Data Management Insight Brief
Dow Jones, ADC Unveil New ESG Data Services
The universe of ESG data services has expanded with Dow Jones and Amsterdam Data Collective (ADC) announcing the creation of new offerings for financial institutions. New York-based Down Jones will sell data sets comprising sustainability scores on more than 6,000 listed companies. The company said the service would also provide “uniquely news driven” data to supplement self-reported corporate information. Dutch data consultancy ADC said it has opened a new analytics practice that will focus solely on sustainability and climate change. The unit will be led by former Bank of England and ING consultant Julia van Huizen.
Qotingo Further Expands With Addition of RepRisk Data
Risk analytics and indexing platform Qotingo has added ESG risk data from RepRisk to its client offering. RepRisk’s artificial intelligence-backed analyses and ESG data will be available to users of Qotingo’s Axioma Portfolio Analytics (APA) platform. It will also be used to build indexes within Qotingo’s STOXX brands. This is Qontingo’s latest addition to its APA after earlier this month announcing the inclusion of feeds from Sustainalytics, ISS and Clarity AI.
RightShip Launches Carbon Accounting Tools for Cargo Vessels
Shipping risk assessment company RightShip has launched a carbon accounting suite of tools to calculate cargo vessel’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Carbon Accounting Reporting Tool measures, monitors and benchmarks shipping-related emissions, which are thought to account for 3 per cent of total global GHG creation. The product comes as the European Union prepares to require financial institutions to report supply-chain emissions data as it continues to roll out its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
Today – Final Call for Comment on the DSB’s Latest Consultation Paper Covering the UPI
Today, 19 January 2022, is the deadline for industry feedback on the Derivatives Service Bureau’s (DSB) consultation on the legal terms and conditions, and client support model expected to apply to users of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Service, which is due to be launched later this year. The consultation sets out the proposals for users of the UPI Service as well as highlighting the user experience of firms already using the DSB’s OTC ISIN Service. You can make final comments on the UPI consultation paper until 5pm today.
Delta Capita Expands Scale and Reach with Acquisition of JDX Consulting
Delta Capita, a provider of managed services, solutions and consulting to capital markets participants, has acquired JDX Consulting, a resource augmentation and consulting business headquartered in the UK and with presence in the US and APAC. The acquisition is part of Delta Capita parent Prytek technology group’s commitment to allocate $500 million to accelerate development and deployment of the Delta Capita managed services platform. It also brings Delta Capita to a total of 1,100 staff and revenues of $130 million.
M&G Selects Bloomberg DMS for ESG Data Consolidation
Bloomberg Data Management Services (DMS) is to manage the ESG data of M&G Investments, consolidating the UK investment house’s sustainability information feeds into its cloud-based platform. The deal will see DMS link M&G’s ESG data with its analytics, pricing and other data sources, mapping them to a common hierarchy. M&G clients will be able to access the feeds via APIs or SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).
S&P Global Acquires The Climate Service
Climate risk calculations provider The Climate Service has been acquired by S&P Global to bolster its ESG data products. The Durham, North Carolina-based company created the Climanomics platform, which quantifies companies’ climate risks in alignment with the Task Force gor Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). S&P Global will add the service to its ESG offerings, which include the Sustainable1 data, benchmarking and analysis suite to tools.
Deloitte and AccessFintech Join Forces to Address Digital Transformation
Deloitte and AccessFintech have formed a strategic alliance to support financial institutions as they digitally transform their operations. The alliance brings together Deloitte’s financial services industry consulting and advisory services, and AccessFintech’s data management and workflow solutions that are designed to overcome challenges relating to legacy IT platforms, fragmented data and manual processes. AccessFintech’s offerings include Synergy DataLake, which enables the industry to share data and optimise operations through collaboration; and Synergy Network, which enhances data and workflows, and underpins the transformation of operations using transaction lifecycle management and benchmarking insights from across the financial ecosystem.
Bloomberg Adds Municipal Bonds ESG Tracker
Bloomberg has widened its coverage of municipal bonds in the US with a an ESG-focused index. the Bloomberg US Municipal Impact Index tracks local and regional dollar-denominated debt that has been categorised as green, social or sustainability securities at issuance or via an independent assurance organisation. The bonds will also feature within sub indexes for each individual category. Only tax-exempt issues that have at least a year until maturity are included.
ICE Integrates RIMES ETF Data
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has integrated ETF data managed by RIMES into several of its products, including ICE ETF Hub, ICE Portfolio Analytics and ICE FI Select. The addition of the RIMES data will allow customers to access digestible and comprehensive equity and fixed income ETF data across ICE’s suite of ETF workflows, and gain deeper insights, analytics and data around ETFs to make better informed decisions.