Jason Mortimer

Sustainability is shifting from a compliance requirement to a central driver of credit investing. Geopolitical pressures, energy security concerns, and heightened governance scrutiny are accelerating this change, while environmental sustainability is increasingly viewed as a determinant of long-term resilience and value creation.

This session will explore how reframing ESG as a strategic lens in credit allocation, underwriting, and risk assessment. Gain insights into the evolving expectations of asset owners, the new risks and opportunities this creates across public and private credit markets, and how mainstream strategies can deliver both performance and measurable real-world impact.

The once-clear boundaries between syndicated loans, high yield, and direct lending are breaking down, with different regions approaching convergence in unique ways. In the U.S., private credit is intersecting with liquid markets through securitisation and bank retrenchment. In Europe, regulatory reform and bank disintermediation are spurring semi-liquid and structured solutions. Across Asia, private credit is filling financing gaps in infrastructure and SMEs, often through cross-border capital flows.

This session will explore how regional trends, regulatory frameworks, and investor demand are driving convergence globally and what that means for allocation, risk management, and product innovation.