Opportunities in ESG-oriented solutions

April 22, 2022

Konstantin Boehmer

MBA

SVP, Head of Fixed Income, Portfolio Manager

Andrew Vasila

CFA

Senior Investment Analyst, ESG & Global Fixed Income

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The United Nations has declared climate change the greatest threat that modern humanity has ever faced.

The Mackenzie Fixed Income Team has provided funding to leading issuers in the fight against climate change, transformational initiatives reshaping the scope of Canada’s energy sector, and global credits aimed at advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. We recognize that we must continue to use our presence to advocate for sustainability, equality and accountability of corporations and governments around the world.

Our recent whitepaper can help you:

Recognize ESG risk and realize opportunities
Learn the fundamentals with our Sustainable Debt 101 Infographic
Better understand opportunities in sustainably labelled debt
The future of sustainable debt

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Meet your authors

Konstantin Boehmer

MBA

SVP, Head of Fixed Income, Portfolio Manager

Joined Mackenzie in 2013

Responsible for active management of $60 billion of global fixed income assets using fundamental and quantitative/technical strategies
Previously, held senior fixed income portfolio management roles in Germany and New York at a global investment firm
BA in European business and Spanish; MBA from the Sloan School of Management, MIT

Andrew Vasila

CFA

Senior Investment Analyst, ESG & Global Fixed Income

Joined Mackenzie in 2019

Responsible for developing and analyzing proprietary models, used across the team’s investment research and portfolio management processes
Worked to evolve the team’s research capabilities with respect to sovereign risk analytics, pension preparedness, and quantitative ESG scoring for corporate and sovereign issuers
BASc in Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering and BA in Economics from Queen’s University