In this paper we investigate the possible benefits of integrating ESG considerations into fixed income portfolio construction. When we create portfolios ranked by a composite ESG value or by an environmental ranking we find evidence to suggest that higher ESG rankings produce an improvement in...

This paper models ContinuousWorkout Mortgages (CWMs) in an economic environment with refinancings and prepayments by employing a market-observable variable such as the house price index of the pertaining locality. Our main results include: (a) explicit modelling of repayment and interest-only...