Trade and supply-chain data provider Coriolis Technologies has begun trials of an automated ESG scoring tool that measures entity, supply-chain and jurisdiction performance against United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The pilot, undertaken by 40 organisations under the banner of the Kosmos Working Group, seeks to develop standardised ESG scoring criteria, solutions, and methodologies.
The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) outlines extensive rules designed to ensure transparency across sustainable financial markets. It also demands huge volumes of non-financial ESG data to be sourced, managed and governed, some of which is difficult to find, and much of which is unstructured and of variable quality. The data challenge is exacerbated...
Volker Lainer raised eyebrows when he told the recent A-Team ESG Data and Tech Summit London that he saw a role for multiple methodologies used to calculate sustainability ratings and collate datasets. The Head of Data Connections, ESG and Regulatory Affairs at enterprise data management firm GoldenSource even went as far as saying that a...
Now in its 6th year, the RegTech Summit in New York will bring together the regtech ecosystem to explore how the North American capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
The year since we launched our first edition of the A-Team Alternative Trading Directory has passed by in a flash (no pun intended). And while the rate of expansion of the alternative trading system sector may have slowed – even consolidated somewhat – in the more established centres, their onward march continues both in terms of credibility, and of uptake...