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The Best Data Lineage Providers
Data lineage traces data from source to destination, noting every move the data makes and taking into account any changes to the data during its journey for full traceability. It is critical to regulatory compliance and data governance, and offers numerous business and operational benefits. The level of granularity and scope of the audit trail…
ADC Looks to Fill Gaps in Banks’ ESG Data Competencies
Data science specialist Amsterdam Data Collective (ADC) has grown by helping companies realise the value of data in achieving specific goals, such as building capital position models for banks and improving customer experiences for retailers. But the Dutch company has now also set its sights on filling ESG knowledge gaps in financial institutions’ risk-management processes. Last…
Biodiversity Data Growth Forecast as Investors Look to Nature
It’s been called the ESG elephant in the room, an environmental risk that’s been all too obvious but largely overlooked in the race to net-zero. But advances in ESG data modelling has sparked a gathering interest in biodiversity risk. RepRisk and QuantCube are trialling new satellite-based solutions to collect data on the impacts of economic…
Datactics Builds New Solutions and Business on Basis of Flagship Self-Service Data Quality Platform
Datactics is heading into 2022 with the release of additional solutions on its flagship self-service data quality platform, a strong business performance in 2021, and new hires and offices to match. To find out more about the company’s plans for 2022 and highlights of 2021, we caught up with CEO Stuart Harvey and head of…
How to Source and Manage ESG Disclosure Data to Ensure Compliance
Huge steps have been made in recent years to bring environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting standards up to the level of reported financial information – but there is still a long way to go. A shortage of company data, a lack of harmonisation on standards, and the sheer volume of data being pumped out…
Diginex-SGS Alliance May Offer Comfort to ESG-Worried Auditors
With nascent regulations stressing the need for ESG disclosures to be included in corporate financial reports, the role of auditors in the process is coming under scrutiny. That was recognised this week with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in the US praising a declaration by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) that recognised…
ESG Data Uses Broaden as Flow of Information Increases
ESG data and scores are growing in importance as companies put it to wider use within their enterprises, beyond regulatory requirements. As well as being the cornerstone of meeting reporting regulations and guiding investors on capital allocation decisions, the data is increasingly being used in risk management and in setting business strategies, according to S&P…
GLEIF CEO Stephan Wolf Discusses Progress of the LEI and Plans to Increase its Growth
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) crossed the 2 million mark of identifiers issued, experienced organic growth of 15% despite no major regulatory implementations, and held a steady 65% renewal rate through 2021. Moving into 2022, projects set up by the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) to expand LEI issuance are expected to take off, and the…
SmartStream Air Version 6 Takes Automation and Exceptions Management to the Next Level
SmartStream Technologies has released Version 6 of its SmartStream Air cloud-native AI data reconciliations solution. The release includes two new features: enhanced exceptions management capabilities; and attribute-by-attribute matching. The exceptions management enhancement increases automation, while the solution’s AI capabilities manage discrepancies during the reconciliations process by creating exception cases. Users can track the status of…
DTCC and Broadridge Team Up to Automate Voluntary Corporate Action Instructions
DTCC subsidiary The Depository Trust Company (DTC) has enhanced its Reorganizations service to offer an automated process for submitting instructions for voluntary corporate actions in ISO 20022 format. The service is designed to replace manual submission processes and is expected to reduce risk associated with human error and provide cost savings for clients. Broadridge Financial…