Integral Deploys FX Workflow Technology at Singapore SG1

Integral, technology provider to the buy-side, has announced that the IntegralFX service is now available in Singapore’s SG1 data centre, enabling local clients in Singapore to deploy pricing engines, algos, connectivity and distribution tools, as well as making prices, obtaining liquidity and hosting algorithms in a low latency configuration.

Integral’s platform provides banks, brokers and other market participants with a complete eFX sytem for their internal traders and external customers, and is the first complete cloud-based FX workflow SaaS platform in SG1, according to the company.

Pico Expands RedlineFeed to APAC with the Addition of Two Chinese Exchanges

Following its acquisition of Redline Trading Solutions earlier this year, Pico has expanded RedlineFeed’s global coverage beyond European and US markets into APAC, with the addition of normalised market data for Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE).

The service is available at Pico’s colocation facility at the Hosting Services Data Centre of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), where Pico delivers SSE and SZSE market data over PicoNet, for receipt and consumption across global regions.

Google Cloud to Host Arabesque’s ESG Book

Arabesque has put its free-to-access sustainability scores and database ESG Book into the cloud. The Germany-based data provider and asset manager selected Google Cloud to host the service, which was launched late last year and put together by an alliance of banks and financial institutions. Google Cloud customers will be able to access ESG Book via the host’s Analytics Hub. ESG Book Chief Executive Daniel Klier said putting the service in the cloud would better enable access and “unlock both value and actionable, real-time insights”.

ISS ESG Wins Contract to Supply Climate Data to Euro Central Banks

Institutional Shareholder Services’ ISS ESG has been selected to provide climate-related data to the German Bundesbank and potentially all other European Union euro area’s 19 central banks. The data will be used under a framework devised by the Eurosystem of central banks, enabling them to put in place a common position in climate-related investment principles for non-monetary policy portfolios (NMPPs), the company said. Disclosures on the NMPPs are expected to begin early next year.

MineHub to Add Coriolis Kosmos ESG Scores to Transaction Data

Blockchain trading platform MineHub is to apply Coriolis Technologies ESG scores to its metals and mining transactions. Coriolis’ Kosmos ESG scores will be added to transacting companies’ brand profiles and data sets. The deal follow’s MineHub’s creation of its MineHub ESG tool last year, which enables brands’ to include their ESG credentials in transactions as well as gather third-party certification of the data.

Derivatives Service Bureau Sets Timeline for 2022 OTC ISIN Consultation

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has set out the timeline for the 2022 industry consultation related to 2023 OTC ISIN and CFI service provision. The OTC ISIN consultation paper will be published on 29 April 2022, with industry being able to respond until 5pm UTC on 30 May 2022. The final results of the consultation will be published on 30 June 2022. The full timeline is available on the DSB’s website.

GLEIF Releases ebook The vLEI: Introducing Digital I.D. for Legal Entities Everywhere

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has released an ebook, The vLEI: Introducing Digital I.D. for Legal Entities Everywhere. The ebook promotes use of the verifiable LEI (vLEI), which supports digitised organisational identity to meet global interest in automated authentication and verification of legal entities across industries including financial services.

The ebook presents an overview of the vLEI trust ecosystem, explains how the vLEI works, and explores the trust chain that safeguards the integrity of the system. It also describes how the Key Event Receipt Infrastructure (KERI) protocol, which supports a decentralised identify system, enables vLEI interoperability with all technology models.

Coriolis Tests Supply-Chain ESG Scoring Tool

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.

S&P Global and IHS Markit Close $44 Billion Merger

S&P Global and IHS Markit have finalised their merger, a little more than a year since it was formally announced December 2020 and following regulatory approval for the companies to close the deal from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission. The $44 billion merger, the biggest ever seen in capital markets, has created a financial data and analytics powerhouse that will benefit from increased scale, a wider product portfolio and a focus on high value adjacencies including ESG.

Horizon Adds Gateway to Binance Crypto Trading Platform

Automated trading solutions and algorithmic technology vendor Horizon Software has added crypto exchange Binance to its list of its cryptocurrency gateways, providing connectivity for its clients to trade crypto spot and futures contracts on the exchange. Through its algo framework and principal trading features, Horizon now enables users to trade a range of crypto strategies 24/7 on Binance, as well as other crypto platforms such as Coinbase, Kraken, Bitstamp and Bittrex.