ESG Fixed Income Research Associate
About the role
At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures. MFS is an investment management firm representing retail and institutional clients worldwide. Founded in 1924, we have a global footprint of investment professionals and manage more than $550 billion in equity and fixed income assets. Our mission is to allocate capital responsibly on behalf of our clients. We engage in that mission by understanding all the financially material factors that may impact the issuers we own. MFS' ESG integration strategy is not based on creating new products or implementing exclusions. Instead, we conduct rigorous, security-level analysis that allows us to develop a nuanced understanding of the financially material ESG risks and opportunities facing each fixed income or equity issuer. As a result, MFS' sustainability team—which has always been part of our investment team—plays an integral role in each step of the investment decision making process, collaborating with other investment professionals to drive the best long-term outcomes for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Support a team of two experienced fixed income ESG analysts to utilize general investment and fixed income expertise in collaborating with analysts, portfolio managers, and others on security-specific and thematic ESG research
- Work closely with other members of the equity and fixed income investment team to prepare for and conduct effective issuer engagements
- Enhance integration frameworks in fixed income sub asset classes (e.g. securitized, muni, and sovereign).
- Communicate with clients and other external parties regarding MFS' equity and fixed income ESG research and stewardship activity
- Represent MFS in various sustainability organizations/initiatives
- Participate in ad-hoc projects as necessary