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Jakub Malich
Vice President, MSCI Research
Jakub works as an analyst in MSCI ESG Research, where he focuses on financial institutions and fixed income. He previously served as a buy-side credit and fixed-income analyst at UBS, responsible for covering financial institutions and identifying investment opportunities in their debt. Jakub holds a master’s degree in finance and investment from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA® charterholder.
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Articles by Jakub Malich
Labeled Bonds Quarterly Market Overview Q2 2023
Research Report | Aug 31, 2023 | Jakub Malich, Anett HusiWe assess the latest trends in labeled bonds, from the overall market to specific bond and issuer characteristics, to identify key developments in the rapidly growing and increasingly diverse labeled-bond market.
Labeled Bonds: Quarterly Market Overview Q1 2023
Research Report | Jul 14, 2023 | Jakub Malich, Anett HusiWe assess the latest issuance trends and the overall market by multiple bond and issuer characteristics to identify key developments in the rapidly growing and increasingly diverse labeled-bond market.
Labeled-Bond Issuance and Cost of Debt
Research Report | Jul 7, 2023 | Jakub Malich, Anett HusiWe explore three reasons why issuers typically issue labeled bonds: financing impact projects, financing their own environmental goals and building rapport with sustainability-oriented stakeholders. Have these issuers also enjoyed lower debt costs?
Green Bonds and Climate — Towards a Quantitative Method
Research Report | May 22, 2023 | Michael Ridley, Jakub Malich, Meghna MehtaWhile examining use of proceeds remains a key element of analyzing green bonds, we highlight four additional metrics to assess these bonds and their issuers in a more quantitative way. They offer a new set of lenses with which to tackle the analysis.
Banks, ESG and Nonperforming Loans During Covid-19
6 mins read Blog | Oct 1, 2020 | Jakub MalichHave banks with stronger ESG risk management practices been more financially resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic? We look at the asset quality, profitability and capitalization of banks around the world.