Christopher Marchant

News Round Up: PBAF, Morningstar, NBIM, NextEnergy, and more

Simon Zadek keynote: Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages

News Round Up: M&G, Malaysia, Aberdeen Standard Investments, and more

BIS suggests liquidity backstop to protect against 'runs' on high-carbon assets

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned of potential "runs" on brown assets as investors exclude high-carbon corporate emitters from their portfolios, and has called for the creation of a 'liquidity backstop' to help solve the problem.

News Round Up: Citi, Fidelity, CISL

BlackRock sees increased focus on circular economy in midst of Covid-19

The shift towards a circular economy has actively increased in the past six months, in spite of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest findings from BlackRock's Circular Economy Fund.

EBA advocates for 'green asset ratio' for banks

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published advice underlining the importance of the 'green asset ratio', supported by other KPIs, as a key means to understand how institutions are financing sustainable activities and meeting the Paris Agreement targets.

Use SFDR draft standards as reference point, ESAs say

Financial institutions in the EU should "use as a reference" draft technical standards for sustainability-related disclosures until the standards formally enter into force, the three European Supervisory Authorities have said.

News Round Up: Varma, Aviva, Qontigo, SEEIT, and more

BlackRock integrates climate considerations into capital market assumptions

The world's largest asset manager BlackRock is to integrate climate considerations into its capital market assumptions (CMAs), the long-term return expectations for asset classes that form the cornerstones of client portfolios.