Redwheel, a UK-based asset manager with c. USD19bn AuM, has adopted the data aggregation tool developed by Equity Data Science to enhance ESG integration across its investment business. Northern Trust took a stake in EDS in 2021 and jointly launched an ESG workflow solution that allows investors to access and share ESG information. The data…
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Apex launches ESG DaaS platform
Apex has launched an ESG data as a service platform for the private markets. Apex has been collecting, verifying and examining private market ESG data from more than 400 GPs, and 1,500 portfolio companies in more than 45 countries since 2019, compiling a proprietary and verified ESG database for benchmarking performance. The database will include…
Apex partners with Briink for ESG
Apex Group has partnered with Briink, a Berlin-based AI technology company specialising in EU taxonomy and SFDR reporting solutions for fund managers, to enhance its ESG advisory services. Apex’s EU taxonomy solution provides a five-step process, enabling clients to assess and improve taxonomy alignment credentials and prevent greenwashing. Briink’s technology helps Apex’s clients to save…
UI supports Pella fund launch in Europe
Universal Investment, the Germany-based administrator that claims to have EUR950bn AuA (USD1trn), has supported the launch of the Pella Global Securities Sustainable Fund in Europe as part of the UI I umbrella fund. Pella Funds Management is an Australian asset manager. In addition of acting as fund service platform, Universal Investment will provide Pella with…
Broadridge launches ESG Analyzer
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., the U.S.-based fintech, has launched ESG Analyzer, a web-based ESG disclosure and data analytics benchmarking tool that delivers “timely, high-quality, cost-effective, transparent data and insights”. The ESG Analyzer allows companies to view all of their ESG metrics in a single dashboard, compare their data side-by-side with peer companies to better understand…
Northern Trust and EDS launch ESG workflow solution
Northern Trust and Equity Data Science, in which the bank has a stake, have launched an ESG workflow solution that will allow investors to access and share ESG information. The data aggregation tool leverages data science to increase transparency while enhancing efficiency and collaboration amongst investment teams.
CACEIS adds Clarity AI to app store
CACEIS, the European asset servicing group, has added Clarity AI to its app store, Connect Store. Clarity AI analyses more than 50,000 companies and 300,000 funds, 198 countries and 188 local governments, using machine learning and big data to deliver insights on sustainability. Clarity AI provides direct access to a broad universe of ESG, climate,…
Manaos gets new CEO
BNP Paribas has appointed Franck Delbes as CEO of Manaos, the investment services platform connecting institutional clients to ESG data and analytics providers. The platform helps investors collect fund inventories from their asset managers for full look-through analysis of their portfolios. It also provides clients with access to ESG data and analytics providers to help…
Apex partners with eFront for ESG reporting
Apex has formed a collaboration with BlackRock’s eFront to provide the general partner community with ESG data consulting services. The partnership will provide GPs with a combination of Apex services and eFront’s technology to feed ESG data into eFront’s ESG Outreach solution, launched in 2021 and designed to help private market investors simplify and create…
IQ-EQ appoints ESG director
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Lyons O’Keeffe to the newly created position of ESG director. He will be responsible for driving forward the next phase of IQ-EQ’s ESG service offering for clients, including enhanced ESG reporting and supporting clients with launching new ESG strategies, particularly across alternative asset classes. He joins from Legal &…