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Europe’s Insurance and Pensions Firms Back EU Ratings Regulation
European plans to regulate ESG ratings providers has won backing from the region’s pension and insurance industries. PensionsEurope and Insurance Europe, which represent companies across the bloc, said the European Commission’s (EC) proposed Rating Regulation would “lead to a significant enhancement in the transparency of ESG ratings”. The EC wants to bring ratings providers under…
FCA Criticism of Funds’ SDR Approach Stirs Controversy
The UK regulator has criticised fund managers for failing to abide by interim guidance on ESG disclosures just days before it’s expected to announce details of a formal regulation. But the comments have been met with frustration and caution within the ESG data and technology community, with one practitioner arguing that the Financial Conduct Authority…
Data Benefit of CSDDD at Risk as FIs Seek Exclusion, Experts Warn
The anticipated exclusion of financial companies from the EU’s sustainability due diligence law has stung ESG professionals, with some arguing that an opportunity to improve data quality would be missed. The EU’s executive body, the European Commission (EC), is reportedly ready to cede to requests from parts of the financial sector to be left out…
Novata Expands, Streamlines SFDR Reporting Platform
Novata, an ESG data provider to private markets and investors, has enriched and simplified its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) compliance tools. The New York-based company said it has made it easier for clients to integrate their SFDR-aligned data with its platform and has created in-platform tools for reporting on the regulation’s Principle Adverse Indicator…
ISS ESG to Provide Sustainability Data to Southern German State
ISS ESG will provide sustainability data that will help drive investment decision making by Germany’s Baden-Wurttemberg state government. The sustainability arm of ISS STOXX said the contract will see the financial research and technology company support the state’s mandate to invest its public funds in sustainable assets. That will include supplying data and metrics on…
Singapore Launches Platform to Host Reported ESG Data
Financial institutions in Singapore will soon have access to AI-powered digital tools that will help them “collect, access and act upon” ESG data. Grnprnt, which is pronounced Greenprint, has been created by the city’s Monetary Authority (MAS) to help corporates automate the reporting of sustainability data that financial companies can then incorporate into their own…
UK Seen Timing Ratings Regulation With EU Decision
The UK is expected to announce a new regime for overseeing ESG rating providers, a move that comes hard on the heels of a report indicating continued frustration with the metrics among investors. Ministers are expected to unveil their proposals early in 2024, following industry consultations earlier this year and months after the nation’s regulator said it…
CFAI Teaches Finance Professionals Nuts and Bolts of ESG Analysis
The issuers of a world-renowned accreditation for financial analysts said that demand for specific expertise in sustainable investing is growing despite recent criticism of ESG. The CFA Institute (CFAI), which issues charters that are recognised as a mark of financial analytical proficiency the world over, is offering a certificate in sustainable finance. It will teach…
Apex Group to Help Private Markets With MJ Hudson ESG Purchase
Apex Group will harness the ESG data and advisory firepower of its recent acquisition to capitalise on an expected surge in reported sustainability data in its services to private markets, which account for at least a third of financial institutions’ investments. The investor services company’s purchase of MJ Hudson’s ESG software and advisory team boosts…
Iceberg Data Labs Confident its Model is Filling ESG Gaps
There’s no doubting Matthieu Maurin’s confidence in his company’s ESG data model. The founder and chief executive of Iceberg Data Labs, a fast-growing ESG data start-up that has netted clients such as Euronext, Aviva and HSBC in just four years of operations says it is solving for a range of challenges that keep chief data…