In this podcast, Mitch Reznick, Co-Head of Hermes Credit & Head of Credit Research, looks at how ESG integration manifests itself across the varying fixed income products at Hermes. The following principal members of each of the fixed income teams join Mitch to discuss how ESG integration and engagement works for them: Patrick Marshall, Head of Private Debt & CLOs, Vincent Nobel, Head of Asset Based Lending and Andrew Lennox, ABS Portfolio Manager

A flood of recent media coverage has highlighted how society’s addiction to plastics is pushing the environment to the limit. But behind the demonisation of plastic itself lies the need for a paradigm shift in the way we produce and consume goods.

Despite ongoing disintermediation in the European direct-lending market, strong origination agreements with banks continue to be vital to access high-quality loans – particularly in the mid-market space. In this podcast Patrick Marshall, Head of Private Debt and CLOs and Laura Vaughan, Head of Direct Lending explain why.

From a distance, it is easy to conclude that Egypt is an arid environment for investors. Being only 0.13% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the country is easily dismissed given its questionable democracy, high rate of inflation, recent currency devaluation and twin deficits.

ESG investing is an established practice in equity markets, where shareholders can exercise voting rights and engage companies on sustainability concerns. In this Hermes podcast, we ask: why is analysing environmental, social and governance risk – or ESG risk – important for fixed-income investors?

Andrew Parry, Head of Sustainable Investing at Hermes explains how the generational shift is happening in Sustainable Investing.

Dan Churchouse, Associate Director for UK Wholesale, sits down with Eoin Murray, Head of Investment to better understand why ESG matters when it comes to investing.

Andrew Parry, Head of Sustainable Investing, Equities Management explains the importance of sustainability at Hermes.