ESG Among Key Headwinds Facing Pension Funds and Asset Managers

The politicisation of ESG, inflation, market volatility and slowing GDP growth are among the key challenges facing pension funds as they seek to balance short-term economic pressures and structural [...]

ESG Index Demand Grows but UK Financial Conducts Authority (FCA) Warns That Misleading Benchmarks are Creating a ‘Trust Deficit’ for ESG ETFs

The number of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benchmarks and indexes demanded by the asset management community has grown at an unprecedented rate over the past two years. That’s [...]

The ESG Ratings Debate Heats Up

Regulators are sharpening their focus on the growing importance of ESG data providers due to the subjective nature of how ratings are calculated. Last week, however, leading ESG ratings providers [...]

Commercial Lending and Credit Risk Innovators are Increasingly Adopting AI and ML Processes

According to a recent McKinsey study, the typical “time to decision” for commercial lending is between three and five weeks, while “time to cash,” on average, fluctuates around three months. This is [...]

Russia Cuts Gas Supplies to Europe

Gas prices have soared after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week. European gas prices are up almost 2% trading above [...]

Quarrel at City Government Leads to a Near Default in Trenton

Potential fraud in the environmental health bureau and lack of a city budget are leading toward potential difficulties in repayment of Trenton's existing bond obligations. Bitvore has been tracking [...]

Digital Mining in Texas Booms

Texas continues to attract cryptocurrency miners with inexpensive power and few regulatory hurdles. Electricity demand in Texas hitting record levels amid critically high temperatures this summer but [...]

Regulation and Oversight of Stablecoins: Decentralized Finance and Potential Bans on Proof-of-Work Mining

A recent report by the European Central Bank (ECB), presented as a “deep dive into crypto financial risks,” calls for “appropriate” regulation and oversight of stablecoins and decentralized finance [...]

Optimistic Outlook for ESG Investment Products but ESG Data and Rating Providers Remain an Area of Concern

Despite the current market volatility, Investment Managers globally continue to successfully launch new ESG focused investment offerings. Europe continues to lead the way, BNP Paribas Asset [...]

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