ESG integration outperforms since 2014 in Europe; Amundi study finds

Amundi has released the key findings of its study on the impact of ESG investing on fixed income portfolios.  Since 2014, the integration of ESG has created alpha in EUR-denominated fixed income portfolios. Indeed, for Euro-denominated investment grade (IG) bonds portfolio, the annual excess credit return of long/short strategy between best-in-class bonds (20% best-rated according to ESG scores) and worst-in-class bonds (20% worst-rated according to ESG scores) bonds reaches 37 bps. This holds for the overall ESG score, as well as for individual E, S or G scores. Likewise, if the trac...