Risk

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Staying Current with Climate Change, hosted by RMA

June 6th, 2022 This session covered key trends in the climate change conversation. Panelists provided an overview of the climate risk management landscape and discussed…

Weekly round-up: June 6-10

The top five climate risk stories this week 1) Reflect climate risks in bank supervisory ratings — report US regulators should factor climate risks into…

Regulatory orthodoxy and the hunt for climate risk differentials

Prudential frameworks are ill-suited to weighing the relative risks of green and non-green assets Bankers are floundering in their search for climate risk differentials —…

Weekly round-up: May 30 – June 3

The top five climate risk stories this week 1) DWS Group chief resigns after greenwashing raid The head of global asset manager DWS Group said…

Weekly round-up: May 23-27

The top five climate risk stories this week 1) Climate risks could slash UK bank profits — BoE UK financial institutions could see their annual…

Reflections on the BoE’s climate stress test

The Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario exercise is over. But the debate over what the results mean for banks, supervisors, and the UK financial system has…

Weekly round-up: May 16-20

The top five climate risk stories this week 1) Green capital adjustments lack supporting data — NGFS There is scant evidence to justify “green supporting”…

Here’s how to run asset-level climate physical risk assessments

A recent academic paper proposes a five-step methodology for measuring how climate impacts to physical assets can inflict losses on financial institutions Climate physical risks…

Weekly round-up: May 9-13

The top five climate risk stories this week 1) UK consults on transition plans for companies A UK taskforce launched a consultation Wednesday on a…

Why the EU’s systemic buffer isn’t fit to tackle bank climate risks

European financial authorities are talking up the potential of the systemic risk buffer to capture physical and transition risks, but the tool has its shortcomings…