BlackRock Launches Climate Risk Add-On for Aladdin Asset management giant BlackRock is targeting financial institutions and investors that want to quantify climate risk via their portfolios. To help firms take on climate risk, BlackRock has launched the Aladdin Climate software application that analyzes climate risk and opportunities “at the security level,” and tracks policy changes,… Read More >>
Climate Change Puts Banks at Risk: NYS DFS
“Climate change is happening now, and we have to take steps to manage the financial risks now,” says Linda A. Lacewell, the superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYS DFS). “We simply can’t wait any longer to deal with it. “We want to ensure that every institution is managing its own… Read More >>
Cleared Derivatives Help Fight Climate Change: FIA
The Futures Industry Association (FIA) is connecting the dots between cleared derivatives markets and the effort to fight climate change via a new white paper, “How derivatives markets are helping the world fight climate change.” The paper spotlights products and trading platforms that are facilitating a transition to a low-carbon future. It also points to… Read More >>
Morgan Stanley Supports the Disclosure of Emissions Financing
Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley announced that it had achieved a first among U.S. investment banking firms by joining the global steering committee of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF). In that role, the firm will lend its support in developing a methodology that will help global banks track and measure their climate change… Read More >>
CFTC to Explore Climate Change’s Financial Risks
As many parts of the U.S. and the rest of the world struggle with the effects of extreme weather, the CFTC through its Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) will be exploring another aspect of climate change — the financial risks. The committee will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 12, at the CFTC’s headquarters… Read More >>
The Pope Takes On Cap-and-Trade
Buried in Pope Francis’s recent 184-page papal encyclical, “Laudato Si’,” on the many issues entangled in environmental and climate change concerns was an interesting swipe at cap-and-trade systems. To recap, earlier this month Pope Francis issued a position paper that The New York Times describes as “sweeping in ambition and scope” that focuses on the… Read More >>
