Sustainability & ESG

Reporting & Disclosures

Japan FSA to Mandate Climate Disclosures from April 2022 – Report

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 11/10/2021

Companies listed on the TSE’s ‘Prime’ market will be required to comply with mandatory climate risk disclosure requirements first.

Sustainable Finance

OJK Indonesia Establishes New Sustainable Finance Task Force

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 10/10/2021

The task force comprises 47 financial institutions including banks, securities firms, insurers, pension funds and financiers.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Data Gaps Initiative to Extend Past 2021: FSB, IMF

By Editors | 08/10/2021

A new international cooperation initiative on data gaps will be needed after the DGI concludes. Some phase 2 recommendations may not yet be complete by year-end.

Sustainable Finance

Action Needed to Scale Up ESG Investing, say IMF, OECD

By ESG Investor | 07/10/2021

The IMF, World Bank and OECD are working on classification systems to harmonise and support the development of sustainable finance markets.

Trading & Investment

Hong Kong Announces Initiatives to Bolster Financial Hub Status

By Manesh Samtani | 07/10/2021

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced measures to improve the stock market listing regime and enable RMB-denominated securities in Hong Kong.

Reporting & Disclosures

GRI Puts Human Rights at Heart of New Standards

By ESG Investor | 06/10/2021

Sustainability reporting body provides greater clarity on materiality, launches sector-specific standards, strengthens the governance disclosures.

Climate Risk

Derivatives Are “Essential” to Carbon Markets: ISDA

By Editors | 06/10/2021

Regulatory action is needed to address disproportionately high capital requirements that would be imposed on carbon certificates by FRTB.

Climate Risk

IAIS Warns of Climate Risks Faced by Insurance Sector

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 06/10/2021

The IAIS estimates more than 35 percent of insurers’ investment assets are “climate-relevant”, i.e. exposed to climate risks.

Emerging Prudential Risks

CBIRC Directs Banks to Finance Coal Amid Energy Crisis

By Editors | 06/10/2021

China’s energy crisis is the result of efforts to reduce domestic coal production to meet climate policy objectives, exacerbated by a ban on imports from Australia.