BNY Mellon has launched enhancements to its securities finance platform to help clients analyse their agency securities lending program alongside their sustainability goals. Delivered through an interactive dashboard, clients can apply ESG scores based on third-party data across their lendable portfolio, collateral and cash investments to help them evaluate alignment with their individual ESG goals.…
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ICE and Confluence strike ESG deal
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., the U.S.-based provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, and Confluence, a provider of analytics and regulatory compliance reporting solutions for the investment management industry, have struck a deal that enables Confluence to leverage ICE’s ESG data as part of its ESG SFDR solution, bringing clients a single service that is designed…
Maples launches new ESG solutions
The Maples Group has expanded its global fund services offering with the launch of new ESG solutions. The enhanced ESG offering includes data, reporting, and certification support, as well as a platform solution to support European distribution. Maples has implemented an ESG data and reporting system from Trucost, part of S&P Global, which provides analytics…
Fenergo launches ESG compliance service
Fenergo, the European-based provider of digital solutions for KYC and client lifecycle management (CLM), has launched a solution to enable financial institutions to reduce regulatory and reputational risk and streamline operations for ESG compliance. This allows firms to automatically calculate climate, reputational and complementary ESG risks and efficiently fulfill regulatory obligations, including Sustainable Finance Disclosure…
BGF selects Apex for ESG reporting
Apex has been appointed by BGF, a UK-based growth capital investor, to provide ESG ratings & advisory services for over 230 companies in its portfolio. Apex’s ESG Health Check is designed for minority equity, venture capital or credit investors who do not have a controlling stake in their private company investments but require a high…
Rimes joins BBH Connectors
Rimes, a provider of data management and investment intelligence solutions to investors and asset managers, has joined BBH Connectors, the Brown Brothers Harriman platform featuring multi-provider, open architecture technology providers. Rimes joins other specialist third-party fintech and service providers that deliver expertise in areas like ESG data, insurance accounting, class action recovery services, and AI.
BNPP’s Manaos platform adds new client
Fondo di Previdenza Mario Negri, the Italian pension fund, has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services’ Manaos platform for its ESG data and analytics needs. Fondo di Previdenza Mario Negri is the pension fund for managers of commercial shipping and transport companies in Italy, with EUR3.9bn (USD4.1bn) AuM. The fund will be using the Manaos platform…
DB transacts first two ESG repos
Deutsche Bank’s New York agency securities lending team has transacted its first two ESG off balance sheet investments. The trades, which amounted to USD550m, were transacted on behalf of two of the bank’s U.S. based state pension fund clients which aimed to demonstrate their commitment to tackling climate change, ensuring gender diversity, better working conditions…
JTC rolls out vCSO platform
JTC Americas, a subsidiary of the C.I.-based JTC group, has launched a virtual Chief Sustainability Officer (vCSO) platform to help fund managers, corporations and family offices meet their ESG regulatory and reporting obligations. vCSO is comprised of three core elements: ESG Strategy: develops, defines and documents customised ESG strategies built around industry best practices and…
SS&C selects Sustainalytics for ESG data
SS&C will integrate Sustainalytics’ ESG data into SS&C Advent platforms to power portfolio management and analytics workflows for its global client base. Morningstar Sustainalytics is a provider of ESG research, ratings and data.