The end of LIBOR

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Implications for investors

Tackling decarbonisation in credit portfolios

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At the international business of Federated Hermes, we have always been at the vanguard of integrating sustainability into investment strategies: we embed ESG analysis and stewardship into our investment decisions. Within that, climate change forms a core part of the investment process. Climate change goals represent a significant portion of the engagement agenda managed by […]

A new shape for restructuring in the EU?

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Rules to create a more harmonised EU-wide approach to restructuring and insolvency were first mooted in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008-9. However, it took until June 2019 for the EU Commission to approve the Directive, which finally comes into force this summer. The key aim of the directive is to introduce more […]

No time like now

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Why investors are moving on ESG

Leading the way in climate-related engagement

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Federated Hermes achieves A+ score in InfluenceMap study

A changing climate in fixed income

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360°, Q1 2021

The latest evolution of distress language in CLO documentation

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The next generation: balancing conservatism versus flexibility in the world of CLOs Financial markets have an uncanny ability to innovate and reinvent themselves. Despite an absence of meaningful losses and defaults, such innovation was evident in the European CLO market after the financial crisis. The focus here lay on structures and documentation, which translated into […]

Global Emerging Markets

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Country allocation review 2021

Hidden factors

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Exploring equity market behaviour in 2020

Spirit of resilience

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Market Risk Insights, Q4 2020