NEW YORK, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Informa
Financial Intelligence's Zephyr, a subsidiary of Informa plc (LSE:
INF) and worldwide industry leader in providing data, research and
insights to financial institutions, and OWL Analytics, a data and
indexing company offering environmental, social, and governance
(ESG) analysis, announced today its partnership. With this
alliance, OWL's ESG ratings and rankings on individual securities,
mutual funds, ETFs and Zephyr's PSN, Informa's proprietary
separately managed accounts, will be offered to Zephyr's portfolio
analytics and portfolio performance platform clients.
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OWL Analytics employs a big data approach that aggregates
hundreds of sources of ESG data and leverages the collective wisdom
of the worlds' leading ESG research organizations to generate
objective ESG metrics, scores, rankings, and percentiles across
various common ESG themes. Zephyr will access the data from OWL
Analytics through a separate partnership with Fin Mason for the use
of its FinRiver API.
"The recent momentum for ESG & impact investing has made
evident the need for transparency and analytics around this
investing trend," said Chris Volpe,
Head of Informa Financial Intelligence's Zephyr business. "We view
this collaboration with OWL Analytics as a natural fit, pairing a
leading ESG data provider with our solutions to deliver wealth and
asset managers timely and actionable ESG analysis on multiple
investment vehicles including SMAs from our industry-leading PSN
database. The new ESG metrics compliment Zephyr's core features and
competencies to help our clients make more well-informed investment
decisions."
"ESG is the foundation upon which OWL Analytics was built and
our goal is to arm clients with a diverse range of ESG insights
that help them meet their sustainability mandates as they continue
to expand and evolve," said Benjamin
Webster, CEO & President at OWL Analytics. "Partnering
with Zephyr allows us to continue this mission and provide a deeper
ESG consensus."
For additional information, please visit:
https://financialintelligence.informa.com/products-and-services/data-analysis-and-tools/zephyr.
About Informa Financial Intelligence's
Zephyr
Financial Intelligence, part of the Informa
Intelligence Division of Informa plc, is a leading provider of
products and services helping financial institutions around the
world cut through the noise and take decisive action. Informa
Financial Intelligence's solutions provide unparalleled insight
into market opportunity, competitive performance and customer
segment behavioral patterns and performance through specialized
industry research, intelligence, and insight. IFI's Zephyr
portfolio supports asset allocation, investment analysis, portfolio
construction, and client communications that combine to help
advisors and portfolio managers retain and grow client
relationships. For more information about IFI, visit
https://financialintelligence.informa.com/products-and-services/data-analysis-and-tools/zephyr.
About OWL Analytics
OWL Analytics is a data and analytics provider that offers
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and socially
responsible investing (SRI) metrics on global equities, corporate
bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs. Founded in 2012, our clients
are some of the largest global banks, asset managers, asset owners,
and indexing companies in the world. They turn to OWL for a
diverse range of ESG products and customized solutions, helping
them meet their sustainability mandates as they continue to expand
and evolve. For more information, visit www.owlanalytics.net.
About FinMason
FinMason, one of the world's largest
investment analytics engines for financial services platforms,
enables WealthTech platforms to accelerate development and
time-to-market while retaining control of their user experience.
Built with speed, flexibility, and scalability in mind, the
financial technology firm calculates and delivers more than 1,000
analytics on every publicly-traded asset in the world via one
simple API. For more information, visit www.finmason.com.
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