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Bloomberg ESG Tool Assesses Potential Impact of Company Business on UN SDGs
Bloomberg has launched a tool that investors can use to assess the potential impact of a company’s business on any of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is a response to increasing demand for objective SDG-related data and provides data mapping and materiality assessment to offer more clarity to investors seeking to…
FCA Criticism of Funds’ SDR Approach Stirs Controversy
The UK regulator has criticised fund managers for failing to abide by interim guidance on ESG disclosures just days before it’s expected to announce details of a formal regulation. But the comments have been met with frustration and caution within the ESG data and technology community, with one practitioner arguing that the Financial Conduct Authority…
Data Benefit of CSDDD at Risk as FIs Seek Exclusion, Experts Warn
The anticipated exclusion of financial companies from the EU’s sustainability due diligence law has stung ESG professionals, with some arguing that an opportunity to improve data quality would be missed. The EU’s executive body, the European Commission (EC), is reportedly ready to cede to requests from parts of the financial sector to be left out…
SIX Bot Automates Corporate Actions Queries
SIX has released an automated software application called SIX Bot that is based on the company’s corporate actions data and allows financial markets professionals to ask intuitive questions relating to corporate actions events. The application provides the latest information on more than 70 corporate action event types to over 600,000 financial market professionals on Symphony,…
Pensions Insurance Corporation Selects FINBOURNE Cloud-Native Data Management Platform
Following a market review, Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has chosen FINBOURNE Technology to provide investment data management capabilities that will help drive its data strategy. PIC, a specialist UK pension insurer, manages a portfolio of about £45 billion and provides guaranteed pensions to over 300,000 people in the UK. It will use FINBOURNE’s cloud-native financial…
Bloomberg Escalates Collaboration to Extend Customer Access to Cloud Data
Bloomberg continues to invest in the cloud and meet its mission of providing efficient access to data in the cloud through a collaboration with Databricks, a data and AI company, that allows mutual customers to access Bloomberg’s data offerings using Data License and its cloud-based data management solution Data License Plus (DL+). Databricks, Google Cloud…
UK Seen Timing Ratings Regulation With EU Decision
The UK is expected to announce a new regime for overseeing ESG rating providers, a move that comes hard on the heels of a report indicating continued frustration with the metrics among investors. Ministers are expected to unveil their proposals early in 2024, following industry consultations earlier this year and months after the nation’s regulator said it…
Datactics Brings AI-Powered Augmented Data Quality Solution to Market
Datactics, a provider of data quality software solutions, has productised the Augmented Data Quality Solution (ADQ) it previewed in June 2023 and is working with customers on an upgrade rollout. The solution is designed to make faster and more efficient AI-powered data quality accessible and beneficial to all through an enriched user interface and more…
Redwheel Extends Rimes Partnership with Integration of Matrix Investment Management Platform
Redwheel, an active investment manager and existing Rimes client for benchmark data services, has extended the relationship to include Rimes’ Matrix investment management platform. The platform will replace legacy data warehouse technology and help Redwheel establish a robust investment data intelligence function and systematic data management foundation. Within the extended partnership, Rimes will address Redwheel’s…
CFAI Teaches Finance Professionals Nuts and Bolts of ESG Analysis
The issuers of a world-renowned accreditation for financial analysts said that demand for specific expertise in sustainable investing is growing despite recent criticism of ESG. The CFA Institute (CFAI), which issues charters that are recognised as a mark of financial analytical proficiency the world over, is offering a certificate in sustainable finance. It will teach…