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Interpreting Carbon Emission Data The availability of carbon emission data and its quality vary widely across sectors and regions. European companies and high-emission sectors, such as utilities, tend to have…

On the 80th birthdate of the Financial Analysts Journal, our editors reflect on the innovations that transformed finance in the past 80 years and look forward to publishing research on the…

An allocation of investment funds between equities and bonds, commonly a 60/40 split, is often advised to provide some protection from the risk in equities while still maintaining an equity…

An increasing number of investors support a transition to a net-zero economy. But the global economy is not decarbonizing fast enough to meet critical climate targets, such as the goal…

The Twin Risks of Climate Change Physical risks are direct consequences of climate change, such as flooding, droughts, and storms. These risks affect companies based on their geographical location rather…

The financial sector is experiencing a third wave of technological innovation, characterized by the integration of hardware, software, data storage, and connectivity. This wave is driving the sector’s growth, enabling…

The landscape of climate-focused investments is evolving rapidly, with a notable shift from the use of traditional backward-looking metrics, such as carbon intensity and fossil-fuel revenues, toward forward-looking metrics, including…

Carbon pricing is an approach that assigns a financial cost to emitting greenhouse gases (GHGs). It began in the early 1990s when Finland implemented the world’s first formal scheme. Since…

As climate-induced physical and transition risks to corporations are becoming more and more material, investors are increasingly scrutinizing a patchwork of voluntary climate-related public communications, namely emission disclosures, emission reduction…

In recent years, growing interest in cryptoassets has brought attention to distributed ledger technology (DLT), aka blockchain, which enables faster transactions, reduced operational and administrative frictions, transparency, and automation. This…