New ABBL framework guides banks on CRE risks
Understanding risks related to the climate and environment, also known as CRE risks, and managing them will be a key challenge for banks over coming decades. Luxembourg’s banking association ABBL has sought to provide a framework for this in a new publication which also features some guidance related to strategy and governance, integration of CRE concerns within risk management frameworks and disclosure.
US Treasuries gaining appeal
US 10-year yields rose above 2.0 percent last week. The last time 10-year yields were above 2.0 percent was in July 2019. With skyrocketing inflation and the Fed’s upcoming rate hikes in mind, that probably does not sound so crazy. Yet our model estimate for US 10-year yields points in the opposite direction.
We estimate US 10-year yields using the following factors:
- US unemployment rate
Bitcoin's footprint challenged
As digital assets are in focus for investors, there is a less visible, less shiny side to at least the Bitcoin story. While the total potential number of Bitcoins is fixed at 21 million, they haven’t all been created yet. New Bitcoins can be ‘mined’ through power-intensive computer analysis, which has a significant carbon footprint, according to Marion Laboure, senior economist at Deutsche Bank in London. There’s also a contrasting view, as set out by US-based portfolio manager Mark L. Casey at Capital Group.