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FinTech Enabler Xignite Enters the ESG Space with Arabesque Data
Xignite, whose data APIs have helped fuel the fintech revolution, has entered the ESG space. A surge of inquiries during the coronavirus pandemic and growing regulatory oversight has convinced the company to offer ESG data scores and metrics to its customers. The San Mateo, California-based provider of data distribution and management solutions for financial services…
DSB Opens Annual Consultation on OTC ISIN and CFI Service Provision
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has opened its annual consultation on OTC ISIN and CFI service provision for 2023. The consultation paper is published on the DSB website with responses open until 5 pm UTC, Monday 30 May 2022. A final report will be published on Thursday 30 June 2022. The consultation focuses on topics…
Machine-Executable Regulations Promise Improved Data Quality and Efficiency in Reporting
Ensuring data quality for regulatory reporting is an ongoing headache for many financial institutions, but solutions that could ease the pain are emerging. We talk to Sassan Danesh, a member of the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) management team, about approaches to regulatory data quality issues using machine-executable validation rules ahead of his keynote at next…
Data Governance Interview with Kim Woodward – Data Management Summit’s Out of Industry Keynote Speaker
Kim Woodward, senior director, head of information operations at AstraZeneca, is a collaborative data governance leader specialising in the strategic design, delivery and implementation of global data management and governance practices in the finance and pharma sectors. She has been involved in the design of enterprise data policies, maturity models and data governance operating frameworks…
Vendor Strategy: Acuity Knowledge Partners Braces for Growth of ESG Business
Acuity Knowledge Partners has enabled its financial services clients to achieve more than US$3 billion in savings by providing research and analytics services that has streamlined their enterprise workflows and processes. The UK-headquartered company is now rapidly expanding its operations to do the same for those clients’ ESG reporting and management obligations. The data and…
Data Quality Remains ESG Hurdle, says Buy-Side Report
ESG data quality remains the biggest hindrance to buy-side financial institutions’ sustainability programmes, according to a new survey, which found low satisfaction rates among a range of data types. Just a quarter of 30 senior executives questioned on their ESG practices by sustainability research firm Verdantix said they thought the quality of ESG data offered…
A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit is Back in Town – Don’t Miss It!
A-Team Group will be live in London on Wednesday 11 May hosting its renowned Data Management Summit – and you are invited. This year’s London event will push the boundaries, with leading data practitioners, innovators and vendors covering everything from data-driven business strategy to data monetisation, perpetual KYC, data fabric, ESG data, value-added data governance,…
DTCC Names BNY Mellon Executive Frank La Salla as President and CEO
DTCC has named Francis (Frank) La Salla as president and CEO of the company with effect from 12 August 2022. He will join DTCC from BNY Mellon, where he is CEO of the bank’s issuer services business and a member of the executive committee. La Salla’s appointment is the result of long-term succession planning and…
Implementation Analysis: The Catalyst for Rapid Analytics Success in Capital Markets
By Matthew Hodgson, CEO of Mosaic Smart Data. Harnessing the data explosion has become one of the biggest challenges facing capital markets participants today. With such massive amounts of data – all sourced by different methods and stored in different locations across the institution – the challenge can sometimes feel insurmountable. The benefits that come…
Bloomberg, MSCI Launch First in Range of Climate-Transition ESG Indices
Data giants Bloomberg and MSCI plan to offer investors a suite of climate-themed fixed-income indices following the unveiling this week of the first batch of gauges designed to offer transparency into corporate net-zero transitions. The companies’ joint Climate Benchmark offering combines MSCI Climate data and analyses with Bloomberg’s fixed-income indices, providing assessments of corporate bond…