Tag: ESG

December 15, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Swissquote upgrades ESG investing with information on stocks

Marc Bürki, CEO of Swissquote, commented: We are continuously improving our own ESG profile by strengthening our corporate governance, supporting our employees and tracking our environmental footprint. However, the biggest impact we can make is to motivate our half a million customers to make better investment choices, where better means not only more performance at…

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BNY Mellon Investment Adviser charged with omissions in ESG by SEC
May 24, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC slaps BNY Mellon Investment Adviser with $1.5 million penalty

Sanjay Wadhwa, Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement and head of its Climate and ESG Task Force, said: Registered investment advisers and funds are increasingly offering and evaluating investments that employ ESG strategies or incorporate certain ESG criteria, in part to meet investor demand for such strategies and investments. Here, we allege that…

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Deutsche Börse
January 26, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse expands ESG offering

ESG rating providers can use the new available information when assessing calculating ESG scores and ratings. With the additional data pool, they can also boost the visibility of small and medium-sized companies among investors. Deutsche Börse further explained in their official announcement that companies which have not yet established their own sustainability reporting, the company…

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Interactive Brokers launches IMPACT
December 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Interactive Brokers releases mobile trading platform IMPACT

The app gives impact scores on existing portfolios based on these selections. It identifies companies which align with the criteria selected by the user. Investors can aso improve their scores through the selection of alternative companies. Additionally, the “Swap” feature on IMPACT users the ability to swap positions in the same dollar amount from one…

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Nasdaq launches new ESG Data Hub alongside industry leaders
June 29, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Nasdaq launches new ESG Data Hub alongside industry leaders

The following partners are set to provide data through the all new ESG Data Hub: Ecogain will cover biodiversity, Equileap will provide data on gender equality, RepRisk for reputational risk, Inrate for carbon emissions, Munich Re will analyse climate risk, and Upright Project for net impact, while Clean Tech will provide data on renewable technology.…

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Equiti adds sustainable energy stocks to its product offering
April 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Equiti adds sustainable energy stocks to its product offering

Iskandar Najjar, Equiti Group CEO, said: Equiti Group is committed to ESG (environmental, social and governance) practices and supportive, not only of meeting demands for these financial instruments, but also continually looking at ways of practically increasing our support. We are very pleased that our global product and risk teams have been able to swiftly…

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acquisition
February 26, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse finalizes acquisition of ISS

Stephan Leithner, Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG, responsible for the Group’s Pre- & Post-Trading businesses, said: The quality, precision and breadth of ISS’ data and research is unique in the market. Especially the company’s ESG expertise and data capabilities are highly complementary to Deutsche Börse’s businesses along the entire value chain.…

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