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Start-Up C-More Sets Sights on Ambitious SME Database
A Portuguese sustainability management software provider has set itself the daunting task of compiling a database that will eventually provide a base level of ESG information on every small business in the world. Lisbon-based start-up C-More has created a platform that helps small and midsize companies assess their own ESG maturity and learn how to improve their performance and…
DSB Adds Option to Use Alternative Underlier Ids to Search for or Create UPIs
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) continues to prepare for the production launch of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) on 16 October 2023 with an option for users of the UPI User Acceptance Test (UAT) environment to search for and create UPIs using a range of alternative underlier IDs. The alternative underlier ID feature allows firms…
INQDATA and KX Partnership Helps FIs Extract Maximum Value from Data at Speed
INQDATA, a data science company specialising in the curation, cleansing, mapping, and hydration of data for financial institutions, has partnered KX, provider of the kdb+ Data Timehouse and the KDB.AI vector database, to deliver streamlined data processing, drive informed decision making, and identify new opportunities. The INQDATA platform, powered by kdb+ , addresses issues associated…
A Powerful Voice for the ESG Data and Ratings Industry
The rapid maturity of the ESG data space had threatened to create a void in the policy and regulatory response that should be filled by industry participants. Three years ago, the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) was founded to fill that very hole. Created at Davos by Sherry Madera, then an executive at Refinitiv, and the World Economic…
Future of ESG Ratings in Doubt as S&P Withdraws from Scores
S&P Global has made the surprise decision to stop issuing alphanumeric ESG scores with its credit ratings, raising questions about the continuing use of such metrics by financial institutions. The world’s leading provider of rankings on sovereign and corporate debt said it would cease providing scores on listed entities’ ESG performance with immediate effect. Instead,…
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Selects Bloomberg Data Solution for SFDR Compliance
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted Bloomberg’s data solution dedicated to helping firms meet the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The asset manager is one of the largest in Japan and Asia, a signatory of both Japan’s Stewardship Code and Principles for Responsible Investment, and is actively pursuing initiatives to address ESG…
CUSIP Global Services Releases Unique Entity Identifier for Syndicated Corporate Loan Market
CUSIP Global Services has released a unique entity identifier for the $5 trillion syndicated corporate loan market. The CUSIP Entity Identifier (CEI) is a unique 10-character code assigned to each legal entity holding corporate loans and was developed in collaboration with the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and Versana. The identifier provides transparency into…
Walking the Tightrope of Increasing Regulatory Data Collection Initiatives
By Kelly Attrill, Strategy and Advisory Practice Head, Lab49. In a digital world where the volume, velocity and granularity of data continues to increase, there is even more potential to leverage the data created. In the financial services industry, firms have recognized the power of data for oversight, compliance and policy development. Regulators across financial…
Model Behaviour: Testing the Tools that Underpin ESG Decisions
The quality of data and technology used in ESG systems is of growing importance to investors and regulators as they seek to do more with the information available, to comply with regulations and to arm themselves against accusations of greenwashing. Last week we discussed the emerging body of work that’s bringing accountancy-level assurance to ESG…
KX and DataArt Partner to Drive Performance of Cloud-Based Data Management, ML and AI
KX, maker of the KDB.AI vector database, and DataArt, a global software engineering firm, have made a strategic partnership to help customers master the challenges of migrating real-time analytics, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads to the AWS cloud. The companies say their alliance offers a solution for firms looking to upgrade their…