Publications
Solar Can’t Scale in the Dark
This paper argues that IFC’s Scaling Solar program is an ambitious and thoughtfully designed…
TEAL EMERY: A chance to reshuffle the stacked decks of net zero measurements
I wrote an Op-Ed in South Africa’s premier financial newspaper. The article targets South African…
Another Way of Looking at a Country’s Carbon Footprint: A Tale of Switzerland and South Africa
How should sovereign debt investors think about ‘Paris Alignment’? Shikeb Farooqui, Joe…
Analysis of Pacific National Funds Investment Strategies and Results: Regional Comparative Study
Pacific Island nations are on the frontlines of climate change. On behalf of regional Finance and…
Progress Towards a Sovereign ESG 2.0 Framework - An Update
This past summer, I launched Teal Insights, a research consulting firm focusing on uncovering…
A New Dawn
How can we fix the structural problems of Sovereign ESG investing, and better align it with the…
Paving the Path
As part of a team including former Chilean Finance Minister, Felipe Larrain, we distilled lessons…
Demystifying Sovereign ESG
As ESG investing has progressed from its origins in equity markets to sovereign fixed income…
ESG and Sovereign Fixed Income Investing: A Better Way
I created Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s first Sovereign ESG framework. This paper…
ESG: The Impact of Governance on Emerging Market External Debt Returns
In this paper, I shed light on ESG investing by focusing on governance and examining its…
Opportunities for Outperformance in Frontier Fixed Income Markets
In this paper, I take a systematic look at frontier markets, their role in emerging market (EM)…
Are Emerging Market Foreign Currencies Finally Attractive?
This paper, from 2015, examines the attractiveness of emerging market currency (EMFX) valuations…