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M&G Public Fixed Income - ESG engagement in the China property sector

5 min read 21 Dec 21

At M&G, ESG analysis is considered vital in complementing the traditional credit research undertaken by our analysts, allowing us to gain a more comprehensive picture of the risks affecting a particular fixed income security.

  • We believe that company engagement forms a key part of this analysis, and recently initiated an engagement process with companies in the Chinese real estate sector.
  • We think that closer ESG engagement with these companies – many of whom are significant bond issuers – will ultimately help us to enhance risk-adjusted returns for long-term bondholders, particularly at a time when the sector is coming under increasing scrutiny for its rapid, debt-fuelled growth.

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The value and income from a fund’s assets will go down as well as up. This will cause the value of your investment to fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you originally invested.