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Appital Integrates Equities Book Building Platform with FlexTrade
Fintech startup Appital, the UK-based equity capital marketplace, has integrated its book building platform with FlexTrade, the multi-asset execution management system (EMS) vendor. The integration will enable Appital users to execute large orders in small and mid-cap stocks through the Turquoise MTF, via a single point of access and with seamless straight-through-processing (STP) to over...
ESG – Today’s Data and Technology Landscape
Given the surge in demand for ESG data and technology solutions to meet regulatory requirements, established financial technology and data suppliers are putting their expertise to work, creating new solutions to meet that demand. With so much going on, navigating the emerging landscape can be confusing. So what are the key ESG functions financial services...
ESG Data Sector Optimistic About Meeting Investor Demand for Greater Portfolio Transparency
The growing hunger for information on investment portfolio’ ESG positions will lead to much-needed improvements in data quality, analytics and, ultimately, levels of disclosure. That was the message from leading market participants at A-Team Group’s ESG Insight briefing this week, which took a snapshot of the sector at a pivotal time for corporate responsibility, as...
Video: Keynote Fireside Chat: ESG – A Strategic Imperative
Watch this exclusive fireside chat with Dr. Kay Swinburne, Vice Chair of Financial Services at KPMG from ESG Briefing Virtual. Do you enjoy this content? Be sure to sign up as a member (it’s free) to get weekly updates and invites to ESG-related events and webinars.
SS&C Launches ESG Reporting Platform as Managers Come Under Transparency Pressure
SS&C Technologies has unveiled a new ESG reporting platform to help asset managers meet rising investor demand for transparency into their portfolios’ sustainability risks. The product was developed from the alternative asset administration giant’s NAV Transparency reporting solution. While data will initially be provided by ESG intel vendor Sustainalytics, SS&C says its new service can...
Discuss the Details of ESG Data Strategy at A-Team’s Data Management Summit USA Virtual
Interested in ESG data strategy? Look no further than A-Team Group’s forthcoming Data Management Summit USA Virtual, which will include a session considering key issues of ESG data strategy including data sourcing and reporting, how to set up an ESG data platform, and the potential of machine learning, AI and data visualisation tools to help...
Octopai Data Catalog Self-Creates and Updates to Unify Data Users Across an Organisation
Octopai, a provider of metadata management automation, has released an automated data catalog designed to unify data users across an organisation, whether they work in the office or from home. The catalog self-creates and self-updates to create consistency for business and technical teams, and is easy to implement and maintain in a sometimes remote, often...
SIX Survey Shows Shortfall in Automated Corporate Actions Processing
Corporate actions continue to be processed manually despite the need for automation to meet industry demand for near real-time delivery of the data, reduced operating costs and improved regulatory compliance. A survey by SIX – its second annual survey on corporate actions that was carried out between March and May 2021 among global asset managers,...
Video: ESG is Too Big to Fail
In this video, Tanya Seajay, CEO and founder of Orenda, a SIX company, talks to ESG Insight editor Mark McCord about the need to build trust in ESG investing. While there is no shortage of data, the challenges are in sourcing the right data, managing the data supply chain, delivering transparency, and considering how AI...
Video: Building Blocks of Successful ESG Initiatives
In this video, Brad Foster, global head of enterprise data content at Bloomberg, discusses the data and data management elements of successful ESG initiatives. Among these he notes the need for a solid data and technology foundation, as well as links between ESG data and other datasets to gain insight and value from the data....