T Rowe Price

FIS Singapore 2025

Why the energy transition won’t die with Trump 2.0

Despite the uptick in anti-ESG sentiment that’s come with Donald Trump’s return to the White House, large institutional investors are certain that innovations in transition technology will continue and that the broader world has not changed course on the journey to decarbonisation.

Darcy SongApril 4, 2025

FIS Oxford 2024

Blue bonds: The next wave of sustainable finance?

The blue bond market can provide an innovative means of supporting the critically underfunded blue economy and blue bonds offer a compelling opportunity in fixed income with untapped impact potential. Challenges include illiquidity in the market and where to place the investment in a portfolio.

Sarah RundellNovember 26, 2024

Sustainability

Collaboration needed in ESG movement

A cohort of ESG risks like climate change, lost biodiversity and poor working conditions have pushed sustainability centre stage, a roundtable of industry-wide experts who connected via video conference recently discussed.

Sarah RundellSeptember 8, 2020

Uncategorised posts

UniSuper defies accepted thinking

Mention any asset class to John Pearce, chief investment officer of Australian superannuation fund UniSuper, and he will doggedly set out the good and bad thinking around it. A common source of his ire is the sight of investors herding around a belief based on a lack of rigorous thinking. Good practice for him involves […]

David RowleyJune 12, 2013

Asset Classes

Past volatility making way for future steady yields

The role of emerging markets debt is evolving from a return-enhancer to providing some buffer against volatile markets. Emerging markets debt has been one of the best performing asset classes in the last decade but experts say those spectacular returns may be a thing of the past. There are signs emerging markets debt is becoming […]

SAM RILEYJuly 11, 2012

Emerging Markets

Strong investor interest in corporate debt

Emerging markets corporate debt is taking on a bigger role in fixed-income portfolios with attractive yields and strong underlying fundamentals relative to both sovereign and developed-market high-yield debt attracting investors. While still beholden to sell-offs in risk assets, emerging markets corporate debt has seen strong inflows from institutional investors driven by returns that have outperformed […]