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ESG Information Overreach May be New Data Challenge
ESG data management is evolving, with more datasets coming online as new sustainability and social factors are incorporated into financial institutions’ risk-assessment processes. In response, firms may be tempted to invest greater amounts of capital to bring in those new streams of potentially critical information. But some could be over-reaching the capabilities of their operations….
Dig Deeper: Carbon Markets Are Hiding a Gem
New data reveals how carbon emissions can unlock investment in decarbonisation By Jan Ahrens, Chief Executive, SparkChange. There is little doubt global warming presents a catastrophe for humanity, and that it requires unprecedented investment to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. McKinsey estimates $9.2trn per year. When we talk about the financial effects of…
Omba Advisory & Investments Selects FINBOURNE
Omba Advisory & Investments, a London-based investment management firm, has selected FINBOURNE Technology’s SaaS-native modern financial data stack as its operational data hub. The firm selected FINBOURNE after a market review, and will use the vendor’s LUSID PMS and Luminesce for portfolio management and improved data consolidation to help scale investment operations. Omba serves family…
Deutsche Börse Makes All-Cash Offer for SimCorp
Deutsche Börse has made an all-cash offer for SimCorp. It also plans to combine its existing data and analytics subsidiaries Qontigo and ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) to create an investment management solutions business offering data, index and analytics products, as well as software solutions. SimCorp’s board of directors has confirmed its intention to recommend that…
Threadneedle Street Points to Importance of Scenario Analysis
Sarah Breeden, the Bank of England’s executive director for sustainability, last week called on all stakeholders to redouble efforts to curtail global warming, singling out the banking and insurance sectors as key pillars of change. In her grim assessment of the lack of progress in the achieving global climate targets so far, she outlined four…
CUSIP Global Services Enhances Products and Services to Improve Market Efficiency and Transparency
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) has implemented a series of product and service enhancements designed to improve the efficiency and transparency of financial markets. Provided at no additional cost to CGS customers, these improvements include an expansion of the standard CUSIP data field, the introduction of a series of counterparty risk reports, and infrastructure improvements to…
FCA Sets Out Next Stages of Data Strategy
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is advancing its data strategy after publishing an update in 2020, which set out a five-year plan designed to make the FCA smarter in its use of data and analytics. It has also established a joint programme with the Bank of England to transform how it regulates, with the aim…
No Question Too Small for Alt. ESG Data Startup Alygne
A startup that lets consumers check sustainability data on the companies and products that they patronise has also begun feeding its content to asset owners and investors. San Francisco-based alternative data provider Alygne emerged from “stealth mode” last week with two products: a mobile app for consumers and a data feed into FinTech Finastra’s investment…
Bloomberg Uses Native Connectivity to Make Data License and B-PIPE Content Accessible to Microsoft Azure Clients
Bloomberg has released a service providing high-performance data to Bloomberg Enterprise Data customers using Microsoft Azure. The service offers access to both real-time trading data and reference, pricing, regulatory and point in time historical datasets via native connectivity to the Azure Virtual Network (VNet). The service includes content from B-PIPE, which was initially made available…
Scope 3 Data Remains Weak Spot for ESG Disclosure
International Earth Day, which will be marked on Saturday, comes around as the ESG disclosure space becomes increasingly preoccupied with solving one of its thorniest problems: gathering quality Scope 3 emissions data. The subject has gathered pace as regulators around the world, and in particular the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), grapple with ways…