Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Accused of Delaying on Clean Energy Financing Disclosure
NYC Comptroller seeks annual disclosure of each banks’ ratio of clean energy supply financing to fossil fuel energy supply financing.
Risk
Finance Chiefs Are Cheerful About the Economy’s Long-Term Prospects
U.S. Bank survey finds 58% of CFOs are optimistic about prospects three years in the future.
Asset Managers Elevate Serving Clients to Top Priority, Up from Cost Controls, Survey Says
Northern Trust poll asks managers to rank their leading issues.
Private Credit Could Threaten Financial Stability, Create Huge Losses, IMF Warns
Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance firms and family offices ‘could be caught unaware by a dramatic rerating of credit risks across the asset class.’
If a Hesitant Fed Won’t Cut, Other Central Banks Will, Says Ned Davis
Chair Jerome Powell declares that the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to reduce rates due to sticky inflation.
Private Capital Fundraising Tilts Toward the Big Guys
Slowdown in number of firms pulling in fresh money means more for the top 10 funds, Preqin says.
Pummeled Blackstone Real Estate Unit Seems Poised for a Revival
As redemptions dwindle, BREIT makes acquisitions and banks on falling rates.
Texas Fund’s BlackRock Pullout Marks Latest Anti-ESG Broadside
A Republican-led backlash, including laws to undermine sustainability efforts in 17 states, may be having some results.
Fed Aims to Start Slowing Its Bond Reduction Drive ‘Fairly Soon’
Shrinking the central bank’s balance sheet has been ongoing for two years.
Water-Related Risks and Challenges
From the WRI Aqueduct 4.0 review of updated decision-relevant global water risk indicators.
Roadblock Looms for Renewable Energy Shift, BCA Warns
A lack of capital spending in mining such ‘transition metals’ as copper, nickel and lithium is linked to chaotic prices, the research firm says.
SEC’s Climate Risk Disclosure Rule Faces 3 Lawsuits Within 1 Week of Finalization
The two initial complaints were filed by 19 Republican-leaning states and, separately, the Sierra Club.
AT&T Sued Over 2023 Pension Annuitization With Athene
Beneficiaries' suit claims telecom company 'turned its back on its retired workers' in risk transfer deal.
Proposed Massachusetts Endowment Tax to Hit Harvard, MIT, 11 Other Schools
The 2.5% excise tax would target private institutions in the state with endowments of at least $1 billion.
That ’70s Show: Can Stagflation Return?
Several finance savants, including Jamie Dimon, admonish that high inflation and a punk economy could stage a comeback.