Biodiversity and Water Risk Products Announced by ISS ESG

ISS ESG has broadened its nature-linked ESG data and indices offerings with the launch of a Biodiversity Impact Assessment Tool and a Freshwater Index series. The biodiversity tool enables investors to measure the impact of their investments’ activities on nature, while the latest indices highlight a company’s exposure to water risks and its management of water.

Copper.co Deploys Fenergo SaaS Solution to Streamline Client Onboarding

Copper.co, a provider of custody, trading and settlement services for digital assets, will deploy Fenergo’s SaaS-based client lifecycle management and anti-money laundering solution to onboard increasingly complex client ownership structures. With an excess of $50 billion in monthly notional flow across its infrastructure, Copper needs to automate its client onboarding process to cater for clients ranging from institutional asset managers to wealth managers, hedge funds, private banks, crypto funds and family offices.

Linedata Partners Liquid Mercury to Offer Buy-Side Firms Crypto Market Access

Linedata, a provider of asset management technology, data, and services, is providing buy side asset managers with institutional grade access to crypto and digital asset order execution. This is made possible through a collaboration with Liquid Mercury, a digital asset and cryptocurrency trading technology provider, and its order execution management system.

Encompass Joins GLEIF Vendor Relationship Group

Encompass, a provider of automated KYC solutions, has become a member of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation’s (GLEIF’s) vendor relationship group. The group was set up to help the GLEIF understand market and product requirements for Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) data. Stephan Wolf, CEO at GLEIF and co-chair of the vendor relationship group, says: “With Encompass, we will have more than 40 organisations in the group, which creates a solid and rich dialogue between GLEIF and major sector solution providers to further promote the LEI worldwide.”

UK’s FCA Says it’s Concerned About ESG Benchmark Providers

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told providers of ESG benchmarks that it will toughen its scrutiny of the sector, saying it has concerns about the way the gauges are compiled. Director of infrastructure and exchanges Edwin Schooling Latter told chiefs of the compilers of his concerns in a “Dear CEO” letter.

Liquidnet Joins Sustainable Trading

Liquidnet, the technology-driven agency execution specialist, has become a member of Sustainable Trading, the non-profit membership network launched earlier this year, dedicated to transforming environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices within the financial markets trading industry.

Sustainable Trading brings firms together to devise practical and sustainable solutions to industry-specific ESG issues, as well as providing a mechanism for self-assessment and benchmarking.

Australian Fund Manager ISPT Selects SS&C for Performance Measurement

ISPT, one of the largest property fund managers in Australia, has chosen SS&C Sylvan for performance measurement. The solution was selected for its ability to process data automatically, calculate key returns, and provide robust analytical tools. It replaces an internally built performance measurement system.

Rockefeller Capital Management Up and Running with FactSet Workstations

Rockefeller Capital Management is using FactSet advisor workstations across the enterprise to drive advisor productivity. The arrangement provides Rockefeller advisors with access to comprehensive, multi-asset content, robust analytics, and global market data through FactSet’s web and mobile solutions. The collaboration is a milestone for Rockefeller as it plans to more than double its 450 advisor and team members by using FactSet’s open and flexible technology and enterprise wealth management solutions.

Double Materiality ESG Platform Launched by JP Morgan

Sustainable investment clients of JP Morgan will have access to a new ESG digital research platform that offers information and views based on double materiality principles – the impact that a company or asset has on the world as well as how climate and social change influences investments. ESG Discovery is fed by data from Datamaran and comprises two components: Sector and Cross-Sector analyses and Company and Thematic screening.

Morningstar to Showcase ESG ‘Digital Experience’ Product

An ESG-focused “digital experience” is to be unveiled by Morningstar, designed to give an all-round view of sustainable investing strategies. Comprising data from the financial services research giant’s own ESG Risk Ratings and Impact Metrics, the Investable World product promises to show in plain language and graphs the risks and opportunities in 750 thematic funds. The service will be showcased at financial conferences in the US through the autumn.