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2023 in Review: Nature Finds a Way
The publication of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ (TNFD) reporting framework in September cemented biodiversity as a sustainability cause just as important as climate change. In a 152-page document detailing its recommended approach to disclosing the impact on nature of financial institutions’ activities, the TNFD codified a way to channel capital into reviving lost…
Ground-Breaking Standard Setter TCFD Given Warm Send-off
The king is dead; long live the king. At the end of this year the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will cease to exist but its operations will be continued by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The standard setter’s dissolution eight years after its creation has prompted a wave of reflection within the…
DSB Forms Governance Advisory Committee for ISIN and UPI Services
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has formed a Governance Advisory Committee (GAC) to provide additional industry guidance for both the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) and the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) services. A call for participation in the committee will be made on 17 January 2024, along with publication of the GAC Charter. The GAC…
SimCorp and Alloy Partnership Enables Institutional Investors to Manage Digital Assets on SimCorp Platform
SimCorp, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group and provider of investment management solutions for the buy-side, and Alloy, a provider of institutional infrastructure and technology for digital assets, have formed a strategic partnership that will allow SimCorp clients to manage digital asset investments. The partnership will enable mutual clients to holistically manage digital assets, including…
Pzena Up and Running with Portfolio Optimisation on Rimes Matrix Platform
Pzena Investment Management, an investment manager based in New York City with a focus on long-term classic value investing, is in production on Rimes’ Matrix investment management platform with the aim of supporting efforts to streamline operations, mitigate risk, and enhance portfolio optimisation capabilities. Rimes engaged with Pzena in February 2023 and the solution went…
Informatica Accelerates Data Integration and Replication in Snowflake Ecosystem
Informatica has added three product capabilities to bring greater simplicity, speed, and performance to data integration and replication for customers in the Snowflake ecosystem. The products include Informatica Superpipe for Snowflake that delivers up to 3.5x faster ingestion and replication into Snowflake. Superpipe uses capabilities of Snowflake’s Snowpipe streaming and Informatica’s cloud data integration platform…
Basel Committee to Seek More Data Under Climate-Risk Disclosure Proposal
Banks may be expected to disclose detailed data on their exposure to climate risks under new proposals by the banking standards-setter, despite its expressed concern over the suitability of current datasets. The Bank of International Settlements’ Basel Committee has published its outline approach to protecting lenders and investors from the channelling of funds to potentially…
2023 in Review: The Rise of the Machines
Artificial intelligence (AI) seemed to take on a life of its own in 2023. ChatGPT, the large language model-based (LLM) generative AI (GenAI), grabbed headlines with horror stories of hallucinations and doomy sci-fi predictions of lost jobs and machines running wild over humanity. Most ignored the fact that AI in its various forms had been…
CUSIP Global Services Partners BeZero to Create Unique Identifiers for Carbon Credits
CUSIP Global Services, a provider of securities identification across capital markets, has partnered ratings agency BeZero Carbon to create identifiers for carbon credits. Unique CUSIP identifiers will be assigned to carbon credit projects listed on the major registries across the voluntary carbon market (VCM). This will make carbon credit trading more efficient as the market…
Moody’s Gen AI Research Assistant Offers New Insights from Research, Data and Analytics
Moody’s has released Moody’s Research Assistant, a search and analytical tool powered by generative AI and using the company’s proprietary content and the latest large language models (LLMs) to help customers generate new insights from its credit research, data, and analytics. The research assistant synthesises vast amounts of information allowing users to assess lending or…