Sustainable Debt: Impact and Allocation Webinar
As we move into the next phase of ESG investing, bondholders are reviewing the value of their portfolios. Are their investments making an impact and if so, how much? It is a challenging question to address because the answer requires access to documentation, expertise to extract the data, and resources to scale.
Join Bloomberg experts to discuss the sustainable fixed income market, managing the complexities of impact and allocation data, and learn more about the Bloomberg Terminal and Enterprise Data workflows.
Speakers
Joshua Kendall
Head of Sustainable Fixed Income
Bloomberg
Joshua Kendall is Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at Bloomberg, developing sustainable investment solutions for the fixed income market. Joshua is the author and co-editor of the book Responsible Investment in Fixed Income, published by Routledge in 2022. Previously, Joshua was Head of Responsible Investment Research and Stewardship at Insight Investment, a UK-headquartered investment manager and one of the world’s foremost fixed income investment managers. In this role, he applied responsible investment themes into fixed income investing, stewardship activities and portfolio management, and led the development of various innovative and industry leading ESG processes, covering climate change, impact investing, corporate debt, structured finance, and sovereign debt. Joshua has more than twelve years’ responsible investment experience, having held roles at MSCI, GMI Ratings and the Principles for Responsible Investment. He has written extensively on responsible investment and ESG issues, is a contributor to many industry initiatives, and is regularly interviewed by the trade and business press on sustainable investment issues. He holds an MSc from the University of London, a BA (Hons) from the University of Manchester and is completing the EMBA programme at Henley Business School. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and helped to develop its ESG Certificate.
Sunny Qu
ESG Data Feed Product Manager
Bloomberg
Sunny Qu is responsible for Sustainable Finance Enterprise Data product servicing customers with systematic data needs across buy side & sell side markets. This includes oversight of the flagship Sustainable Fixed Income product plus reported ESG data, proprietary ESG scores and third-party sustainability datasets. Sunny has deep data expertise across 15-years in various quantitative and research data roles both at Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Sunny holds dual MSc in Environmental and Development Economics from University of Oslo and World Economy from Fudan University. She also holds CFA and FRM certificates.
Dan Covello
Senior Fixed Income Data Specialist
BLOOMBERG L.P.
Dan Covello is a Data Specialist within Bloomberg's Sustainable Fixed Income (SFI) team managing the procurement, review, and distribution of SFI data. Over 22 years, Dan has implemented technology to streamline Bloomberg's acquisition and quality control processes. As such, he coordinates efforts between Product Management and Engineering to efficiently deliver new products and services while also ensuring data integrity. Prior to joining the SFI team in July of 2022, Dan was a senior member of the Client Data Management (CDM) team with a focus on New Issues (Credit), the foundation of Bloomberg's New Issue Monitor, New Issue Pipeline, and League tables. Dan graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Economics and a minor in Sociology.