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MSCI’s First Street Acquisition to Fill Climate Risk Gap for Investors
Data, ratings and analytics giant MSCI is betting its latest acquisition will enable investors to close the gap between perceived climate risks to their physical assets and disclosures about the impacts that severe weather is actually having on them. First Street’s global data feeds use environmental, geospatial and satellite technology to detail the vulnerabilities of…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of the Data Management Insight Awards – USA 2026
A-Team Group today announced the winners of its annual Data Management Insight Awards – USA 2026, celebrating outstanding vendors, service providers, and consultancies delivering innovative data management solutions to North American capital markets. Now in its sixth year, the awards recognise both established market leaders and groundbreaking newcomers across more than 40 categories, including Best…
Data Management Summit NYC 2026 Ready to Examine Rapidly Transforming Industry
Final preparations are being made for A-Team Group’s 16th annual Data Management Summit NYC, which will bring leaders and experts from around the world to take a deep dive into the drivers, themes and trends that are shaping the data industry for financial institutions. Over a full day of keynote addresses and expert panel discussions,…
Merger Brings ESG Book Under EthiFinance Ratings Brand
EthiFinance, which provides credit and sustainability ratings, has agreed a merger transaction with ESG Book to create a ratings agency that combines the data and analytics from both companies. The merger, which will bring ESG Book under the EthiFinance brand, will enable financial markets clients to better meet obligations to report sustainability information and risk…
Recorded Webinar: The Data Office at a Crossroads — AI Governance, Organisational Design, and the Evolving Mandate of the CDO
Who owns AI governance in a capital markets firm – and is the Data Office structured to bear that weight? These questions sit at the heart of A-Team Research’s latest findings, presented here for the first time: the combined results of two landmark surveys examining the role of the Data Office in AI governance and…
A-Team Group Announces Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards 2026 Winners and Launches ‘State of the Market’ Report
A-Team Group today announced the highly anticipated winners of the Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards 2026. These prestigious awards celebrate the most innovative solution providers and financial institutions that are reshaping the capital markets technology landscape across the dynamic Asia Pacific region. In conjunction with the awards, A-Team Group has also launched the “State of…
MSCI Buys First Street to Bolster Climate Risk Data Offering
MSCI has acquired physics-based climate risk data and analytics provider First Street as it seeks to enhance its climate risk capabilities. The US$120 million transaction coms as as financial institutions demand physical climate risk data embedded into workflows to inform decision-making during accelerating global climate risks, MSCI said. “The integration of First Street data into…
The Business Conduct Risk and Data Challenge Behind AI Adoption
Poor data preparation for artificial intelligence deployments is exposing financial institutions to greater business conduct risks that could cost them as much as US$43 million per year, according to new research. An updated report by business conduct data provider RepRisk found that such AI-related incidents are on the rise as applications are rolled out at…
ESMA Recognises ICE’s Data Indices Unit as Benchmark Administrator
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has granted recognition to Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Ice Data Indices as a third-country benchmark administrator. This recognition allows one hundred climate transition and Paris-aligned benchmarks offered by the administrator to remain available for use by supervised entities in the European Union. The fixed income benchmarks incorporate ESG screening…
Diginex Adds Supply Chain Risk Tech to Platform
ESG, sustainability and compliance specialist Diginex has integrated Risk-to-Remedy as an end-to-end supply chain due diligence solution. The framework combines worker-level evidence, prioritised remediation and regulator-ready reporting to verify company declarations. It builds on the technologies of Lumen for risk assessment and Apprise for worker engagement, alongside the acquired expertise of The Remedy Project in…