Are banks aware of climate change risks? To answer this question, we use daily data from the stock indices of global and G20 banks over the period from 03 January 2011 to 29 November 2019. We find that climate change risks impact banks’ stock market performance. However, banks’ responses...

To the question of whether global stock market indices are sensitive to climate change, the answer is “Yes”. Using weekly data from the stock market returns of 97 countries over the period from 31 August 2020 to 18 April 2022, we document a significant negative impact of climate change on...

In this paper, we investigate the impact of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia on systemic risk in financial markets. Using daily systemic risk data from 28 countries between December 2021 and April 2022, we highlight strong financial stress since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia....

Using data from 5474 banks located in 23 OECD countries over the period 2019Q2-2022Q1, we study the influence of COVID-19 on bank profitability (before and during the COVID-19 vaccination period). Our results show a negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank profitability, especially at...