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2022 – The Year of Transition, Turning Data Management Theories into Practical Solutions
Welcome to Data Management Insight 2022 and some of the hot topics we will be exploring as capital markets participants continue to mainstream data as a resource to improve business value, extend digitalisation, drive up efficiencies, foster innovation, and last but not least, improve regulatory compliance processes. It will not all be plain sailing, however,…
FactSet to Acquire CUSIP Global Services as S&P Global Facilitates Merger with IHS Markit
The holidays brought good news for CUSIP Global Services (CGS) with FactSet making a definitive agreement to acquire the company from S&P Global in a cash deal valued at $1.925 billion. Late last year, the European Commission said S&P Global would have to divest CGS to gain regulatory approval for its planned $44 billion merger…
Moody’s Analytics Wins A-Team Group Data Management Insight Award 2021 for Best Proposition for AI and Machine Learning
This blog is sponsored by Moody’s Analytics. Congratulations to Sergio Gago Huerta, Managing Director of Product Management at Moody’s Analytics, and his team on winning A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Award 2021 for Best Proposition for AI and Machine Learning. A-Team Group: What challenges does your winning data management solution address? Sergio: Our Moody’s Analytics…
IBA Pulls Carbon Data from the Air
Aviation data and advisory consultancy IBA is providing financial institutions and aviation market participants with the data and tools needed to help the industry reach net zero. The Surrey-based organisation is the first aviation-focused external reviewer aligned with Guidelines for Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-Linked Bonds External Reviews published by the International Capital Market Association…
Vendor Strategy: Orenda Sifts Through Funny Cat Videos For ESG Data Gold
The sustainability movement that is transforming financial services was kick-started by growing public outrage at the impact of human activities on the natural world. In the days before the internet, those feelings were articulated in protests, newspaper articles, books and a huge variety of media and public pulpits. Today, that disparate global forum has coalesced…
Tech Mahindra Partners Alveo to Power Data-as-a-Service Solution
Tech Mahindra is back in the capital markets data management game with the selection of Alveo’s FiDaaS solution to offer its customers financial Data-as-a-Service (DaaS). FiDaaS is a cloud-based, centralised market data platform covering pricing and reference data management, and end-to-end financial data management including data acquisition, mastering, quality management, discovery and distribution. The solution…
Bloomberg Adds Data License Content to AWS Cloud
Bloomberg has added its Data License content to the AWS cloud, giving clients cloud-native access to Bloomberg OneData, which includes reference, pricing, and regulatory data, as well as research, corporate actions and alternative data for over 50 million securities and 30 thousand fields. Bloomberg Data License clients can integrate content directly into their AWS workloads…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Data Management Insight Awards 2021
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious 2021 Data Management Insight Awards. The annual awards, now in their ninth year, recognise leading providers of data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants. Award categories ranged from best data lineage solution to best data quality analysis tool, best standards solution, best corporate…
OneTrust Expands ESG Capabilities with Planetly Acquisition
Risk technology platform OneTrust has acquired carbon accounting startup Planetly, further expanding its ESG capabilities to help meet growing demand for climate-risk mitigation data. The American software giant will absorb the Berlin-based company, bringing Planetly’s carbon footprint management and reporting platform to 10,000 corporates from its present roster of 170 clients. Planetly Chief Commercial Officer Anna…
ESG Book Accelerates Move Towards Free Data
A movement to make ESG data freely available just took a huge step. ESG Book was launched last week by an alliance of international banks and financial institutions including HSBC, Deutsche Bank and The International Finance Corporation (IFC), offering to public view the disclosures of more than 9,000 companies. Frankfurt-based data vendor Arabesque created the…