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Broadridge enhances fiduciary toolkit for financial advisors

14 October 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Striving to meet ESG demands, Broadridge will allow users of its Fi360 Fiduciary Focus Toolkit to leverage ESG rating data from OWL Analytics when evaluating investment decisions

Kaizen Reporting launches new ESG monitoring tool

08 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESI Monitor provides a framework that helps its clients measure and manage their environmental and social impact to improve the sustainability of organisations around the world

Global PSSL publishes draft for sustainable finance standards

30 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending has published a draft of its standard on how to strengthen sustainable finance with interconnected collateral for securities lending

RMA and State Street release ESG data white paper

04 June 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

“Sustainable investing is increasingly influencing how asset owners and managers are making investment related decisions, and it is important to align on how to integrate ESG data into our lending programmes,” says RMA’s Nick Delikaris

Global PSSL expands ESG short activism group

03 June 2021 Canada
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Blue Orca Capital’s Soren Aandahl will co-chair Global PSSL’s workstream on Short–Long Investments and ESG

PASLA and RMA launch global ESG securities lending framework

27 May 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The industry associations have developed an ESG framework, based on surveys and other research, which satisfies a desire among global asset managers to take a more hands-on approach to ESG principles in their securities finance programmes

Sharegain launches BetterLend

13 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Sharegain — who want to democratise the $2.5 trillion securities finance industry — says its new platform makes securities lending more ESG-compliant

State Street to launch ESG securities lending collateral investment strategy

19 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The financial services’ securities lending clients will benefit from the firm’s unique ESG scoring system

Citi enhances securities data platform with ESG scores incorporation

09 April 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has developed new visualisation tools to analyse multiple sustainability measures provided on a daily basis by Arabesque S-Ray

Global PSSL and prominent short sellers unveil new ESG standard on short activism

31 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

High-profile short sellers including Muddy Waters, J Capital Research and Quintessential Capital Management, discussed how the voluntary standard can be interwoven with established principles of activist shorting

ISLA takes aim at ESG stumbling blocks

18 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

In partnership with Allen & Overy, ISLA has written a white paper outlining its action plan to tackle five key challenges standing between the peaceful coexistence of securities lending and ESG

Global PSSL continues outreach and appointments

15 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The ESG-focused not-for-profit has expanded its College of Advisors and is now accepting input from individuals from organisations that engage in securities lending directly, provided they sit outside the lending departments