A significant allocation shift by large institutions towards less risky assets and markets is underway, according to a major new study of institutional investor and sovereign wealth fund activity by State Street Corporation and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF).

SEI has acquired Novus Partners (Novus), a global portfolio intelligence platform company, designed to expand SEI’s capabilities for both the institutional investor and investment management markets.

Nasdaq is to collect and make its private fund manager diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) data available for investors free of charge via the Nasdaq eVestment platform in an effort to improve transparency and disclosure standardisation across the industry. The data will be available starting on 16 February, 2022.

Quant technology provider SigTech has launched a new Data Showroom, which revolutionises the way data owners sell their data to fund managers and asset owners, reducing the sales cycle from months to weeks.

Qontigo, a provider of risk, analytics and index solutions, has introduced a Carbon Emission Price factor within the Axioma Worldwide Macroeconomic Projection Equity Factor Risk Model (Macro Projection Model). 

Fundipedia has integrated its data management platform into Deloitte Luxembourg’s portfolio to complement its existing range of advisory, consulting and integration services. 

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) has added Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data attributes for corporate and municipal bonds in its data feed and desktop products. 

Pico, a provider of technology, data and analytic services for the financial markets community, has enhanced its Corvil Analytics offering for electronic financial markets with the launch of a new flagship appliance, the Corvil 10000.

Alternative data specialist QuantCube Technology, has launched the QuantCube Crude Oil Risk Sentiment Indicator. By processing sentiment data in relation to crude oil in Arabic as well as English, QuantCube has created the most comprehensive real-time indicator available for the commodity.  

Opensee, a Paris-based fintech offering financial institutions a real-time self-service analytics platform, has gone live with its big data solution at Société Générale, one of Europe's leading financial services groups.