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Reporting & Disclosures
New Zealand to Introduce Mandatory Climate Risk Reporting
By Manesh Samtani | 15/09/2020
If approved by Parliament, the new comply-or-explain climate risk disclosure regime could come into effect in 2023 at the earliest.
Reporting & Disclosures
Standard-setters Kick Off Initiative to Harmonise Sustainability Reporting
By Editors | 13/09/2020
The IFRS Foundation is proposed as the body that is “optimally positioned” to lead and coordinate the creation of a new sustainability standards board.
Climate Risk
NGFS Seeks Wider Adoption of Environmental Risk Analysis at FIs
By Editors | 10/09/2020
The NGFS is calling for wider use of ERA in the financial industry, offering case studies to showcase the adoption of ERA tools and methodologies by some FIs.
Climate Risk
CFTC Report Warns of Systemic Risks from Climate Change
By Manesh Samtani | 10/09/2020
The report calls on financial regulators to move “urgently and decisively” to measure, understand, and address the risks climate change poses to the US financial system.
Reporting & Disclosures
IOSCO to Harmonise Global ESG Disclosure Frameworks – Report
By Editors | 10/09/2020
A new IOSCO taskforce will work to identify commonalities across sustainability disclosure standards from across the world to develop principles-based guidelines.
Trading & Investment
Korea Exchange Launches ‘New Deal’ Market Indices
By Editors | 08/09/2020
The new indices track Korea’s largest battery, biotech, internet and gaming stocks. KRX plans to launch ETFs based on the new indices next month.
Sustainable Finance
S. Korea to Create $16.8bn ‘New Deal’ Fund Over 5 Years
By Manesh Samtani | 07/09/2020
The government will act as a subordinate investor, meaning that it (namely, taxpayers) will absorb up to 10 percent of any possible losses first.
Credit Risk
RBI Issues Revised Priority Sector Lending Guidelines
By Editors | 07/09/2020
The new guidelines will boost credit availability for startups, renewable energy, health infrastructure, small farmers, and “identified districts” with low credit flows.
Climate Risk
NGFS Publishes Two-year Work Programme, New Charter
By Editors | 07/09/2020
A new NGFS workstream being created will identify missing data items needed for effective climate-related and environmental risk analysis.
Sustainable Finance
Green Finance Alliance for Greater Bay Area Launches
By Editors | 06/09/2020
The Alliance has been established to increase funding channels for green projects and guide government policies and investment projects.
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