The current interest rate environment is driving a rise in downgrades, special situations and liability management exercises. But how to know which of the increasing number of stressed and distressed credits are worth adding to — or keeping in — the portfolio?

In this week’s episode of Cloud 9fin, senior reporter Bianca Boorer sits down with Rob Fawn, a portfolio manager in the European leveraged finance team at PGIM Fixed Income, to talk about how this new era is creating new challenges and new opportunities for leveraged finance teams.

Finance is about money, obviously, but it’s also about narratives. That’s especially true in the world of activist investing and proxy battles, and in the high-stakes arena of distressed debt.

In an age where news travels faster — and through more channels — than ever before, how do companies and investors manage their messaging?

For this week’s episode of Cloud 9fin, our global head of distressed debt and restructuring, Max Frumes, sat down with Jude Gorman, the co-founder of communications firm Collected Strategies, to find out.

The SBTi’s sudden change in stance on the use of carbon credits came as a shock in the world of sustainable finance last week.

In this episode, our hosts Sammy Cole and Oliver Wise, unpack the latest events and talk to Nawar Alsaadi, the CEO and founder of Kanata Advisors, a sustainable fintech advisory firm based in Toronto, to get his take on the decision.

We’ll take a closer look at the uproar that followed the SBTi’s flip of the script and shine a light on the governance concerns raised by SBTi insiders. We’ll also cover the issues that have plagued carbon markets in recent years and underline why it’s crucial to establish robust and verifiable offset standards.