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FinTech Veterans Create Data, Technology and Services ‘Ecosystem’ to Solve Regulatory Challenges
The battery of ESG and financial regulations introduced in the past few years – and the future rules already in an advanced state of preparation – are weighing on institutions as the threat of censure for breaches increases. But a team of FinTech specialists has come up with a novel approach to helping all parties,…
NatWest Pilots AI Solution to Help Enable ESG Data Insights for SME Clients
NatWest Bank is the UK’s largest lender to small and medium-sized businesses, a success story it proudly broadcasts and an achievement the bank maintains through a robust data management strategy that enables it to provide finance to some of the most difficult-to-reach borrowers. Like other banks, the strength of NatWest’s system has been tested in…
Data Management Summit Returns to NYC with a Focus on Unlocking Data Value for the Business
Don’t miss it! Data Management Summit NYC will be hosted by A-Team Group president and chief content officer Andrew Delaney on 28 September in New York City. The summit promises plenty of new content, a line-up of expert speakers, and lively discussion on topics from how to unlock data value for the business to how…
SimCorp Integrates Clarity AI Sustainability Data into Investment Management Platform
SimCorp, currently the subject of an all-cash offer from Deutsche Börse, has integrated Clarity AI’s sustainability datasets into its investment management platform providing institutional investors with access to AI-powered datasets that will help them align with EU sustainable finance regulations and execute impact investing strategies. Clarity AI uses machine learning and big data to deliver…
China’s CITIC Securities Selects NeoXam DataHub for Master Data Management
CITIC Securities, one of the largest securities companies in China, has selected NeoXam DataHub to deliver a master data management (MDM) project covering all its asset classes, business entities and corporate actions. The solution will be used to collect, clean and process data from Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Wind, Caihui, Juyuan and other data sources, and generate…
Financial Institutions Slow to Disclose Nature-Related Metrics: CDP
A prominent sustainability disclosures body has said data availability and accuracy are contributory factors in financial institutions’ slow reaction to addressing biodiversity loss linked to their investments. Only one in 10 banks, asset owners, asset managers and insurers disclosing metrics on their portfolios’ impacts forests and water security, the CDP said in its latest examination…
ESG Data is “in a Key Moment” – Industry Responds to Upbeat Bloomberg Survey
In a year when headlines focused on political pushback gave the impression that sustainability-focused investment strategies may be in decline, a survey from Bloomberg paints an altogether different picture. ESG data investment is growing and set to continue growing at least into the next 12 months, the financial data giant’s ESG Data Acquisition and Management…
Building Trust in AI: An Imperative for Widespread Adoption
By Anshuman Prasad, Global Head of Risk Analytics, CRISIL. As large language models (LLMs) continue to surprise there is a clamour to adopt AI in a more meaningful fashion across the financial services sector, where machine learning was previously accessible only in rarefied tech or quant circles. From algorithmic trading to predictive analytics and chatbots,…
DTCC Pulls Out of LEI Issuance with Closure of GMEI Utility – Bloomberg and LSE Expected Beneficiaries
DTCC has closed its Global Markets Entity Identifier (GMEI) utility and will no longer issue Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) in the Global LEI System. In a notice to GMEI clients, DTCC said the utility, operated by DTCC subsidiary and accredited LOU Business Entity Data B.V., terminated all its LEI…
Webinar Preview: Empowering Asset Managers and Owners with ESG Solutions for Net Zero Transformation
Decarbonising the atmosphere is the defining goal of the environmental movement, and one that financial institutions are playing a vital role in achieving. They are working towards meeting targets set over the next 25-40 years of reaching a state in which the net amount of carbon released into the atmosphere by economic activity is zero….