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Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup, said on Monday — her first day in the post — that the bank was committing itself to net zero financed greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It joins major banks such as Barclays, HSBC and Morgan Stanley in having made such a promise.
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The European Banking Authority has proposed the introduction of a green asset ratio for EU financial institutions, which would measure the share of EU Taxonomy-aligned assets on bank balance sheets. -
The European Commission has opened a public consultation as part of its review of the EU’s crisis management framework, as market participants call for more urgent political progress on key areas.
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BlackRock and Amundi, the largest asset managers in the US and Europe, have both published policies on how they intend to engage with companies about climate change. After widespread criticism, BlackRock has moved a long way towards a more proactive stance, but it is not clear yet that either firm is prepared to get really tough with high carbon emitters — especially in their passive portfolios.
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A professor of financial law told a panel at the European Banking Institute this week that the EU still had a “rather long way to go” in its work to establish a credible bail-in regime, leaving member states vulnerable to costly bailouts.
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The Financial Stability Board is looking into how banks have used their capital and liquidity buffers during the coronavirus crisis and expects to publish a report containing some of its ‘preliminary’ findings in July.
