Bloomberg Adds 20 Hamilton Lane Private Markets Indices

Bloomberg has added 20 closed-end fund performance indices compiled by Hamilton Lane, a private markets investment firm, to its services.

The indices will provide investors with data tools to evaluate and compare performance across asset classes. This collection of indices covers more than 7,000 funds and builds on decades of proprietary fund and deal-level data.

“By making our indices available on Bloomberg, we are delivering a transparent, standardised view of private markets performance that helps investors analyse strategies, benchmark results, and make better-informed investment decisions, all within their existing workflow,” said Griff Norville, head of technology solutions at Pennsylvania-based Hamilton Lane.

Denominator Buys Equileap to Form Gender, Human Capital Data Giant

Denominator, a provider in social and human capital data, announced its acquisition of Equileap, a gender equality and diversity data company.
The merger expands the combined company’s ability to deliver transparent and actionable insights to investors and corporations globally. The integrated offering expands Equileap’s data reach from 6,000 to 5.5 million public and private companies.

ISS STOXX Unveils Real Asset Climate Data Products

ISS Sustainability Solutions, the sustainable investment business of ISS STOXX, has launched its suite of Real Asset Climate Solutions.

The product harnesses Physical Risk, Carbon Footprint, and Scenario Alignment analyses with geospatial asset-level data to support risk identification and management. The new offering is designed to identify and mitigate environmental risks to their raw assets portfolio.

The solutions are powered by the company’s acquisition of Sust Global, a geospatial artificial intelligence platform, utilising the Geospatial Asset Analytics offering for real assets.

ISS STOXX Head of Sustainability Business Till Jung said: “Physical and transition risks from climate change are accelerating and are a financial consideration for investors, banks, and insurers.”

Identifiers Body GLEIF Opens Office in Shanghai

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), a non-profit managing the LEI system, has established a representative office in China’s Shanghai Lin-gang Special Area.

The expansion supports demand for the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and the verifiable LEI (vLEI) across the region. China is a key part of the Global LEI System, following a 2020 People’s Bank of China roadmap that integrated the LEI into payment systems and digital certificates.

Alexandre Kech, chief executive of GLEIF said: “China is at the forefront in demonstrating the important role that trusted, digital organisational identity can play in breaking down the trust and transparency barriers that inhibit global trade flows.”

Diligent to Offer Persefoni Sustainability Compliance Tools

Diligent, which provides governance, risk and compliance SaaS solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Persefoni AI enabling clients to use the sustainability data management provider’s tools to comply with ESG regulations.

Diligent will transition its carbon accounting clients to Persefoni’s platform and take an equity position in the company. Persefoni, is a.

This agreement follows the introduction of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the adoption of the International Sustainability Standards Board ESG disclosures framework.

“Persefoni’s advanced technology, compelling roadmap, and top-tier NPS among sustainability vendors makes them the ideal partner for us,” said Amanda Carty, general manager, compliance at Diligent.

GLEIF Names Shanghai Electronic Certification Authority as China’s New vLEI Issuer

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has named the Shanghai Electronic Certification Authority (SHECA) as its newest Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI),

The vLEI is a globally standardised, secure digital counterpart to the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), providing cryptographically verifiable organisational identity.

SHECA, one of China’s Certification Authorities, will now offer authoritative vLEI issuance, validation and verification services. This appointment will help Chinese companies address regulatory requirements in cross-border trade by verifying the identity of counterparties and their representatives, supporting applications like e-invoices and e-bills of lading (eBL).

“SHECA’s approval as a QVI marks a significant expansion of the vLEI ecosystem in China, which stands to increase the adoption and application of the vLEI across the region to foster simpler, smoother, and safer trade,” said Alexandre Kech, GLEIF chief executive.

RepRisk Data to Support JPX-Nikkei Indices

RepRisk, a Data as a Service (DaaS) company for reputational risks, said its data is now being used in the periodic review of constituents in the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 and the JPX-Nikkei Mid and Small Cap Index.

The index providers, JPX Market Innovation & Research and Nikkei, will use the RepRisk Index (RRI) to strengthen their indices with the aim of improving their alignment with global investment standards, particularly focusing on corporate social responsibility.

Both indices will now exclude any company with an RRI of 75 or higher, which indicates an extremely high risk. Philipp Aeby, RepRisk chief executive said: “We are proud to enable JPX’s initiative to promote responsible business conduct and risk transparency.”

S&P Global Integrates AI Document Analysis on Salesforce AgentExchange

S&P Global has made its S&P Capital IQ Pro Document Intelligence available to users of Salesforce’s AgentExchange, integrating Generative AI directly into customer relationship management workflows.

S&P Global said this will simplify how customers analyse complex company documents, boosting productivity and enabling clients to make quicker, data-informed decisions.

The new integration builds on S&P Global’s partnership with the Salesforce Independent Software Vendor (ISV) programme, and is accessible through Salesforce’s marketplace for agentic AI tools.

SIX Signs Seven-Year Strategic Partnership with Barclays

Financial data provider SIX has signed a seven-year strategic partnership with Barclays. The agreement will provide all divisions of the global banking group, including its investment banking, retail, wealth management, and corporate services, with access to SIX’s comprehensive suite of financial data products. The partnership is intended to support Barclays’ international growth and drive cost efficiencies, aligning with the bank’s wider strategic transformation, with a goal to reduce costs by £2bn by 2026.

The collaboration builds on a longstanding relationship and will see Barclays contributing to the product strategy and development of new data and analytical products from SIX. In return for providing access to services such as real-time market data, wealth management capabilities, and regulatory reporting solutions, the partnership supports SIX’s own plans to expand, by helping strengthen the provider’s presence in key regions like the US and Asia, where Barclays has a significant footprint.

NeoXam Opens New Office in India

FinTech software provider NeoXam has opened a new office in Chennai, India, the French company expands its reconciliation-as-a-service product.

The move follows NeoXam’s acquisition of artificial intelligence-powered reconciliation company EZOPS, which initially opened the Chennai hub in 2022.