The percentage of companies whose business is at risk of climate impacts has risen 70 per cent in two years, according to technology provider RepRisk, which uses a variety of geolocated datasets to establish ESG hotspots around the world. Of those, 80 per cent were private companies. The number of companies at risk is now 2,200, 1,500 of which are private, RepRisk said.
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) went live over three months ago, requiring financial institutions to make significant changes to their data management processes. The webinar will discuss how these processes held up on the compliance deadline, January 3, 2018, identify which elements of data management need to be revisited, and consider the...
Sustainability data and RegTech provider Diginex’s recent acquisition of The Remedy Project labour and human rights advisory illustrates how ESG is transforming from an investment strategy to a risk mitigation objective among financial companies. The London-based company, which last year purchased sustainability data and analytics provider Matter DK, anticipates that the The Remedy Project’s expertise...
Now in its 15th year the Data Management Summit NYC brings together the North American data management community to explore how data strategy is evolving to drive business outcomes and speed to market in changing times.
This year has truly been a year of change for the data management community. Regulators and industry participants alike have been keenly focused on the importance of data with regards to compliance and risk management considerations. The UK Financial Services Authority’s fining of Barclays for transaction reporting failures as a result of inconsistent underlying reference...