ESG

Today’s news by Amundi shows a strong result so far in 2021. Some of the takeaways of the financial statements for the second quarter of 2021 were summarized by their CEO, Valérie Baudson, who spoke about their Medium-Long-Term (MLT) Assets amongst other things:

Press Release

IOSCO consults on ESG Ratings and Data Providers

July 26, 2021

The market for ESG ratings and data has grown considerably over the past few years due inter alia to a lack of consistent information disclosures at the entity level, the increasing interest of investors in ESG products and the legislative and regulatory focus on financial market participants’ consideration of the ESG characteristics of potential investments.

Sustainability ESG

Russian Northern Sea Route opening raises dangers of Arctic environment disaster

July 22, 2021

In May 2020 one of Russia’s worst ecological disasters occurred when a fuel tank owned by a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel ruptured, dumping more than 20,000 tons of diesel oil into the Ambarnaya river in the Russian Arctic.

Press Release

Klarna becomes first Fintech to join The Climate Pledge and Race to Zero campaign

June 30, 2021

Klarna is to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement in order to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in all scopes by 2040 at the latest.

Asia News

China equities: Beyond the recovery

June 25, 2021

The recent correction in Chinese equity markets highlighted the uncertainties of the global pandemic recovery. But amid the ongoing transformation of the world’s second-largest economy, we see a long-term story that should support investment opportunities.

#DisruptionChat Events Fintech

Talking about Regional Trends Disrupting Banking at Fintech-Aviv

May 28, 2021

Like each year, people interested in Fintech from all over the world tuned into the Fintech-Aviv Annual Summit. 30% of them from North America, 25% of them from Western Europe, 15% from Central Eastern Europe, 14% of them from the UK and 10% from Asia.

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Signatory of the United Nations Global Compact

May 7, 2021

Themis helps organisations identify and manage the specific financial crime risks that they are exposed to, through a combination of insight, intelligence and innovation.

Press Release

ISDA Publishes US Renewable Energy Certificate Annex

May 6, 2021

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has published a new US Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Annex, reflecting increased interest in trading products that help companies meet renewable energy and emissions-reduction targets as part of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Press Release

Bank of England publishes updated UK Money Markets Code

April 21, 2021

The UK Money Markets Code, originally published in 2017, sets out best practice in the unsecured, repo and securities lending markets in the UK.

Banking Sustainability ESG USA

Bank of America Increases Environmental Business Initiative Target to $1 Trillion by 2030

April 8, 2021

The $1.5 trillion goal builds on Bank of America’s longstanding work with clients to provide lending, capital raising, advisory and investment services, as well as develop financial solutions and drive innovation, to spur transformative change.

COVID-19 Investment Banking

The Seven Most Influential Disruptors of Investment Banking in 2021 so Far

April 3, 2021

This March, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, said in an interview with Bloomberg that “There’s a very good chance you’re going to have a gangbusters economy for the rest of this year and easily into 2022.”

Banking COVID-19

Alternative Data and Nowcasting are trending amongst central banks, Dow Jones explains why

March 18, 2021

In the midst of a crisis, how can central banks work out what is happening in the market in real-time? How can they obtain the necessary data to make quick and important decisions?

Press Release

Retrofitting ‘Revolution’ could save British households £7.5bn a year in bills and create 150,000 jobs

March 15, 2021

It is not just about financing green or greening finance – this is about how banks and businesses interact and work together to ensure that the transition to net-zero is efficient, rapid and fair.

Fintech

The long awaited UK Budget is revealed, the FinTech market responds

March 4, 2021

Many critics have said that the budget may be politicised as the Conservative party are looking to strengthen their hold on the government. FinTechs have a very unique position in all of this, and today we wanted to look at how good the Budget is for FinTechs.

Sustainability ESG

Assessing the Sustainability practices of Banks – Mazars launches annual Study

February 26, 2021

The number of banks that foster a culture of sustainability and which have updated their governance structures accordingly is up by half (51%) while there is a similar increase (45%) in the number of banks which now align their disclosures with ESG reporting standards.

Banking Sustainability ESG

Climate Emergency on the Agenda for Wall Street

January 26, 2021

In the meantime, talks have escalated back in the U.S., with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency just today.

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