’s environmental, social and governance credentials gives credit investors an edge
- How to select issuers with strong financial sustainability and ESG credentials to navigate the credit cycle and ESG risks
- Credit management requires a customised ESG approach
Learning objectives
The learning objectives of this session are to:
- Consider four sources of ESG actions with reference to specific cases
- Gain an appreciation of the way in which ESG can generate performance in a credit portfolio
- Increase awareness of the annual return difference between portfolios with high and low ESG scores in the US & Euro IG Market
- Understand how ESG enriches traditional credit analysis and how the two are mutually reinforcing
- Understand how the full potential of ESG can be better harnessed with a holistic approach comprised of financial and ESG factors
Assessment
Pass = 4 out of 5
Support
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