A-Team Insight Author: sharon
SIX Extends ESG Data Provision Through Partnership with Climate Specialist Urgentem
SIX has extended its provision of ESG data through a partnership with Urgentem, a provider of carbon emissions data and climate risk analytics. The data is available immediately and is expected to help SIX clients meet climate related requirements such as regulatory reporting of emissions data, tracking alignment to climate goals, and stress testing. The...
What you Need to Know About the Hype Surrounding Straight-Through Workflows™
Q&A with Reena Raichura, Director, Head of Product Solutions, Glue42. The subject of desktop interoperability has been generating much interest in the financial markets sector recently, from both the vendor community and from financial institutions looking to streamline their workflows. In this Q&A, we talk to Reena Raichura, Director and Head of Product Solutions at...
The Current State of Play in Transaction Reporting: Herding Cats in a Hurricane
Regulated firms trading in markets globally are bracing themselves for what’s been termed a ‘sea change’ in regulators’ approach to transaction reporting. Having introduced the requirement to provide detailed transaction reports to market through prescribed reporting vehicles over the past few years, some key regulators – including ESMA, CFTC and MAS – are reviewing their...
Options and Code Willing Launch Two New Data Marketplace Products
Options Technology, a provider of cloud-enabled trading infrastructure, has launched two new products that leverage Code Willing’s Options Data Store and Quantify offerings. The launch stems from Options’ partnership with financial data management specialists Code Willing last year. Options Data Store enables users to ‘try and buy’ ready-to-use datasets via a user-friendly GUI, without having...
Trading Technologies Partners with Talos to Broaden Its Institutional Crypto Offering
Trading Technologies has entered into a strategic partnership with Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology. The move is aimed at broadening the derivatives trading system vendor’s cryptocurrency coverage by leveraging Talos’ infrastructure and market connectivity. The first phase of the partnership agreement will add 14 cryptocurrency markets in the third quarter of...
ANNA Implementation of Revised ISO 6166 Standard Brings Together ISIN, LEI, CFI and FISN
Work by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) on the implementation of the revised ISO 6166 standard for the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) has resulted in an accessible set of four data standards that can be used together to improve data management and regulatory reporting. The standards include the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI),...
The Challenges in ESG Reporting Frameworks, According to Experts
Financial institutions face a mountain of challenges in formulating an ESG reporting framework as they strive to put in place processes to meet a growing body of regulatory obligations. A lack of disclosed data from investee companies, the multitude of vendors needed to source enough relevant information, the lack of a standardised global reporting framework...
A Guide to the Essential ESG Acronyms You Need to Know
Even Experts Need A Reminder of the ESG Alphabet Soup At the first-ever ESG Data and Tech Summit London last month, moderators Andrew Delaney, A-Team Group President and Chief Content Officer, and Data Management Insight Editor Sarah Underwood sat before a backdrop adorned with ESG-related acronyms, initials and abbreviations. As speakers and guests took their...
Exchange Data International Adds Irish Funds Data Service
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing, and reference data services, has expanded its investment funds coverage with the addition of an Irish funds data service. The additional service covers more than 30,000 share class funds from over 200 fund management companies, providing comprehensive reference and corporate actions data. Tony...
Protecting Data Privacy in the Fight Against Financial Crime
By Ronen Cohen, VP of Strategy at Duality Technologies. A primary goal for financial institutions is to generate revenue while understanding and mitigating risk. Tackling financial crime and compliance issues, including fraud, cybercrimes and money laundering, is critical to achieving this goal and remains among the most challenging tasks for the industry. The perpetual problem...