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S&P Global Market Intelligence Adds Baird Aftermarket Research on Exclusive Basis
S&P Global Market Intelligence has become the exclusive provider of Baird Aftermarket Research, which provides industry overviews, company-specific forecasts and recommendations, and in-depth thematic insights from more than 40 senior analysts covering over 700 companies. The aftermarket research adds to Baird research that has been available on S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Capital IQ and Capital…
‘Idiosyncratic’ Data Keeps Lazard ESG Tech Chief on His Toes
Lazard Asset Management’s (LAM) director of ESG data and analytics Gregory Van Droogenbroeck received a baptism of fire when he shifted to the investment giant from technology behemoth Bloomberg. The day he joined the company Russia invaded Ukraine, catalysing an existential rethink of some of the assumptions that had been built into the ESG project….
Surveys Highlight Two Sides of ESG Market Evolution
Regulatory demands are expected to help boost spending on ESG data to a record this year but a significant part of the institutional space remains concerned that those same rules will limit the choice of sustainable investments. Two recent surveys suggest that investors continue to champion sustainable markets. One, by management consultancy Opimas estimates that…
How to Deliver a Successful Data Strategy – And Show Value
Delivering a successful data strategy and proving its value can be challenging for CDOs, but there are approaches that can ease the burden, improve outcomes, measure success, engage employees across the organisation, and raise the profile of the CDO office. Discussing ‘How to deliver a successful data strategy – show me the value!’ during a…
Rimes Releases AI-Powered Data Lakehouse Copilot for Natural Language Insights
Rimes has released a Data Lakehouse AI Copilot that provides natural language insights and enables users to accelerate performance by providing investment managers with faster, streamlined access to specific data sets they need. The solution eliminates the need to write code as its natural language answers enable users to quickly transfer datasets and apply them…
Snowflake and NVIDIA Expand Collaboration to Accelerate AI Productivity in Data Cloud
Snowflake and NVIDIA have expanded an existing collaboration by bringing together the full stack of the NVIDIA accelerated compute platform with Snowflake’s Data Cloud data foundation and secure AI. The result, a combination of computing power and infrastructure designed to accelerate AI productivity. The expansion builds on Snowflake and NVIDIA’s previously announced NVIDIA NeMo integration…
EU Parliament Approves Landmark Artificial Intelligence Act
The EU Parliament has approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, marking the world’s first regulation of AI. The regulation establishes obligations for AI based on its potential risks and level of impact and is designed to ensure safety and compliance with fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability, while boosting innovation. The act…
Alexandre Kech Steps Up to Role of GLEIF CEO as Stephan Wolf Steps Down
Following the decision by Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), to step down from the role on 24 June 2024 after a decade of leading the foundation from its start-up phase to the growing organisation it is today, the GLEIF board of directors has appointed Alexandre Kech to the position….
ESG Data &Tech Summit London 2024 to Shine Light on Changing Industry
What a difference a year makes. As A-Team Group prepares for its third annual ESG Data and Tech Summit London in May, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the evolution of sustainable market data. In March 2022, we were anticipating momentous change. After years of growth in sustainable markets, participants were braced for a slew…
SEC Disclosure Rules Welcomed but Unlikely to Fill Data Gaps
In finally announcing its long-awaited code on corporate reporting of climate-related data, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has both delighted and annoyed participants in sustainability markets. While SEC chair Gary Gensler’s announcement last week of the US’s first-ever rule on ESG disclosures will help fill a gaping chasm in the global regulatory landscape, many…