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New TCFD Reporting Guideline Updates Welcomed
The first update to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures’ (TCFD) guidelines since their drafting in 2017 has been welcomed across the ESG ecosystem as an important step in bringing clarity and rigour to corporate disclosures. The new measures were published with the TCFD’s latest annual status report, which showed that the number of…
Sponsored Blog: The Libor Transition: Time for Urgent Action
By Jacob Rank-Broadley, Head of LIBOR Transition, B&I, Refinitiv. Refinitiv’s latest special report takes an in-depth look at the many remaining challenges that surround the imminent cessation of Libor, as well as the potential of data-driven solutions to enable a smooth transition. A landmark transition From the end of 2021, the FCA will no longer…
Société Générale Goes Live with Self-Service Analytics Platform from Incubator Spin-Off Opensee
Société Générale has gone live with Opensee’s real-time self-service analytics platform. Initial uses of the platform are day-to-day regulatory reporting, management of the interest rate risk of the banking book (IRRBB), and management of market risk-related capital requirements linked to Fundamental Review of The Trading Book (FRTB) regulation. The bank will also implement the platform…
Sustainalytics’ ESG Data Now Available on Bloomberg Terminal
Bloomberg has added Sustainalytics’ ESG Research and Ratings service to its terminal data product as the New York-based giant gears up its sustainability offering to financial institutions. Morningstar-owned Sustainalytics will supply its Risk Ratings data and Controversies Research reports, giving Bloomberg customers access to ESG risk management information and details on ESG-related incidents involving any…
Kaiko and Bloomberg Promote Standards for Digital Asset Markets with Release of Financial Instrument Global Identifiers for Crypto Assets
Kaiko, a cryptocurrency market data provider, is bringing Bloomberg’s Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI) into play as a means of identifying crypto assets and enabling greater interoperability between industry participants including digital asset exchanges, data aggregators, custodians, service providers and regulators. The companies’ first move is the release of a batch of FIGIs for all…
Martin Currie Investment Management Implements CuriumEDM for ESG Data Processes
Martin Currie Investment Management has completed the first phase of implementing Curium Data Systems’ CuriumEDM, which includes a focus on gathering, mastering and quality control of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data sets. The investment manager has offered sustainable long-term investing for some years, with ESG analysis embedded in its investment process. CuriumEDM provides data…
A-Team Webinar to Explore Machine Readable News Integration
Intelligent machine readable news, which turns unstructured news data into actionable insight, and can be used to uncover market trends, identify correlations, evaluate sentiment and inform quant strategies and predictive models, has become a powerful tool in the arsenals of trading and investment firms seeking a competitive edge. While machine readable news feeds typically provide…
Do Proximity and Resilience Have to be a Trade-Off in Trading?
By Mark White, Manager – Financial Markets and Fintech, Telehouse. Are proximity and resilience a trade-off in trading? In the quest for speed and proximity, many banks have services hosted within an exchange. Whether this is as trading or matching engines; to support connectivity for global networks through a point of presence or an access…
New Change FX Selects EOSE to Strengthen Distribution of Crypto Data
New Change FX (NCFX), an authorised benchmark calculation agent regulated by the FCA, has expanded its relationship with EOSE to strengthen distribution of its crypto data offering. EOSE, a specialist in commoditising data assets, will provide NCFX with a team of expert data sales and business development professionals, allowing NCFX to concentrate its resources on…
US Regulatory Reporting: The Data Management Response
Given the rapid pace of change in the US regulatory reporting landscape in recent years, the banking sector is increasingly required to focus on its data management capabilities in order to meet these requirements effectively. At A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit USA virtual conference last month, Kenneth Lamar, Principal Partner at Lamar Associates, moderated a…