Market Risk Insights
Portfolio triage
ESG Materiality, Q2 2020
Samsung: engaging on governance In 2016, we initiated our position in Samsung and, in doing so, we made a commitment to actively engage in constructive dialogue with the company on material ESG issues. In Q1 2020, we engaged the company predominantly on governance matters. In February 2020, Samsung appointed Jae-wan Bahk, a former finance and […]
Selecting survivors
An attractive entry point for US small caps
Recalibrating the rulebook
360°, Q2 2020
Balancing the carbon equation
How we are investing for a better climate
Pricing ESG risk in sovereign credit
An emerging divergence
A pioneer of responsible investing
Since our first CEO openly challenged a major UK company to improve its governance, to our current leader Saker Nusseibeh being awarded a CBE for services to responsible business, the international business of Federated Hermes has been at the forefront of responsible investing. By catalysing corporate governance reform since our 1983 inception and engaging internationally […]
A meeting of minds
Fusing fundamental and systematic analyses
ABS analysis
Through the ESG lens
Pricing ESG risk in sovereign credit
We believe the findings of this paper will give investors a better understanding of the full range of risks that sovereign bonds involve. It has three main objectives: To establish whether there is a relationship between ESG factors and sovereign CDS spreads; If so, to determine which of the three ESG factors have the strongest […]
