ICE Brings Climate Risk Intelligence to Fixed Income Workflows via Investortools
Intercontinental platform and Investortools have expanded their collaboration by making ICE Climate data available directly within the Investortools platform. The integration embeds ICE’s municipal-level climate risk data into Investortools’ Perform system, enabling fixed income investors to access climate risk indicators as part of their day-to-day investment workflows. The move reflects growing demand from institutional investors to incorporate climate considerations into core fixed income decision-making.
Through the integration, users can apply across credit research, portfolio construction, trade compliance, and performance reporting without leaving the Investortools environment. By placing climate metrics alongside traditional financial and risk analytics, the partnership aims to reduce friction and improve consistency in how climate-related risks are assessed and monitored across teams.
The collaboration is positioned around transparency and long-term risk assessment, particularly for municipal and other location-sensitive . As climate-related events increasingly influence credit profiles and valuation dynamics, integrating these data points into existing platforms is becoming a priority for asset managers viewking to formalise climate risk within investment governance frameworks.
What Data Fixed Income Investors Can Now Use
The ICE Climate data available through Investortools includes forward-looking physical climate risk scores and value-at-risk metrics covering hazards such as flood, hurricane, wildfire, and drought. These indicators are designed to assist investors understand both near-term exposure to extreme weather events and longer-term climate trends that may affect issuer creditworthiness.
Additional metrics available through the integration include emissions data and economic exposure indicators, providing a broader context for assessing climate-related financial risk. Together, these datasets offer a more comprehensive view of how environmental factors may influence fixed income performance, particularly in municipal markets where geographic exposure plays a central role.
Larry Lawrence, Head of ICE Climate, said: “By integrating our climate risk data into the Investortools ecosystem, we’re simplifying the process for credit analysts and portfolio managers to access location-specific risk metrics when and where they need them. We’re excited to expand the reach of our data and provide a more efficient path for clients to incorporate climate risk insights into their investment decisions.”
Why Climate Integration Is Becoming Core to Fixed Income Platforms
The addition of climate data builds on an existing relationship between ICE and Investortools, which already includes access to BondPoint and TMC execution platforms and ICE BofA Indices via the Investortools Dealer Network. With climate risk now added, users can combine evaluated pricing, market data, and environmental risk insights within a single analytical framework.
Mike Green, Co-CEO and of Investortools, said: “By bringing ICE Climate data into the platform, we’re enabling our users to apply climate risk intelligence directly to their existing investment workflows. This integration supports consistent, data-driven analysis across research, risk management, and portfolio teams.” His comments highlight how climate analytics are increasingly treated as a standard input rather than a separate, specialist overlay.
For ICE, the integration extends the reach of its high-reanswer geospatial climate platform, which maps climate, event, and . As regulatory scrutiny and investor expectations around climate risk continue to rise, partnerships that embed climate intelligence into established fixed income systems are likely to play a key role in shaping how markets price and manage long-term environmental risk.
