Eurex to Launch ESG Compass Clearing Tool

European derivatives exchange Eurex is to launch an ESG clearing tool next month that will enable customers to test their portfolios against a number of climate metrics and data. The ESG Compass will provide services initially for securities delivered as margin collateral and default fund contributions.

ESG Book to Provide Data and Tech to Korean Member of BDO

ESG Book, the sustainability information and scores provider backed by an alliance of large banks and institutions, is to supply data and technology to Korea’s BDO Sunghyun. The independent member of the global BDO accounting and tax advisory network will be able to access ESG Book’s raw ESG and climate data, company- and portfolio-level scores as well as analytical tools.

Kensho Classify NLP Solution Sifts Market Signals Form Thousands of Documents

Kensho Technologies, an S&P Global company, has released a natural language processing (NLP) solution, Kensho Classify, that derives value from vast amounts of text and documents by making content more discoverable, enabling analysis of text, smart search, content recommendations, and streamlined research and analysis. The solution is tuned for complex business and finance use cases, allowing users to find concepts and topics within documents in a fast and efficient way, with no machine learning or technical skills required. For capital markets participants, the solution can help find market signals from thousands of documents.

Kensho recently introduced the Named Entity Recognition and Disambiguation (NERD) UI, an NLP solution optimised to extract and understand all types of entities in text documents using a context-aware model. The UI allows users to gain insight into the who, what and where of any document. Classify is a sister solution offering insight on more abstract topics spanning sentences or paragraphs. Together, NERD and Classify can give a complete picture of large amounts of text in a quick and efficient manner.

Qlik Connector Factory Extends Access to SaaS Data for Cloud Analytics

Qlik has introduced Connector Factory in line with its strategy to continually expand access to and delivery of data from hundreds of SaaS applications and data sources to meet enterprise cloud analytics and data integration needs. The company already offers over 250 connectors and through 2023 will add a further 100 connectors for Qlik Cloud Data Integration. The initial delivery of new connectors is expected over the next two quarters and includes support for 30 of the most popular enterprise applications including NetSuite, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Salesforce, Epic, Cerner, OSIsoft, ADP, SAP Ariba and HubSpot.

Latin American ESG Services Provider NINT Acquired by ERM

NINT, a Latin America-focused ESG research company that offers due diligence and other advisory services to financial institutions, has been bought by ERM. Rio de Janeiro-based NINT will provide assessments of sustainability-liked assets and support issuance and debt structuring expertise.

Clarity AI, CDP to Jointly Build Sustainability Tech Tools

Clarity AI and CDP are to jointly develop new technology products to help financial institutions to gauge their environmental impact. London-based Clarity AI, a sustainability technology platform, will use data from CDP in its Net Zero tool and will calculate the disclosure body’s Climetrics database for ETFs and funds.

Synechron Offers Data Monetisation Accelerator Programme

Digital transformation consulting firm Synechron has released a data monetisation accelerator programme that offers a suite of building block solutions designed to help asset managers and financial institutions unlock the full potential of their data. The Synechron tools leverage analytics and derive insights to identify revenue opportunities and implement key strategies for monetising data, while preserving data privacy, security, governance and management.

Quantexa Completes Acquisition of Aylien

Quantexa, a player in the decision intelligence market, has completed the acquisition of Aylien, an AI, NLP and ML company based in Dublin. Founded in 2012, Aylien applies advanced AI to unstructured data to create a rich, real-time, and reliable stream of actionable insights. The combination of Aylien’s AI and NLP, and Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence platform, will provide a step towards Quantexa’s vision of offering users of its platform full context of their business operations by unifying the structured and unstructured world.

Rimes Offers Clients ESG Book Data and Scores

Clients of data management solutions provider Rimes can now access ESG Book’s sustainability data. ESG Book, which was created by asset manager and data provide Arabesque along with an alliance of financial institution, will offer its ESG data via Rimes could-based platform. The datasets cover more than 50,000 companies, including scores.

Morningstar Unveils New SDG-Aligned Benchmarks

A new set of indexes created by Morningstar will enable investors to put their money into companies that are aligned with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDFs). The research giant will include in the Morningstar Global Sustainable Activities Involvement Indexes (SAI) only companies that also committing a substantial proportion of their revenue to one or more impact themes.