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ISS STOXX Unveils Real Asset Climate Data Products
ISS Sustainability Solutions, the sustainable investment business of ISS STOXX, has launched its suite of Real Asset Climate Solutions. The product harnesses Physical Risk, Carbon Footprint, and Scenario Alignment analyses with geospatial asset-level data to support risk identification and management. The new offering is designed to identify and mitigate environmental risks to their raw assets…
Why your Technology Spend isn’t Delivering the Productivity you Expected
By Gareth Evans, Chief Product Officer, FINBOURNE. An uncomfortable truth: technology spend in asset management has surged 8.9% annually over the past five years across North America and Europe. But productivity? Flat. Cost as a share of assets under management (AUM)? No improvement. Operational expenses in other functions? Despite the promises that technology would create…
Navigating the Complex New Sanctions Landscape: Webinar Preview
The criticality of sanctions to the armoury of international relations has been amplified over the past decade as geopolitical and trade tensions have intensified. Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its attempted full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, governments around the world have increased sanctions on nations and entities by 700%, according to…
RepRisk Data to Support JPX-Nikkei Indices
RepRisk, a Data as a Service (DaaS) company for reputational risks, said its data is now being used in the periodic review of constituents in the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 and the JPX-Nikkei Mid and Small Cap Index. The index providers, JPX Market Innovation & Research and Nikkei, will use the RepRisk Index (RRI) to strengthen…
13 Leading AI-Based Data Management Capability Providers
Institutions are facing huge operational burdens as they ingest huge volumes of data, demand real-time analytics and face stringent regulatory scrutiny. Consequently, the new data landscape is rendering traditional data management systems inadequate for the growing number of use cases to which data is being deployed. This has necessitated a shift towards modern data management…
Data Quality Still Troubling Private Market Investors: Webinar Review
Obtaining and managing data remains a sticking point for investors in private and alternative assets as financial institutions sink more of their capital into the markets. In a poll of viewers during a recent A-Team LIVE Data Management Insight webinar, respondents said the single-biggest challenge to managing private markets data was a lack of transparency…
Monitoring a High-Risk World: Next-Generation Sanctions Screening
Sanctions remain a critical tool in international relations, influencing global finance, politics and security. In the past five years, global economic and financial sanctions have intensified amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, creating a complex landscape for financial institutions worldwide, the report states. The risk that institutions can inadvertently engage with sanctioned securities has never been higher,…
The Data Transformation Imperative: From Operational Burden to Strategic Advantage
A new report by SimCorp examines the investment management industry’s data opportunities – and challenges – in a fast-changing financial landscape, offering guidance on how companies can plot a course towards future-proofing their data capabilities and making immediate operational improvements. New data complexity challenges are presenting themselves to investment managers at an immense scale, the…
Financial Institutions ‘Layering’ New Risks as Report Highlights Greenwashing Exposure
The number of financial institutions flagged for greenwashing climbed substantially in the past year, highlighting both the vulnerability of individual firms and the need to integrate greenwashing risk management into decision-making processes.. The sector remained the worst offender for overstating their progress or making vague or misleading claims, the report by sustainability risk data company…
Recorded Webinar: Unlocking Transparency in Private Markets: Data-Driven Strategies in Asset Management
As asset managers continue to increase their allocations in private assets, the demand for greater transparency, risk oversight, and operational efficiency is growing rapidly. Managing private markets data presents its own set of unique challenges due to a lack of transparency, disparate sources and lack of standardization. Without reliable access, your firm may face inefficiencies,…