Opportunities in ESG-oriented solutions

April 22, 2022
Konstantin Boehmer
MBA
SVP, Co-Lead of Fixed Income Team, Head of Global Macro, Portfolio Manager
Andrew Vasila
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, Co-Lead of Fixed Income Team, Head of Global Macro, 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
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