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NEWSLETTER | 9 Mar 2021

Banks, pensions, and sovereign funds fail to achieve gender balance, finds OMFIF

Less than 1 per cent of central banks, sovereign funds, public pension funds and commercial banks have achieved gender balance within their workforces, according to a comprehensive survey by Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF).

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

SIX has launched the SPI Gender Equality Index as part of its recently introduced ESG Indices family. Index components are selected from the largest 100 companies of the Swiss Performance Index (SPI).

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

The environmental, social and governance-based investment market is set to double in 2021 as investors plan to move funds to support companies with a positive ESG rating or impact, a new report shows.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

After an extraordinarily challenging year for income investors, the annual Evenlode Global Dividend Sustainability Report reveals its list of ten companies poised to deliver reliable income streams over the next five years.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

Solactive has strengthened its ties with BBVA by providing two new social and governance indexes for the Spanish bank’s Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS).

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

BidFX, a cloud-based provider of electronic FX trading solutions for institutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of SGX Group, has launched BidFX Data and Analytics.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

Thousands of international fintechs are set to enter the UK this year to help revolutionise UK financial institutions, despite ongoing restrictions on travel and business activities.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

PPS Investments, a subsidiary of the Professional Provident Society (PPS) in South Africa, has chosen SS&C Technologies Holdings Sylvan as its global performance measurement and attribution platform.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

Northern Trust Front Office Solutions has launched Operational Risk Consulting, a bespoke service that provides management consulting with a specialised focus on investment operations.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

South East Asia’s first insured bitcoin fund, BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund-I (BGBF-I), has officially launched to address the growing global interest from institutional and corporate investors.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

State Street has enhanced its ESG Solutions, ESG Risk Analytics offering, which provides clients with the ability to address new global regulatory reporting requirements. Through a single platform, this data coverage brings clients the ability to cover most Principle Adverse Impact (PAI) and disclosure requirements.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

The Pension Playpen has added further "All Stars" to its new Fintech platform. Playpen was launched in 2015 to promote Auto Enrolment solutions for employers and providers.

ING deepens partnership with Flowcast

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

Building on a successful proof of concept, Flowcast and ING Belgium are announcing to further test in a pilot the preventive and proactive possibilities for the end to end Non-Performing Loans process.

Tue | 9 Mar 2021, 12:03

Janus Henderson Group has appointed Andrew Morrison as Global Head of Client Experience. He will be based in London and report to John Groneman, Global Distribution Chief Operating Officer.