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Intertrust launches new ESG data tool
03 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The solution allows for the outsourcing of back-office activities like data gathering and analytics, and will evolve in line with regulatory and market demands

CUSIP enhances reference data feeds
28 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CUSIP Global Services has enhanced its reference data feeds and desktop products by adding ESG data attributes for corporate and municipal bonds

European Commission issues banking legislative package, finalising Basel III implementation in EU
27 October 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

Review of the Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Requirements Directive aims to make banks more resilient to economic shocks, while facilitating transition to carbon neutrality and supporting recovery from the pandemic

BMS selects Apex for carbon reporting service
25 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Global reinsurance broker BMS has selected Apex Group to administer the latter’s Carbon Footprint Assessment and Reporting service

FSB installs Andrew Bailey as SRC chair
19 October 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Bank of England governor becomes chair of the Financial Stability Board's supervisory and regulatory cooperation standing committee, with Saudi central bank governor and FDIC chair also becoming committee heads

AuM at world’s largest asset managers reach new record
18th October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Assets under management at the world’s 500 largest asset managers have reached a new record of US$119.5 trillion, according to new research from the Thinking Ahead Institute

European private market ESG assets will “skyrocket” to €1.2 trillion by 2025, predicts PwC
12 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The statistic, which appears in PwC’s report entitled EU Private Markets: ESG Reboot, reflects the continuing change that ESG is creating for the European private market landscape

London Stock Exchange Group partners with FINBOURNE to power digital data programme
11 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

FINBOURNE’s investment data platform LUSID, will provide a scalable and virtual real-time data repository, consolidating multi-asset class data across the businesses

Brace for further volatility in fund flows for UK equities, warn Calastone
08 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“We should brace for further volatility in fund flows for UK equities”, warns Edward Glyn, head of global markets at Calastone, when discussing the UK equities market which suffered heavy selling in September

ALFI: Almost all client meetings have ESG on the agenda
05 October 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The majority of client meetings have ESG on the agenda, affirmed Carlo Funk Europe, Middle East, Africa head of ESG investment strategy at State Street Global Advisors, speaking at this year’s ALFI Digi Pulse US Virtual Conference

James Lowry departs State Street
01 October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Lowry, who became COO of Alpha in January 2020, has left State Street after more than 11 years of service

ALFI: The alternatives markets are getting ‘larger and larger’
01 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Fund distribution in the European economic area was a hot topic at the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry Digi Pulse USA Virtual Event