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SBTi Warns Lack of Net-Zero Standards Will See Paris Goals Missed
The absence of standard global reporting structures has long been seen as an impediment to the effective allocation of resources into ESG-themed projects and products by financial institutions. Now they are finding similar handicaps as they try to navigate the net-zero transition space, according to a report by leading greenhouse gas reduction framework setter Science-Based…
LSEG Expands Digital Identity Capability with Acquisition of Global Data Consortium
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Global Data Consortium, a provider of high-quality identity verification data to support clients Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. LSEG says the acquisition is aligned to the group’s vision of becoming a market leading global digital identity and fraud solutions provider. GDC, combined with…
NeoXam Extends Relationship with Financière de l’Arc for Move to Cloud
French asset manager Financière de l’Arc has extended its relationship with NeoXam by subscribing to the vendor’s ‘as a service’ offering to host and manage its NeoXam Portfolio Management System (PMS). The relationship began in 2011 after Financière de l’Arc chose NeoXam PMS as its core system for order management, position-keeping, compliance and NAV validation….
Greater Automation Could Pay Dividends for Banks in April
By Daniel Carpenter, Head of Regulation at Meritsoft, a Cognizant company. With the first round of the dividends season upon us, it is not only the front office that is preoccupied right now. Dividends are one of many forms of claims that also require attention in the back office. The typically busy period in April,…
Datactics Partners Solidatus and MANTA, Supports Clients Developing Data Fabric
Datactics has made technology partnerships with Solidatus and MANTA with a view to helping clients build data fabric architecture that enables them to visualise and understand data quality at rest and in motion across the enterprise. By combining Datactics’ self-service data quality and matching software with Solidatus’ data lineage discovery, visualisation and management solution, clients…
SEC Climate-Reporting Announcement Raises TCFD Expectations
The American financial regulator’s long-awaited announcement that it would force banks and other institutions to reveal climate impact data in their regular reporting has prompted many to suggest the disclosure framework it has chosen to follow will soon be adopted as the global default. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said earlier this month that…
Data Fabrics Bring Speed and Agility. Just Make Sure Those Seams are Secure
The increasing complexity and volume of data used by enterprises has prompted as rethink among chief data officers about how best to manage it. The needs of more individuals within an organisation to access information that was once the preserve of a handful of managers, and the switch in emphasis from systems-derived to externally sourced…
ICE to Expand Geospatial Framework for MBS ESG Assessment Globally
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is planning to expand globally a hyper-local geospatial data grid that the market services giant has begun using to provide mortgage investors with sustainability risk information. The Atlanta and New York-based company expects the tool, which can map data to spaces down to 100 metres square and can drill down to the…
Squirro Uses Natural Language Processing to Provide Augmented Intelligence on Unstructured Data
Meet Squirro, a Zurich, Switzerland-based provider of augmented intelligence based on unstructured data and natural language processing (NLP), and a mission ‘to deliver insanely great returns on enterprise data’ by providing customers with the right information at the right moment at the right place, automatically. The company was set up in 2012 and works across…
Best Data Governance Solution Providers
The principles and procedures of an organization’s data storage, handling and security make up its data governance framework. How data is input, stored, manipulated, accessed and deleted is crucial to regulatory compliance and requires the implementation of a strict data governance infrastructure. Firms must put the right people in place to support, sponsor, and steward…