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  • Could banks and insurers be about to get their own Omnibus

    03 November 2025

    The EU is in the throes of butchering its ESG reporting regulations - could ESG aspects of prudential rules be next on the chopping block, asks Michael Hurley

  • Bank supervisors need to tread carefully in applying ESG risk guidelines, EBA told

    29 October 2025

    The introduction of ESG risks in guidelines for EU banking supervision have been welcomed as a positive development for sustainable finance - but supervisors will need to err on the side of caution when interpreting results, according to Finance Watch.

  • Regulators consider capital for climate risk

    16 December 2022

    Insurance regulators are keen to ensure their prudential frameworks properly incorporate climate risk. But whether this should be reflected in capital requirements is proving a difficult question to answer, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • Call to adjust capital requirements to ward off green swans

    26 November 2021

    Capital requirements for banks and insurers could be amended to ensure their resilience against climate-related financial risk, NGO Finance Watch has suggested.