SRI Crossover 2026 Strategy

After more than a decade characterised by low, or even negative, interest rates, the sharp rise in bond yields has profoundly transformed the investment landscape for institutional investors. For insurers in particular, this new landscape presents both an opportunity – to rebuild returns – and a challenge, given increasingly stringent prudential, accounting and balance sheet management constraints.Against this backdrop, repackaged structured products, and in particular SPIRE-type structures, have seen a marked resurgence in interest since 2024, from institutionnel investors and namely insurers. Far from being mere tactical instruments, these products are gradually establishing themselves as genuine financial engineering tools serving sophisticated asset-liability management.

Every month, find out all about the sustainable market bonds news in our newsletter "MySustainableCorner".

For the seventh episode of Transitions, we explored the mounting role of ESG data in shaping financial analysis and guiding investment strategy, with Sophie Palagos, Credit & Sustainability Analyst and Marc Estagnasié, ESG strategist, Cross-functional projects & Data.