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DSB Combines UPI and OTC ISIN Data in User Acceptance Testing Environment
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has extended Unique Product Identifier (UPI) User Acceptance Testing (UAT) into the OTC ISIN UAT environment, enabling OTC ISIN users to start testing combined OTC ISIN and UPI workflows. Users of the OTC ISIN UAT environment can develop and test changes to systems to incorporate the UPI as part of…
Graph Technology Supports Financial Institutions with Indirect Emissions Reporting
Solution Architect Dr. Michael Moore, Ph.D. outlines how graph tech supports financial institutions working to meet Scope 3 carbon reporting requirements. Under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, financial services institutions will soon be tasked to estimate and report their carbon emissions, not just ‘Scope 1 and 2’ activities, but new Scope 3 activities that extend…
New Law May Have Quietly Improved ESG Data Outlook for UK Investors
A little-noticed insertion into the biggest shakeup of UK financial law in generations is expected to bring greater clarity to the way ESG data will be reported and government’s role in green finance. The Financial Services and Markets Act (2023) – known as the FSMB, its initials when the law was a bill awaiting royal…
EthicsGrade Measures the ESG Risks of ESG Technology
Technology is providing companies with the tools to improve their ESG performances. But could that tech itself be undermining some of those gains, could it be having unforeseen negative impacts? When the question occurred to technologist Charles Radclyffe while working on AI for a major London investment firm, he discovered there was no way of…
ISSB Assumption of TCFD Brings a Global Reporting Code a Huge Step Closer
The set of climate reporting recommendations that are regarded as the go-to guideline for national regulators, companies and financial institutions alike has become the latest major piece added to an emerging global sustainability disclosure framework. From next year, companies that align with the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will be monitored by, and required…
Alveo DIY Data Modelling Supports Faster Onboarding of New Data Sources
Alveo has responded to market demand for reduced cost of change and faster turnaround when onboarding and operationalising new content in areas such as pricing, security master, ESG, and corporate actions, with new data modelling and onboarding capabilities in its Ops360 platform. The capabilities allow data analysts to graphically model, onboard and maintain new data…
GLEIF Names Dessa Glasser as Chair of the Board
Dessa Glasser, principal of the Financial Risk Group, has been appointed chair of the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF). An existing GLEIF board member and chair of the organisation’s risk committee, Glasser was elected and became chair on 25 June 2023. Her mission is to continue to evolve and expand the Global LEI System to enable…
EU’s Landmark MiCA Framework Affirms Value of LEI in Crypto-Asset Regulation
By Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global LEI Foundation. With the crypto-asset market experiencing sustained instability and volatility following the high-profile collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, regulatory activities have taken on new intensity and urgency. Emergent initiatives are being realised, and in May 2023, the EU finally adopted the long-awaited and much-debated Markets in…
Webinar Preview: Bringing ESG and Enterprise Data Together
ESG data is of greatest value when it is integrated with other data sets. The challenge is making that happen. With sustainability investors requiring ever-more nuanced and esoteric datasets to give them the most holistic view of their portfolios, the volume of non-standard and unstructured data they absorb into their systems is growing. Standardising, cleaning…
UK Issues Code of Conduct Proposal for ESG Ratings
Leading financial bodies have welcomed a proposed voluntary code of conduct for ESG ratings providers, which has been launched in the UK to improve confidence in a sector that’s growing in importance for financial institutions. The document, published on July 5, suggests a six-principles approach to bringing order to ESG ratings whose providers face criticism…