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Data Convergence Initiative Seeks to Bring ESG Clarity to Private Markets
Private market data tools have become a fixture of the data management industry, as evidenced by year-ahead predictions from experts who routinely put it near the top of their lists of anticipated developments in 2025. A slew of new products have also been launched to cater to the growing demand for information from general partners (GPs),…
The Data Year Ahead: More Data Formats and Use Cases
In the second part of our preview of the next 12 months in data management, we take in the views of experts who offered Data Management Insight their thoughts on a range of developments, including the increased use of unstructured data, the wider application of data sets and distribution challenges. 1 Data Governance, Quality and Technologies Ian…
2024: A Year of Increasing Data Complexity
One thing was apparent in the data management space over the past year; the job of chief data officers became increasingly complex as the volume of data their organisations ingested swelled and the uses to which it was put expanded. All that despite the flowering of technologies with the potential to make life easier for…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of its Data Management Insight Awards Europe 2024
The winners of A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards Europe 2024 have been announced, with another crop of outstanding companies recognised for their innovation, expertise and performance. Established solution vendors and ground-breaking newcomers alike are acknowledged in the awards for providing leading data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across Europe. Over…
ACA Updates ESG Platform with Greater Private Market Capabilities
Governance, risk and compliance advisory firm ACA Group has updated its ESG data management platform to provide more flexibility to its private investment clients. The New York-based company has retooled the ACA Vantage for ESG platform it launched in 2022 after acquiring ESG data specialist Ethos. The new iteration enables greater configuration of data and…
WeeFin Wins Best Data Management Initiative for ESG in the DMI Euro Awards 2024
WeeFin has won the award for Best Data Management Initiative for ESG in the Data Management Insight Euro Awards 2024. The awards recognise established providers and innovative newcomers who offer solutions that are providing leading data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across Europe. Winners are selected by A-Team Group’s independent, expert…
Baader Bank Takes Bloomberg ESG Data Feed for SFDR Reporting
Germany’s Baader Bank has added Bloomberg’s ESG data to its feeds as it builds out its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) reporting capabilities in Europe. The bank, which also provides outsourced management for many investment firms’ funds, adds the feed to its array of Bloomberg products, which include the Terminal and B-PIPE. Bloomberg’s SFDR data,…
Data Seen as Solution to Weathering Climate Stress
Recent stress tests of European financial institutions’ resilience to climate change have underlined the importance that high-quality data will play in fortifying banks, insurers and other organisations against the risk of transition and environmental losses. The region’s three financial regulators and the European Central Bank said that the results of their one-off “Fit-for-55” analysis found…
Seneca ESG Joins Private Equity Sustainability Reporting Initiative
Data management and software provider Seneca ESG has become the latest vendor to join the ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI), which provides a common sustainability reporting framework for private equity. Seneca said that through its membership, the company will help clients feed data pertinent to EDCI’s core set of standardised metrics via a dedicated API….
ESG Data Tops Executives’ 2025 Shopping Lists
Senior executives at financial institutions expect to direct the biggest boost in their data expenditure plans over the coming year towards ESG information, according to a survey that also found that high-quality data and analytics in all domains is being prioritised for growth. In its third annual Future of Finance survey, Switzerland-based exchange operator SIX also found…