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A-Team Group-Partnered Publication Looks into the FinTech Crystal Ball
Charting the digitalisation of the financial industry is the beating heart of what we do at A-Team Group. And we are delighted and proud to have had the opportunity to take our messaging further, for the first time co-producing a special supplement on the Future of Finance in a major British national newspaper. The “Future…
Universal Key: Unlocking the Potential of Legal Entity Identifiers – What’s Left to Do?
By Eugene Ing, Executive Director, GMEI Product Management, DTCC. The 2008 financial crisis highlighted the significance of counterparty risk to the safety of the global financial system. In particular, it demonstrated the importance of identifying ownership structures of legal entities engaged in financial transactions. To create greater transparency in the global financial system, in 2009,…
Regulators and Anti-ESG Forces Put Data Providers Under Spotlight
ESG data providers have every right to feel under attack. On one side are the regulators, who have made it clear they plan to keep companies like MSCI, Sustainalytics and SIX under their gaze amid concern that assets and funds are being greenwashed. More recently, however, anguished cries of foul play have come from conservative…
TCS Tests Model to Fill Gaps in Supply Chain ESG Data
Business IT giant Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) is using digital technologies to assess corporates’ supply-chain sustainability performance. The service is designed to help financial institutions and organisations manage their ESG portfolios, calculate climate and social risks, and meet regulatory obligations. While the initiative is still at the early stages of development, TCS Sustainability Director for…
Alveo Takes Next Step in Cloud Data Management with Cloud Native Version of Prime
Alveo has made its Prime data mastering and quality management solution cloud native, placing it between cloud-native data platforms and consumers, and providing functionality to make cloud data meaningful and valuable to business use cases. “There is a lot of data in cloud marketplaces,” says Mark Hermeling, chief technology officer at Alveo. But three things…
Business Identity in the Digital Economy: A Global Problem Needs a Global Solution
By Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global LEI Foundation. Businesses today face significant pressure to go digital. Government and private sector organisations around the world are racing to digitise processes, products, and services – even national currencies – to remove friction, save money, streamline operations, and improve user experiences. Despite the tremendous benefits it delivers,…
Coriolis Brings ESG Trade Finance Data to TradeSun Partnership
Trade finance data specialist Coriolis Technologies is to provide sustainability content to RegTech vendor TradeSun, a move that comes as regulators tighten controls around reporting supply-chain ESG performance. The UK-based company will feed TradeSun’s financial institution clients with ratings and scores generated by its ESG Tracker service, which covers companies linked to import and export…
Oxford Academics to Probe Climate Data Quality Challenges
An academic study by the University of Oxford is probing the challenges associated with climate data used by financial institutions, including what constitutes good quality information. The research by the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group (OSFG) hopes to be able to establish a baseline for ESG data quality that will provide financial firms with the tools…
Data is Holding Back ESG Sleeping Giant Africa
Africa is shaking off its reputation as an ESG backwater. Major index compilers now offer ESG equities indexes, governments are encoding sustainable finance regulations and green investments are rolling in. Holding back the development of a flourishing sustainable finance market in this ESG sleeping giant, however, is the absence of good quality ESG data. While…
DSB Opens Applications for Membership of Technology Advisory Committee
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) is calling for additional members to join its Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). Successful applicants will take part in the next term of the TAC, which starts in October 2022. To apply, send a covering email to the TAC Secretariat at DSB.TAC@ANNA-DSB.com, along with a copy of your CV. The application…