Environmental risk
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Sustainability and the circular economy
Garry Cooper, CEO and co-founder at Rheaply, joins the podcast to discuss the circular economy and how technology plays a part.
ESG asset manager taps Symphony, FinTech Studios for thematic ‘mini-Bloomberg’
Sycomore Asset Management is preparing to roll out an expansion of how it uses the vendors’ combined platforms to be able to create and share targeted thematic investment data across its organization.
APG hires in-house weatherman to interpret climate data
Europe’s wettest summer in a century has prompted asset managers to calculate flood risk for real estate.
Risky business: Moody’s attempts to carve out space in overrun ESG market
In the past two years, Moody’s Analytics has acquired four vendors that the ratings specialist hopes to integrate for ESG offerings in a crowded market.
Not a drill: Alt data providers push oil and gas for investment
As the oil and gas industries say they're “greening” operations, vendors are offering ESG data and metrics to help investment professionals understand future risks and financial returns.
Putting the ‘green’ in green data: Rise of impact investing drives ESG M&A
Socially responsible investors are putting their money where their mouth is—in ever-increasing amounts. With insatiable demand for new datasets and analytics to support these strategies, it’s not surprising that every data vendor wants a slice of the ESG…
This Week: Northern Trust, HKEX, Digital Asset, SimCorp, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Causality Link Building Next-Gen ESG Dashboard
The research provider will release a dashboard that decouples and drills down into the E, S, and G factors of ESG.
A Look at How UBS's Concentrated Alpha Team Integrates ESG Data
A specialist team at UBS Asset Management is using a mix of proprietary ratings, external data, and in-house analysis to make ESG an integral part of its investment process.
Bloomberg: Regulation Driving Demand for ESG Activities Data
Ratings providers must update their products, as a raft of new regulation drives transparency in the sustainable investing sector.
Dun & Bradstreet To Introduce Cyber Risk Solutions in 2020
In addition to expanding into cyber risk, the company plans to enhance its focus on ESG and ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) data.
Cinnober and BitGo Collaborate on Crypto
Stockholm-based vendor inks a new partnership to extend its offerings to cryptocurrency exchanges.
European Watchdogs Warn on Cyber, Cloud and CCPs
The bloc’s primary financial regulators say immediate work is needed to protect systems.
RepRisk Readies User-Specific ESG Risk Products, Tests New Rating Metric
ESG risk data vendor expands product lineup with multiple products for different types of users.
FactSet Taps RepRisk For ESG Data
FactSet clients will have access to RepRisk's ESG risk scores to mitigate impact of reputational risk on their investments
FTSE Hires Tech Vets for ESG Services
Index company sets up new unit to build client services for assessing impact of ESG issues.
BAML and Camradata Introduce New ESG Analysis Service
The tool, aimed at institutional investors, will cross-reference databases assessing 172 environmental, social, and governance risk factors.
