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LSEG Rebuilds ESG Scoring From Scratch
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched a new suite of ESG scores and sustainability analytics that represents its most significant overhaul of ESG data methodology since the Refinitiv acquisition in 2021. The new Sustainability Ratings and Data product introduces 220 standardised indicators, a threshold-based scoring scale running from 0 (“not aware”) to 5 (“leading”),…
SOLVE Targets Fixed-Income Quote Comparability with Augmented Data Launch
SOLVE, the market data platform provider for fixed-income securities, has expanded its Quotes platform with the launch of Augmented Quotes for municipal bonds and USD-denominated fixed-rate corporate bonds, adding consistently calculated price, yield and spread datapoints to help users compare dealer quotes more effectively. The company said the enhancement will be available not only within…
Exegy and STRANDS Target Institutional Workflows for Prediction Market and Digital Asset Data
Exegy and STRANDS have announced a partnership to bring real-time prediction-market, digital-asset and smart-contract data from centralised and decentralised venues into Exegy’s Axiom consolidated feed service, with initial content scheduled for delivery in May 2026. The announcement extends Exegy’s market-data offering into a broader set of emerging asset classes and data types, including prediction markets,…
Corastone Adds Institutional Backers as Private Markets Look to Standardise Data and Workflow Infrastructure
Corastone has added Fidelity Investments, Future Standard and Hamilton Lane as investors in its private-markets platform, expanding the group of institutions backing the company. The announcement follows the platform’s launch in November 2025 and reflects growing industry interest in technology designed to support the increasingly complex data and operational requirements of private-market activity. While the…
Why Data Governance Is Becoming Critical to the Modern Market Data Stack
The rapid expansion of alternative and specialised market datasets is transforming how financial institutions source, analyse and operationalise information. Alongside traditional market data feeds from exchanges and major vendors, firms now consume a growing array of niche datasets supporting quantitative research, AI workflows and investment decision-making. This surge in data consumption is creating new operational…
Alkymi’s AI-led Private Credit Seeks to Bring Transparency to Growing Market
Credit has become a key growth pole for private investors as loans and similar instruments have benefited from rising rates and wider public credit spreads. Interest in the sector is so strong that Morgan Stanley forecasts its value will rise to $5tn by 2029 from $3tn this year. The difficulty for institutional investors clamouring to…
Physics vs History: Reframing Commodity Yield Intelligence
Commodity markets still move on yield surprises. Despite the rise of alternative data, institutional crop forecasting remains dominated by statistical extrapolation, weather overlays and government survey reports. Historical datasets are mined for patterns. Weather models are layered on top. Monthly revisions from agencies such as the USDA continue to anchor expectations. Yet beneath that familiar…
SimCorp Opens Axioma Factor Research Library to Quant Investors
SimCorp has introduced the Axioma Factor Library Suite, giving quantitative investors access to a broad set of proprietary equity and macro factors derived from the research underpinning its Axioma risk models. The dataset is aimed at hedge funds, systematic investors and asset managers seeking to expand the signal universe available for portfolio construction and strategy…
LSEG Launches Model-as-a-Service, Extending Marketplace Strategy into Financial Models
LSEG has launched Model-as-a-Service (MaaS), expanding its marketplace strategy beyond data distribution into the hosting, commercialisation and integration of financial models. At launch, Societe Generale has joined as a provider, making fixed income, FX, ESG and equities analytics available through the platform. The move positions LSEG not just as a data vendor, but as an…
Bloomberg Transforms Real-Time News into Structured Data for Systematic Workflows
Bloomberg has enhanced its Real-Time News Feeds with new customisable, machine-readable delivery options designed for direct integration into automated trading and risk systems. While framed as a product expansion, the development reflects a broader structural shift: narrative news is increasingly being positioned as a structured, real-time data asset within systematic investment architectures. The new feeds…