Tagged: esg

April 11, 2023 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Finastra, a financial services tech stack provider, has announced a partnership with Alygne to provide “tailored ESG alternative data” to assist asset managers interested in ESG investments. Fabien Féron, Senior Product Manager at Fusion Invest at Finastra, said that making investments that align with values… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Spiral has raised $28 million in Series A funding, according to a statement by the Fintech, bringing the total to date to $42 million. Spiral is a company that offers “impact as a service,” allowing banks, Fintechs, etc., to embed ESG or impact offerings on… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 8:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Joe Biden executed the first veto of his administration, axing a bill that garnered bipartisan support in making its way to the President’s desk. Biden tweeted out his action while blaming “Maga House Republicans.” Peter Schiff, a well-known investor and advisor summarized the President’s… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurex Clearing, which claims to be one of the leading central counterparties globally, announces the introduction of its new ESG Clearing Compass on 3 April 2023. It will “include two services, the ESG Portfolio Assessment and the ESG Visibility Hub.” With these new services, Deutsche… Read More

March 13, 2023 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has announced the availability of its ESG Service, a cloud-native SaaS solution that streamlines sustainability-linked lending. Open and scalable, ESG Service “facilitates the integration of sustainability performance target criteria into ESG pricing for both Finastra Loan IQ and other back-office systems in the market.”… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced that UK-based asset manager Redwheel is now using its data aggregation tool, developed by its strategic partner, Equity Data Science, Inc., in order “to enhance ESG integration across its investment business.” Founded in 2000 and formerly known as RWC Partners,… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, under the leadership of Chair Patrick McHenry, has announced a new working group to address environmental, social, and governance proposals (ESG). Currently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing ESG rules, more specifically in regards to climate impact disclosure…. Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Representative Bill Huizenga,  a member of the House Financial Services Committee and new Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, has put Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler on notice. In a Tweet, Huizenga said that oversight of the SEC is at… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Save, a Fintech company that helps people earn higher yields on their spending and savings, announced that it has “added a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) portfolio that provides a yield from, amongst other ETFs, the iShares ESG Aware ETFs.” According to Morningstar Direct,… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus, a global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, and Fennel Financials LLC, which just launched an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)-focused platform offering retail investors access to tools to better engage with companies, announced that Fennel has “chosen to deploy… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cerved, the Italian platform focused on credit risk analysis and management, has signed a strategic partnership with Greenomy, the ESG Market Infrastructure, “to deliver a new service on the Italian market designed to help businesses comply with new EU Sustainable Finance regulations (EU Taxonomy, CSRD,… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a growing focus on ESG and commitment to having a positive impact on society, digital lender MONEYME (ASX: MME) has partnered with Australia’s youth cancer charity Canteen in order “to help young cancer patients stay connected to their education dreams and career… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deepki, the ESG data intelligence firm, has announced three senior hires who join its Leadership Committee “as it pursues its global growth strategy.” Deepki claims it is the only company in the world “offering a fully populated ESG data intelligence platform to help commercial real… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) and Equity Data Science, Inc. announced the launch of an ESG workflow solution that will allow investors “to more quickly access and share ESG information.” The new ESG digitized data aggregation tool “leverages data science to help increase transparency while enhancing… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 12:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fund data and technology company FE fundinfo has expanded the range of ESG data it provides to MSCI and its clients. Through the agreement, MSCI will “gain access to FE fundinfo’s full universe of European ESG Template (EET) data.” EET data plays “a critical… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), in order “to expand the ESG collaboration between the two exchanges as well as explore new areas of opportunity.” Under the MoU terms, Bursa Malaysia and FTSE Russell, LSEG’s… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation, Manulife Investment Management recently announced its cooperation with Singapore-headquartered environmental, social, and governance (‘ESG’) fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (‘STACS’). The cooperation centers “around the usage of STACS’ ESGpedia digital registry, which powers the ESG… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the ESG Impact Hub to spur co-location and collaboration “between Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) Fintech startups and solution providers, financial institutions and real economy stakeholders.” The Hub will also “anchor industry-driven sustainability initiatives such the Point Carbon… Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Everimpact are partnering with STACS, a Singapore-based ESG fintech “to provide banks and corporates involved in the carbon market with greater trust and transparency.” Their partnership will “promote data-backed carbon credits with end-to-end traceability.” In the first phase of the project, Everimpact’s Digital carbon tracking… Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CIMB Group Holdings Berhad strengthened its sustainability commitment by doubling its sustainable finance target to RM60 billion by 2024 “under the Group’s Green, Social, Sustainable Impact Products and Services (GSSIPS) Framework.” The increased target was announced during the opening of CIMB’s flagship The Cooler Earth… Read More