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ICE Expands ESG Reference Data Service to Include Companies In Key US Indices
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has expanded the content on its environmental, social and governance (ESG) reference data platform to include high quality, granular data that can be used to make actionable comparisons across companies and sectors. The expansion includes coverage of companies in key indices, including the ICE U.S. 1000 Index, which measures the performance of…
LIBOR’s End Should be a New Beginning for Corporate Treasuries’ Data Management
By Neil Sandle, Head of Product Management, Alveo. For many treasuries, LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) is one of their most critical benchmarks. Together with the exchange rates of major currencies it is an essential piece of data, underpinning contracts worth trillions of dollars. The long-standing centrality of LIBOR is why well-publicised global moves to…
NatWest Keynote at Data Management Summit Virtual Details Data Strategy for ESG
Third-party data sources are the largest investment financial firms are making to deliver environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies, yet data quality remains the biggest concern when sourcing the data. This conundrum was among many ESG issues discussed during a practitioner innovation keynote delivered at A-Team Group’s recent Data Management Summit Virtual by Sarah Walker,…
Alveo Extends ESG Data Management Capability
Alveo (formerly Asset Control) has expanded its ESG data management capability by extending its standard industry data model and user interface to help clients understand ESG data quality, data lineage and divergence between third-party ratings. Driven by regulations such as the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the Alveo data model now incorporates the data…
DSB Publishes UPI Implementation Timeline, Lists Products Requiring Identifier, Opens Second Fee Model Consultation
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has taken three more significant steps towards go live of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) service in July 2022 with the publication of a draft implementation timeline, an initial list of products that will require UPIs and a second UPI fee model industry consultation focusing on the timeline and encouraging…
A-Team Group Data Management Summit Virtual Hit the Hot Topics of Data Strategy, Regulatory Reporting, KYC and Onboarding
A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit Virtual, hosted last week by president and chief content officer Andrew Delaney, got off to a great start with a day one keynote by Deborah Lorenzen, managing director, head of enterprise data governance at State Street. Lorenzen was followed by panel sessions focused on using data strategy to drive data…
AWS Adds Amazon FinSpace Managed Service Offering Data Management and Preparation for Analytics
AWS has released Amazon FinSpace, a data management and analytics managed service designed to store, catalogue and prepare financial industry data at scale, as well as reduce the time it takes to find and access data for analysis from months to minutes. FinSpace avoids the heavy lifting of building and maintaining a data management system…
Australian Superannuation Fund QSuper Selects Matrix IDM for Integrated Data Management Solution
QSuper, one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, has selected Matrix IDM’s data management product to provide a fully integrated solution across security, pricing, positions, accounts, risk, performance, and corporate actions data. The fund was looking for an off-the-shelf data warehouse to support a data strategy project that would create a vendor and custodian agnostic data…
Guotai Junan Securities Asset Management Selects Bloomberg Data License Plus to Support Digital Transformation
Bloomberg has reached cooperation on financial technology with Guotai Junan Securities Asset Management (GTJA AM) to support the asset manager’s digital transformation. Guotai Junan is based in Shanghai and is the first Chinese financial institution to adopt Bloomberg Data License Plus (DL+), a hosted data management solution that the firm will use to enhance its…
Fenergo Transaction Gives 70% Ownership to Astorg and BridgePoint at $1.64 Billion Valuation
After months of speculation, Fenergo has secured new ownership and capital for future growth in a deal that values the Irish provider of KYC and client relationship management software at $1.64 billion. Under the transaction, French private equity group Astorg and BridgePoint, a London-based hedge fund, have acquired a majority stake in Fenergo, buying out…