Novata Teams With Microsoft on Private Markets ESG Data

Novata is to collaborate with Microsoft to scale its private-market ESG data offering. The two companies plan to develop artificial intelligence tools to simplify data collection and reporting, and give smaller companies climate reporting tools.

ICE Integrates NatureAlpha Biodiversity Data

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has integrated biodiversity data from start-up NatureAlpha. The new feed, NatureAlpha’s Glovers 2.0, will be integrated into ICE’s ICE Climate Analytics Platform.

Bloomberg Widens Leveraged Loans Indices

Bloomberg Indices’ leveraged loans gauges have been expanded. The Bloomberg European Leveraged Loan Index and the Bloomberg Global Leveraged Loan Index complement the US benchmark that was launched last year.

The indices are built on Bloomberg’s own evaluated pricing engine, BVAL, and include about 100 sub-indices, giving investors more granular visibility.

RepRisk Data Available on Aladdin

Reputational risk data provider RepRisk’s content is now available on Blackrock’s Aladdin platform. The Switzerland-based company said its data is used by 80 per cent “of the world’s top investment managers and 14 of the top 20 private equity firms to make better-informed portfolio and investment decisions”.

GLEIF Appoints Singapore’s TradeGo as vLEI Issuer

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has named Singapore’s TradeGo as a Qualified vLEI Issuer, permitting it to issue and register virtual equivalents of the internationally recognised entity verification technology.

Natural History Museum Biodiversity Index Adopted by GIST Impact

The British Natural History Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index has been integrated into GIST Impact’s risk data and analytics suite of nature-focused tools.

The index, which is derived from data contained within the museum’s body of research going back decades, is used as a measure of ecosystem health by a number of data providers to help clients assess the nature-related risks and opportunities of their investments.

Calero eBonding Technology Enabled to Manage LSEG Entitlements

Users of LSEG’s Refinitiv Data Platform (Hosted) will now be able to automate their entitlement interactions through Calero’s eBonding capabilities.

Calero said the integration through API will reduce the manual processes that had typified clients’ management of LSEG entitlements. Through the integration users will be able automate access requests, changes and cancellations, which had been conducted largely by email-based workflows, and “provide real-time visibility into hosted entitlements, eliminate manual errors and allow straight-through processing”.

HK Government Backs ESG Compliance Provider Diginex

ESG reporting technology provider Diginex has received funding from the Hong Kong government to expand its artificial intelligence-driven functionality to help financial institutions meet sustainability compliance obligations.

The investment of an undisclosed sum follows the company’s US$2 billion acquisition of AI-driven data management and customer engagement business Resulticks Global Companies early in June.

Diginex said its expanded AI features will streamline ESG reporting processes. It will be “jointly developed with a leading financial institution through a co-creation collaboration model promoting commercialisation and wider adoption,” the company said.

The technology is built to enable compliance with regulations based on the Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) frameworks.

Similarweb Traffic Info Integrated into Bloomberg Alternative Data Platform

Bloomberg has incorporated web analytics provider Similarweb’s web traffic data to its alternative data sets for Terminal users.

Featured within Bloomberg’s Alternative Data Analytics Platform, the Similarweb feeds will enable investors to better nowcast company key performance indicators and identify trends within company performance.

Similarweb’s web and app analytics are sourced from more than 200 million devices, 100 million websites and 4 million apps worldwide.

New Products from Snowflake Unveiled at its Annual Summit

Snowflake has announced a slew of new products at its annual “summit”. The data management platform unveiled a new ingestion service called Openflow, which uses open standards and Apache NiFi.
It also took the covers off Gen2 Standard Warehouse and Adaptive Compute that accelerates performance and improvs usability; introduced an Intelligence and Data Science Agent to enable users to ask natural language questions to extract insights from tables and documents; revealed Cortex AISQL and SnowConvert AI that integrates generative artificial intelligence into SQL queries.
Additionally, Snowflake said it had updated its data marketplaces. The event was held in San Francisco.