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S&P Global Unveils Scientist-led Climate Research Group
S&P Global has established a Climate Centre of Excellence, bringing together scientists and strategists to help guide the data and ratings company’s environment and nature research and methodologies. The centre will harness the company’s market and ESG datasets to generate sustainability-linked information that can be used by clients of the company’s S&P Global Market Intelligence,…
ESG Data Quality Still Dogs Asset Owners Even as They Boost Allocations
A lack of standardised and reliable data continues to pose a barrier to asset owners’ pursuit of ESG-linked investment strategies, according to a poll that nevertheless found surging incorporation of sustainability considerations in allocation decisions. The latest and third annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey by Morningstar found that almost 40 per cent of…
Greenwashing Declines for First Time in 6 Years, Says Report with Significance for Investment Data
Greenwashing among companies worldwide has declined in the past year, according to the latest annual report on the topic, providing valuable insight into a key sustainability risk for financial institutions and non-financial corporations. The study, conducted by Switzerland-based ESG risk data specialist RepRisk, examines greenwashing by analyzing publicly available sources. Their report found that there…
A-Team Group Names Winners of its Data Management Insight Awards – USA 2024
The waiting in over! A-Team Group has announced the winners of its Data Management Insight Awards – USA 2024. The awards, which acknowledge leading data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across the USA, were presented by Andrew Delaney, president and chief content officer at A-Team Group. The winners were named at…
ESG Software Firm Datamaran Doubles Funding in $33m Financing Round
ESG software maker Datamaran has received a US$33 million financial injection via a Series C funding round. The facility will help accelerate the London-based company’s expansion in the US and build out generative artificial intelligence capabilities. The latest funding round was led by Morgan Stanley Expansion capital and doubles Datamaran’s total external financial commitments. Datamaran…
QuantCube Tackles ESG with Macroeconomic Data
Macroeconomic research specialist QuantCube Technology is targeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compliance with a new asset-mapping database aimed at helping financial institutions monitor the risk exposure of their physical assets. The tool focuses on the data gap faced by banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and corporates in assessing (ESG) risks at a granular level,…
ISS ESG Adds Biodiversity Data to Fund Rating and Screening Tools
ISS ESG has incorporated nature-focussed data into its ESG funds assessment tool. Investors can use the ISS ESG Biodiversity Fund Screening dataset to establish the risks from nature and water loss faced by equity and bond funds. It expands the sustainable investing arm of ISS STOXX’s Fund Rating and Fund Screening tools, which offer clients…
The Nuts and Bolts of a Modern Data Management System According to Arcesium
The past 12 months have been busy ones for data management and technology provider Arcesium. Winning the award for Most Innovative North American Data Management Provider in A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards USA 2023 and opening a new office in Portugal were among the highlights of a year that also saw the New York-headquartered company expand…
ESG Book Clients Offered Access to Vyzrd Climate Technology
Sustainability data provider ESG Book is to use Australian firm Vyzrd’s climate risk technology to help clients assess their portfolios’ exposure to threats posed by global warming. Clients of ESG Book’s SaaS-based platform will be able to use Vyzrd’s Climate Forward analytics to put a value on the risks that assets face from climate change…
TurinTech Deploys GenAI to Accelerate Financial Software
The costs associated with poor quality software coding are startling. In dollar terms alone, companies in the US incurred a US$2.4 trillion hit from the direct impacts and cost of correcting poor coding, according to a 2022 survey by the Consortium for Information and Software Quality (CISQ). That’s before indirect costs such as reputational and…