Responsible Fixed Income
Parametric’s Responsible Fixed Income strategies help investors align their bond holdings with their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles.
Our approach to responsible investing makes it simple to customize fixed income portfolios in a straightforward and scalable way. We strive to deliver both strong returns and positive impact, including environmental sustainability, social equity, and accountable governance.
With our partners at Calvert Research and Management, we deliver customized solutions designed around each investor’s objectives. Calvert’s ESG research helps investors determine the precise exposures they want, delivered via Parametric’s customized separately managed accounts.
Research driven
Calvert’s analysis dives deep into financially material ESG characteristics affecting company and issuer performance.
Client directed
Our customized ESG portfolios seek to provide precise market exposure and active tax management for each investor’s unique needs.
Explore our fixed income solutions
Parametric Calvert Municipal Bond Portfolios
This strategy adds ESG customization to our Laddered Fixed Income and Managed Municipals strategies. We base our security selection on Calvert’s ESG research framework, which identifies municipal credits for positive social and environmental impact.
Investors will be able to support responsible municipal projects in the following areas:
- > Renewable energy
- > Pollution control
- > Clean water
- > Viable waste
- > Education
- > Health care
- > Public transportation
- > Affordable housing
- > Sound financial controls
- > Feasible capital plans
- > Operational transparency
- > Data disclosure
Responsible muni strategy overview
Parametric Responsible Corporate Bond Portfolios
This strategy combines our credit research experience and institutional purchasing power to diversify portfolios across sectors and issuers. Investors can use Parametric’s menu of ESG screen options and Calvert’s proprietary research to identify ESG-eligible investments.
These strategies give your clients:
We offer systematic rules-based exposure to the corporate bond market.
We weight maturity exposures equally over a portion of the yield curve.
We build our portfolios to meet your clients’ unique circumstances.
Why choose Parametric?
Laddered Interest Rate Scenario Tool
Intended benefits of responsible bond portfolios
Values-aligned investing
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We invest in bond issues that look to improve social outcomes through environmentally and socially beneficial projects.
Comprehensive research
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Our holistic approach to research is designed to apply the most material ESG factors to our investment analysis.
Thought leadership
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We provide advisors with advanced insights and training, including tips and tactics to build their responsible investing capabilities.
Reporting
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Our reports provide transparency into how we apply ESG criteria to your clients’ portfolios, including our measurements and metrics.
2022 Investment Stewardship Report
A combination of proxy voting and targeted shareholder engagement can help strengthen companies, protect shareholder capital, and benefit economies and communities. Learn more about our stewardship activities in 2022:
- Our outreach to more than 150 companies on practice-improvement discussions
- Our engagement with international companies on human trafficking
- Our votes at 10,438 shareholder meetings in 89 countries
More to explore
Fixed Income ESG Outlook 2023: Inflows and Issuance on the Rise
by Lauren Kashmanian, Director, Portfolio Management and Responsible Investing
March 13, 2023
Increasing consumer demand and growing greenwashing concerns are pushing policymakers toward regulating ESG-labeled bonds differently.
Can Responsible Municipal Bond Portfolios Deliver Both Positive Social Impact and Strong Financial Returns?
by Lauren Kashmanian, Director, Portfolio Management and Responsible Investing
March 1, 2023
Explore how an ESG municipal bond strategy can have a strong social and financial payoff.
How to Avoid Greenwashing in Bond Portfolios
by Lauren Kashmanian, Director, Portfolio Management and Responsible Investing
May 16, 2022
What should fixed income investors make of bonds with a green use of proceeds but a not-so-green issuer? Find out if greenwashed bonds belong in responsible investing portfolios.
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