ESG
ESG strategies: special report 2021
This Risk.net special report comprises a series of articles that reflect on the latest initiatives for consistent standardised global frameworks for measuring ESG, consider the methodologies investors are using to make measurable progress for people and…
ESG strategy, investment and risk
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How State Street came to vote against polluting companies
SSGA will vote against companies that do too little on climate, but won’t abandon them entirely
Climate risk takes scenario analysis and stress-testing to the next level
Financial institutions are facing several challenges as they prepare for the transition risk journey that will see them evaluating their existing risk and finance solutions. Ludwig Dickens, client advisor, risk business consulting, at SAS discusses what…
Did COP26 deliver?
Jaspreet Duhra, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), explores the opportunities that came out of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and why S&P DJI will continue to produce rules-based indices that align with a 1.5° Celsius scenario
Systemic banks: black boxes on green issues
Less talk and more action needed around climate disclosures linked to carbon emissions
Litigation threats seen delaying SEC climate disclosure rules
Efforts to demonstrate materiality of exposures to investment decision-making is taking longer than expected, say lawyers
Demand for ESG structured notes spells hedging pain for banks
As products linked to niche equity indexes grow in popularity, banks grapple with vol risk they pose
In over their heads? How greenwashing overwhelms regulators
Difficult to identify and difficult to prove: asset managers doubt regulators’ ability to crack down
EU’s new carbon-scoring metric bedevils investors
Buy-side risk survey 2021: Evic could have harmful consequences for green investing
Copping out on climate change: buy-side risk survey
Only 9% say front-line staff have climate role today – specialists call for better metrics and link to pay
Asia moves: BIS appoints new chair for Asia council, VP Bank expands Asia leadership, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Stock-level ‘inelasticity’ explains ESG boom, research says
Reluctance of ESG investors to sell holdings is pushing prices even higher
Equity derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
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Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Many ESG products face liquidity struggle, say exchanges
Fragmentation, design and definition challenges mean many exchange-traded products will remain illiquid
China’s first global multi-asset index embedding ESG criteria
China Minsheng Bank explores its joint initiative alongside Societe Generale – the Minsheng multi-asset ESG global allocation index – and its objective to provide investors across several regions with balanced returns from assets with ESG criteria…
House of the year, Australia: ANZ Bank
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House of the year, Hong Kong: Crédit Agricole
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Ethical derivatives strive to win over sceptics
New Isda standards are latest move to overcome client “hesitancy” to use contracts linked to ESG targets
Why new EU rules are fuelling greenwashing and how to stop it
Reporting requirements for ESG funds may not solve the problem – a list of harmful investments might
Overhyped green status is no longer a risk-free sales tool
Asset managers’ ESG claims will now be more closely scrutinised following DWS allegations
Green bonds risk failing TLAC test
Europe’s banks – in their scramble to issue ethical debt – butt up against tough rules on loss-absorbing capital
Societe Generale links FX algo fees to ESG targets
Clients face penalties if they fail to meet sustainability criteria during algo rental period