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SGX Partners DataBP to Power Own Brand Market Data Licensing and Usage Portal
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has partnered DataBP, provider of a market data administration platform and services for exchanges, index and data providers, to use the latter’s platform and commercial expertise to roll out SGX Data Direct, an SGX-branded online portal for data licensing and usage reporting powered by DataBP. SGX joins a community of exchanges using…
Baillie Gifford Selects FINBOURNE LUSID as IBOR for Global Investment Operations
Baillie Gifford, a global investment partnership headquartered in Edinburgh, has selected FINBOURNE Technology’s investment data management platform, LUSID, as the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) for its global investment operations. The platform will deliver a consolidated source of real-time investment data across Baillie Gifford’s equity, fixed income and multi-asset portfolios as part of its drive…
Bank of England Climate Tests Criticised, but Could Show Route to Net-Zero
The Bank of England’s examination of the lending sector’s vulnerabilities to climate-related shocks has come under fire even as gaps exposed in the exercise have helped show how the industry can decarbonise. The London-based central bank has been accused of giving banks and insurers an easy pass on proofing their lending activities against climate risks….
ISSB Creation Hailed as Important Move in Standards Reporting
The creation of a global body to oversee sustainability reporting standards has been hailed as a giant step in bringing order to the complicated patchwork of ESG disclosure frameworks. The IFRS Foundation on Wednesday said it has created the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to oversee the creation of a globally recognised set of ESG…
DSB Call for Industry Feedback on UPI Legal Terms and Conditions Consultation
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has opened a consultation on the legal terms and conditions, and client support model, expected to apply to users of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Service, due to launch next year. The consultation sets out a range of proposals aimed to align with industry feedback for the DSB to support…
IHS Markit Releases Automated Onboarding Platform for Fund Managers and Administrators
IHS Markit has released Investor Onboarding, a fully hosted, digital onboarding platform enabling firms to automate, integrate and centralise onboarding and compliance obligations, while simplifying and accelerating the onboarding experience for investors. The platform allows users to input data once, creating a golden source that populates multiple forms, including subscription agreements and tax forms. Data…
Charles River Names Caroline O’Shaughnessy as Head of EMEA
Charles River Development (CRD), a State Street Company, has appointed Caroline O’Shaughnessy as senior vice president and head of EMEA with responsibility for all business oversight within the region and collaboration with State Street Alpha, State Street’s global front-to-back office platform. O’Shaughnessy joins CRD, provider of the Charles River Investment Management Solution, from the London…
How Easy Access to Trusted Data Drives Operational Efficiency for Finance Firms
By Neil Sandle, Head of Product Management, Alveo. Today, we’re seeing rapid growth in data volumes and in data diversity within financial services firms. Different trends contribute to this growth of available data across the sector. One driver is that firms need to disclose more in order to comply with the continuing push towards regulatory…
Bloomberg sets target to be one-stop-shop for sustainability data
The last major independent data provider has set its sights on being the financial industry’s first port of call for ESG information. In the past few years Bloomberg has been leveraging its huge corporate and reference data pools to spin off a number of sustainability-related products. The New York-based company now sees itself as a…
Demand for muni ESG data is growing
Extreme weather, Covid and political unrest in recent years has focused investor attention on the ESG risks inherent in US municipal bonds. According to a recent survey by Bond Buyer, demand for information on muni issuers’ exposure to climate and other risks is growing. It found that 56 percent of 186 financial market participants and…