Insight Investment, a global asset and risk manager with £665.1bn under management, has hired Chandra Gopinathan as Head of Responsible Investment Research.
Chandra is responsible for leading Insight’s sustainability-related research activities and integrating research findings to improve decision making. He is based in London and reports to Robert Sawbridge, Head of Responsible Investment.
“Chandra has impressive experience gained over two decades across investment strategy, credit, stewardship, climate and Net Zero initiatives with a specific focus on fixed income,” says Robert Sawbridge. “He has proven experience of implementing and delivering responsible investment research programmes in institutional markets and comes with an important understanding of asset owner requirements in this space.”
Prior to joining Insight, Chandra was a senior investment manager at Railpen where he co-led the credit strategy and manager selection team, analysing credit risk for inclusion in the investment process. He has played a leading role in developing industry guidelines for bondholders with regard to sustainability issues, chairing both the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) Bondholder Stewardship working group and the Asset Owner Working Group of the Transition Pathway Initiative.
Insight believes that investment managers must be able to draw upon a deep bank of academic research demonstrating rigorous financial analysis that underpins investment decisions. This is especially true for sustainability and responsible investment, where it is crucial to separate reality from rhetoric.
Insight’s dedicated research seeks to inform its global investment capabilities and support investment strategies seeking sustainability outcomes alongside a financial return. Insight’s Responsible Horizons strategies invest across fixed income markets and look to emphasise the best and avoid the worst performers on environmental and social issues, with dedicated strategies focused on the green and social ‘impact bond’ markets. Insight is working towards incorporating net-zero objectives in buy-and-maintain credit portfolios which are widely owned by UK defined benefit pension scheme clients.
In 2024, Insight was ranked in first place for Overall Fixed Income Quality (Investment Quality and Service Quality) by UK Investment Consultants and has been ranked in first place for Overall Fixed Income Quality in nine of the last 11 years.3 Additionally, Insight was named Sustainable Corporate Bond manager of the Year in Professional Pensions Investment Awards4 and Fixed Income Manager of the Year at the UK Pensions Awards.
Insight is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY”) (NYSE:BK), a global
financial services company.
