Climate change
European funds fret over merits and risks of ethical labels
Managers unsure whether to “aspire to” or “run away” from new ESG classifications for funds
EU fund managers confused by new ESG designations
Vague rules leave managers unsure which categories to apply to their funds
Estimating financial risks from the energy transition: potential impacts from decarbonization in the European power sector
The authors present an integrated assessment of energy transition risk that links future energy scenarios to a structural economic model.
FSB offers loud warning and muted response on climate risk
Global regulators say risks are near-term and cross-border, but propose only data collection
Banks explore ESG-linked deal contingents
Trend for tying derivatives to ethical criteria could soon extend to deal contingent hedges
CFTC’s Behnam: regulators must be alert to ‘greenwashing’
Risk USA: ESG products that miss sustainability goals may fall foul of customer protection rules
BoE warns banks: start preparing for a higher carbon price
Risk Live: stress tests should assume rising carbon price, regardless of government policy, says Breeden
Joe Biden’s slow road to remaking US financial regulation
Moves on climate risk could come early; other changes may have to wait until end of 2021, or later
Banks fold climate, pandemic and cyber risks into CCAR
OpRisk North America: anchoring idiosyncratic risks to macro scenarios a challenge, say experts
Banks, regulators call for global climate risk standards
Carney and Winters warn private sector cannot move much further without lawmakers
Fulcrum hangs ESG designs on honing hard numbers
ESG risks will become part of investment and risk management processes across all funds at the firm
Podcast: the difficulties of decarbonisation
What are energy firms doing to measure and mitigate transition risk?
CalSTRS CIO: new derivatives needed to hedge ESG risks
Second-largest US pension fund has also reduced fixed income allocation to 12% as rates have fallen
State regulators could lead on CFTC climate risk plans
Sympathetic rulemakers don’t need to wait for a change of federal government, say experts
Q&A: Robert Litterman on the CFTC climate risk report
Chair of industry sub-committee – and famed quant – says carbon dividend plan essential to create right incentives
Deal of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Ethical funds balk at Europe’s new disclosure regime
Proposals for 32 reporting criteria are “unmanageable”, complain asset managers
Q&A: New York Fed’s Stiroh on climate change and Covid
Co-chair of Basel task force discusses possible supervisory approaches to climate risk
Power surge: the evolution of PPAs
Energy industry expert looks at key developments in the power purchase agreements market
Carbon pricing paths to a greener future, and potential roadblocks to public companies’ creditworthiness
In this paper, the authors introduce a valuation-based approach to estimate how energy transition risk may impact the creditworthiness of public companies globally within the next thirty years.
Rise of ethical swaps brings hedging questions
Banks ponder how to offset risks of ESG derivatives – or whether hedging is even desirable
Climate charges, CCP contagion and the post-Libor world
The week on Risk.net, May 23-29, 2020
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