Sustainability
Shades of green: sustainability guidance may not help EU funds
Talk of high SFDR hurdle for ESG funds stokes fears “sustainable” label will be unobtainable
Asia moves: Deutsche appoints Asia-Pacific treasurer, Citi boosts Australian sales team, and more
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The limits of a softly-softly approach on climate in China
Asset managers must put pressure on the companies they invest in
Acadian builds ‘green screen’ to auto-filter ESG phoneys
$110 billion quant investor creates automated system to spot greenwashers
Asia moves: Crédit Agricole appoints Hong Kong CEO, UBS sales head joins Morgan Stanley, and more
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Traders say BoE green bond purchase scheme could sap liquidity
Updated plan could spike market volatility – harming not only brown bonds, say dealers
Drax commits to ESG-linked FX derivative targets with UK banks
Renewable energy supplier applies long-term ESG KPIs to short-term FX trades with Barclays and NatWest
EU banks fret over mismatches on ESG disclosure rules
Different timelines for banks and their clients could stymie comparisons between banks
New Hong Kong fund rules collide with China’s poor ESG data
Under proposed rules, funds will need climate risk data from investee firms, many of them Chinese
No short answer: hedge funds hesitate on Europe’s ESG rules
SFDR sustainability calculations leave firms uncertain how short positions should be disclosed
Funds breathe out as EU regulators ease ESG data rules
Majority of mandatory indicators become optional in final draft of sustainability regulation
Ethical ratings stir debate over saints and sinners
Asset manager Aegon hits out at “flawed” ESG ratings methodologies
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.
Banks explore ESG-linked deal contingents
Trend for tying derivatives to ethical criteria could soon extend to deal contingent hedges
Investors weigh merits of ESG hedging
Opinion divided over proposed tool for transferring risk of non-sustainable activities
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
Fund managers seek to plug holes in ESG data
Social intel proves elusive as virus reawakens sense of corporate virtue
Deal of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Ethical funds balk at Europe’s new disclosure regime
Proposals for 32 reporting criteria are “unmanageable”, complain asset managers
Good citizenship can signal better creditworthiness – study
Environmental and social behaviour predicts credit ratings in North America – less so in Europe
Rise of ethical swaps brings hedging questions
Banks ponder how to offset risks of ESG derivatives – or whether hedging is even desirable