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Banks are Tackling Unique Challenges with ESG Data, Says CGI
Non-retail banks are wrestling with unique data requirements and challenges as they strive to build their ESG capabilities. A combination of factors including weak reporting standards and legacy technology is slowing wholesale lenders’ efforts to gather and use data needed to green their loan books and operations, according to IT and business consulting giant CGI….
GaiaLens Uses AI to Bring Transparency to Sentiment Data
Alternative ESG data provider GaiaLens has harnessed the AI technology behind headline-grabbing app ChatGPT to revamp its news sentiment feed to investors and asset managers. UK-based GaiaLens, which was formed three years ago, said the use of large language technology has helped the company turbo-boost its Momentum product, which scrapes trusted news sources for sentiment…
Quest Software Adds Data Marketplace to Data Intelligence Software Portfolio
Quest Software, a systems management, data protection and security software provider, has added a data marketplace based on the concept of ‘shop, share, and compare’ to its offerings. The data marketplace is included in version 13.0 of Quest’s erwin Data Intelligence solution, and is designed to help data users, stewards and owners find, understand, leverage…
KX Releases PyKX Python Interface to kdb+ for Developer Community, Accelerates Data Science Workflows
KX, provider of the kdb+ time-series database, Data Timehouse, and KDB.AI vector database, has released a new version of PyKX, its Python first interface to kdb+, with a development-only licence. The release expands the reach of KX technology to the more than 10 million strong Python developer community. By giving Python developers the ability to…
Bloomberg Offers Funds Data Solution via Data License
Bloomberg has released Funds Data Solution providing funds and exchange traded products (ETPs) data designed to help clients act on changing investment opportunities and support end-to-end workflows spanning portfolio construction, risk management, due diligence and operations. The solution covers over 135,000 unique funds and 12,000 ETPs that are available as foundational data, holdings, corporate actions,…
Asset Owners’ Group Extends Access to SDG Assessment Tool
As asset owners take more control of their investments, doing the kind of due diligence and research usually associated with asset managers, one group of participants is providing fellow institutions with a novel way to meet their ESG mandates and obligations. Amsterdam-based Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) has partnered with global index…
ICE Benchmark Administration Provides Update on LIBOR Cessation and Synthetic LIBOR
ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA), the authorised and regulated administrator of LIBOR, has provided an update on LIBOR settings yet to be ceased and synthetic LIBOR methodologies. The UK FCA issued its final messages on LIBOR at the end of May 2023, prior to the end of the US dollar LIBOR panel and reminding market participants…
Fenergo Combines KYC and Transaction Compliance to Provide Real-Time Customer Intelligence
Fenergo has released KYC & Transaction Compliance, an offering for fintechs – and later financial institutions – that combines the company’s KYC and transaction monitoring solutions to provide a single, integrated SaaS solution that continuously monitors customer profiles and detects suspicious transaction activities, including money laundering and terrorist financing, in real time. KYC & Transaction…
ICE ESG Chief Marks a Busy 18 Months in Product Development
Larry Lawrence has got off to a running start in his first 18 months as head of sustainable finance at data and market technology giant Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). When ESG Insight spoke to him last year not long into his new job, Lawrence was putting together an expansion plan that he said would harness the disparate strengths of…
Webinar Preview: Standards and Taxonomies Pose Multiple Challenges
Taxonomies provide the definitive framework on which ESG regulations, government policies and business strategies are built. They help define what company, product or service is sustainable from an ESG point of view and they provide the language for labelling those elements, such as “green bonds”. But they are only as valuable as they data that…