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Optimising Sustainable Investment Processes – How Asset Managers Can Best Prepare
By Martijn Groot, vice president, Marketing and Strategy, Alveo. Investment strategies are increasingly being driven by environmental social and governance (ESG) criteria and considerations, and ESG investment is growing rapidly. Research from Bloomberg found that assets invested according to ESG criteria are on track to exceed $53 trillion by 2025, representing more than a third…
A-Team Extends, Expands and Releases 2021/2022 Edition of Regulatory Data Handbook
Don’t miss the latest edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a publication dedicated to helping you gain a full understanding of regulations related to your organisation from the details of requirements to best practice implementation. The 2021/2022 handbook covers more than 40 regulations, providing you with a detailed description of each regulation including its…
Digital Token Identifier Foundation Issues First Official DTI Code
DTI Foundation, the registration agency for ISO standard Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs), has issued a first official DTI code for FINXFLO’s native FXF token. FINXFLO, a cryptocurrency liquidity aggregator, says the initiative will promote standards for digital assets and provide a step towards a well-regulated marketplace. DTI Foundation, a non-profit organisation established by Etrading Software,…
SimCorp Adds Investment Accounting as a Service
SimCorp, a provider of Software-as-a-Service investment management solutions, has added Investment Accounting as a Service in response to increased demand from buy-side clients to outsource back-office functions. The multi-asset class service is based on the SimCorp Dimension platform and is part of the company’s drive to become a technology-enabled services company. It will deliver timely,…
How Knowledge Graphs Can Deliver Insights When Integrating Decentralised Data
The majority of large data integration projects falter because systems are developed in a bespoke fashion, leaving organisations with critical applications that have been modified and transformed into a hornet’s nest of code that they cannot unravel for fear of breaking something. So, instead of trying to unravel systems, organisations have tended to duplicate processes,…
Industry Collaboration Adds LEI Datasets to Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
A collaboration between the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), OS-Climate and Amazon has resulted in GLEIF’s real-time Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) datasets being made publicly available for the first time in the cloud via Amazon’s Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) data catalog. The move was driven by OS-Climate to allow easier integration of LEI data…
B2B Data Marketplaces and Beyond
Financial institutions and corporations often generate huge quantities of data as a by product of their core activities. This data – details of historical transactions, customer interactions and metadata for referring to instruments, counterparties or entities – can provide valuable insights for industry participants, and form the basis of a meaningful data sales business. But…
DSB Call for Industry Feedback on UPI Legal Terms and Conditions Consultation
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has opened a consultation on the legal terms and conditions, and client support model, expected to apply to users of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Service, due to launch next year. The consultation sets out a range of proposals aimed to align with industry feedback for the DSB to support…
CUSIP Global Services seeks new owner as regulator requires S&P Global to divest the company to progress merger with IHS Markit
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) is looking for a new owner following the European Commission’s phase one approval of the $44 billion merger of S&P Global and IHS Markit. While the merger will create a financial data and analytics powerhouse large enough to challenge market leaders Bloomberg and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), including Refinitiv,…
Contour extends use of LEI to inclusion in trade finance network
Contour, a digital trade finance network, has partnered the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) to enable the use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) within its network and to financially support its members in obtaining their own LEI. By adopting the entity identifier, Contour’s members will benefit from increased confidence among their trading counterparties, lower…