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Clarity AI and LSEG Create Compliance Tool for Updated SFDR
Sustainability tech platform Clarity AI is providing the infrastructure and analytics behind a new tool that’s helping LSEG’s financial institution clients comply with European ESG reporting rules that came into effect this week. SFDR Reporting Professional Powered by Clarity AI has been created to enable compliance with the new Level 2 Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation….
2023, the Year When ESG Comes of Age
If the past 12 months tested the resilience of the global ESG project, then 2023 is likely to be the turning point from which it becomes an irreversible part of the financial landscape. Data quality will improve as regulations toughen and as disclosures and reporting standards become codified internationally, market experts predict for the new…
Financial Institutions Experiencing D&I Data Shortcomings
A leading British specialist provider of diversity and inclusion (D&I) data has warned that financial institutions are failing to use available information to heal social divisions. The comments came after the UK financial regulator published a damning condemnation of efforts by the nation’s businesses to address D&I in their workplaces. While Anders Rodenberg, chief executive…
2023 is the Year for Tackling ESG Data, Frameworks, and Compliance – from Front-to-Back
By Janine Hofer-Wittwer, CFA, Senior Product Manager, Financial Information, SIX. The role of data in financial markets is constantly evolving. However, ESG data is currently underrated and undervalued in terms of strategic importance and the future of finance. Earlier this year, we saw new requirements come into force under MiFID II for banks and investment…
Predictions 2023: A Year of Evolution and Adaptation
By Ludovic Blanquet, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Xceptor. As the curtains begin to draw on 2022, financial institutions are anxiously navigating the challenges imposed by war in Ukraine, rampant inflation, and looming recessions. If it was hoped the diminishing threat of Covid would offer some respite, that hope was short-lived. However, advancements were made…
RegTech is Only as Good as the Data it Uses, Summit Told
While technology has automated regulatory compliance for financial institutions, vendors and users must vigilantly stay on top of the data behind it to adjust to changes in the laws they seek to address. New or different datasets and formats must be accommodated, and new data sources found as regulators redraw rules to protect participants in…
SFDR Ready to Take the Fizz Out of New Year For ESG Compliance Teams
New Year celebrations are unlikely to last long for Europe’s fund and asset managers; at the stroke of midnight when party poppers are pulled and prosecco corks are popped, regulations that force funds to disclose the ESG performance of their investments will suddenly become tougher. The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) will step…
RegTech Can Help Solve ESG Data Management and Trust Challenges
As demand for data grows with the acceptance of ESG as a critical part of financial institutions’ business and regulatory activities, focus will intensify on the quality of that information. Asset managers and owners will want the cleanest, most relevant and most comprehensive datasets to identify investment opportunities and risks and to comply with the…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Data Management Insight Awards – Europe 2022
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe 2022. These awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across Europe. This year’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe were presented by Olympic Athlete, Derek Redmond after a…
Bureau van Dijk wins A-Team Group awards for Best Entity Data Solution in Europe and the USA
Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics company, has won awards for Best Data Entity Solution in A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards Europe and USA. The awards celebrate leading providers of data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants. Bureau van Dijk’s entity data management solution, Orbis, was selected as a winner by…