| Sustainability and the Sovereign Bond Market Contributor(s): Hardiman, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 3846526037 ISBN-13: 9783846526033 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $60.53 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6" W x 9" (0.42 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A sound economy will be managed with attention to the social and environmental impacts of development, and sustainability assessments consider this. Do sovereign credit ratings and bond instruments consider this too? This text examines the possibility of national-level sustainability assessments providing an advantage in investment in government bonds. In the study contained in this book, a range of sustainability assessments were used to direct the construction of sovereign bond portfolios, with the performance of these portfolios tracked against a global benchmark index. Whilst the performance of any investment is determined by a wide range of factors, the results of this study indicated that some advantage could be found in using national-level sustainability indicators as an additional investment tool. |