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Deutsche Börse has announced similar requirements for new entrants to the Dax index.

Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly speaks to Rick Chau, Head of Asia Pacific for Index and Analytics at Qontigo, an index, financial intelligence and risk analytics firm, about his firm’s role in the recently launched Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform.

The new offering blends existing Axioma risk models into a single, nuanced risk assessment.

Against the backdrop of positive vaccine developments and upbeat Chinese data, the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rebounded from the previous day’s loss to close 0.29 per cent or 8.17 points higher at 2,814.12.

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As investor interest in sustainable assets continues to rise, a big challenge is how to ensure fund managers live up to their ESG claims.

Qontigo’s CEO Sebastian Ceria speaks about entrepreneurship, technology and sustainability on the Wharton FinTech podcast, interviewed by Miguel Armaza.

“The SDI AOP is a huge step forward by creating a set of easy-to-use and cost- efficient data – as opposed to a piece of required software – that can be incorporated into existing tools for investment decisions and reporting,” explains Ian Webster, Senior Managing Director at Qontigo.

According to Olivier d’Assier at financial intelligence and risk firm Qontigo, a Biden presidency and a Republican Senate would be “the best case for markets” among a range of outcomes.

“Top-line market volatility has indeed declined but remains high relative to history. In fact it would have to go down another 30 percent just to get to the long term median level,” said Melissa Brown, global head of Applied Research at Qontigo.

Rising volatility and correlation could trip markets, according to Olivier D’Assier, head of applied research for Asia-Pacific at Qontigo.

“Investors view data breaches as the cost of doing online business,” said Olivier D’Assier, head of applied research for Asia-Pacific at Qontigo GmbH.