Michael Hurley

Banks' climate data struggles are clouding their view of price changes, ECB says

Banks in the eurozone struggle to collect even the most basic data on climate risks to commercial real estate, despite evidence that pricing "is already clearly being affected by" physical climate risks, the European Central Bank (ECB) has said.

Judge blocks US rule that sought to limit ESG investing

Putting transition plans to the test: Sustainable Fitch

Investors face a tough task scrutinising corporate transition plans - but an increasing number of tools promise to help. In the third article in a series, Michael Hurley examines Fitch's Transition Assessment

ECB's approach fails to recognise credit risk of transitioning too fast, says US banks group

The European Central Bank (ECB)'s approach to push banks to reduce their credit risk by decarbonising is flawed, as it oversimplifies the link between emissions and default risk and fails to recognise the risk of "transitioning too fast", a US banking group has claimed.

Solar, wind and hydrogen 'most at-risk' areas of IRA if Trump wins

Subsidies for US solar, wind, electric vehicles (EVs) and hydrogen are among the areas of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) most at risk of being culled if Donald Trump wins the US election in November, a fund manager has predicted.

US states urge FASB not to include SEC rules in accounting standards

Financial officers in 22 US states have urged the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) not to incorporate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s climate-disclosure rules "or any similar climate-related criteria" into US accounting standards.

NBIM's renewables portfolio 18% down in first six months of 2024

Norges Bank Investment Management's (NBIM) $1.85 billion portfolio of unlisted renewable energy assets returned minus 17.7% in the first half of this year, as the higher interest rate environment dented their value.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management exits CA100+

Private companies told to detail climate risks in corporate governance reports

TPI exploring how to combine its analysis with ASCOR data as it expands coverage

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) is exploring how to combine its analysis of corporate climate transition risk with a similar assessment of countries conducted under the Assessing sovereign climate-related opportunities and risks (ASCOR) initiative.