Climate change
HKMA launches consultation on green taxonomy
Regulator could use proposal to assess progress of banks towards climate goals
Climate risk: a more positive approach pays dividends
As the world grapples with the impacts of climate change, organisations are racing to keep up with new ESG disclosure requirements and climate risk analysis methodologies. But what separates those ahead of the curve from those that are lagging? The…
Basel climate guidance leaves op risk managers in the dark
Banks still unclear on how to fit climate events into existing capital framework
Incorporating climate risk into ALM frameworks at banks
In this webinar convened by Risk.net in collaboration with SS&C Algorithmics, experts discuss the challenges and benefits of incorporating climate risk into asset-liability management frameworks at banks
The carbon equivalence principle: methods for project finance
A method to price the environmental impact of financial products is proposed
Fed’s climate stress test whips up storm for banks
Long-awaited US climate risk exercise puts tough pressure on banks’ data and models
Climate-policy-relevant sectors and credit risk
This paper explores the relationship between banks exposed to climate-policy-relevant sectors and credit risk, finding that banks exposed to higher carbon emitting sectors are subject to greater credit risk than those exposed to less carbon emitting…
Top 10 operational risks for 2023
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
Risk.net’s top 10 investment risks for 2023
Geopolitical frictions, sticky inflation and a hard landing are among the hazards cited by investors
ESG: the new risk factor in your portfolio
Risk officers, managers and quants at leading buy-side firms are experimenting with ESG as an ‘alpha enhancement’ to day-to-day risk management, to stay ahead of the pack and boost profit-and-loss margins
HKMA preparing prescriptive climate stress test for 2023
Regulator plans granular scenario specifications, considers Pillar 2 capital measures
FSB: third of climate stress tests not tackling physical risk
Six jurisdictions conducted exercises only for transition risk
CDSs seek role in green transition
Despite slow start, fans insist iTraxx ESG index can aid green push
Complying with climate risk framework standards for streamlined processes
Financial institutions worldwide are actively studying ways they can integrate climate risk management into their more traditional risk frameworks
Banks and financial powerhouses map out climate risks
A day after the hottest Double Ninth Festival on record in Hong Kong, experts gathered at Asia Risk Live at the Ritz-Carlton to explore how banks can manage climate risk for a net-zero economy
Climate risk managers debate role of client transition plans
Banks hope for guidance on whether to include changes in client behaviour in long-term scenarios
Who blew up gas prices? (It wasn’t just Russia)
Government buying, climate risk and short squeezes may have led to ‘horrendous’ gas market margin calls
Rising renewables: navigating the increasingly challenging US power markets
Renewable energy is the fastest-growing energy source in the US and new investment is pouring in from government and corporates keen to meet environmental, social and governance standards. For energy market participants this presents major incentives to…
EBA: more climate risk supervisory reporting is coming
Official anticipates effort to identify climate impact on internal models, concentration risk
Policy-makers must keep the heat on climate transition
As the financial industry shows signs of climate fatigue, regulators need to pick up the slack
Regulator warns on fragmentation of climate risk supervision
International standards needed to support growing preference for Basel Pillar 2 approach
ESG and climate risk: special report 2022
This Risk.net Environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate risk special report brings together a collection of articles that explore the latest issues in assessing and managing ESG and climate risk. The tide is turning, with many more firms now…
Banks struggle to assess climate impact on op risk
Supervisors have provided less stress-testing guidance for op risk than for credit risk
Impact investing: trends and best practices
A panel of investment specialists discusses the rapidly expanding world of environment, social and governance (ESG) investing, with a particular focus on climate. They discuss best practice for achieving impact investing, their expectations on climate…