ICE Expands ESG Data Offering to 2 Million Fixed Income Securities
11 November 2021 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
Coverage spans multiple geographies, including
North America, Europe and Asia
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global
provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today
announced that its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Reference Data coverage now includes 2 million fixed income
instruments. ICE’s ESG Reference data covers equity and fixed
income securities across North America, Europe and Asia and adds
transparency to allow users to better understand ESG risks and
opportunities.
With the rise of sustainable investing, more and more investors
have become focused on incorporating ESG data into their investment
research and decision-making process. However, because of the
complexity and size of fixed income markets, which the Institute of
International Finance estimates are approximately three times the
size of equity markets, many investors and other participants have
not been able to view ESG metrics when it comes to identifying
risks and potential growth opportunities in fixed income
securities.
“ICE’s ESG reference data leverages the deep experience we have
with fixed income instrument data and analytics and offers market
participants a more complete view of ESG metrics,” said Anthony
Belcher, Head of Sustainable Finance at ICE. “While much of ESG
investing to date has been focused on equities, our offering allows
users to assess risks and opportunities across multiple asset
classes, all at the instrument level.”
ICE’s ESG Reference Data coverage includes corporate bonds,
municipals, sovereigns and money markets across North America,
Europe and Asia, and provides detailed ESG attributes and
indicators that may be financially material, such as greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions reported, board diversity, benefits and many
others, sourced from company and publicly available third-party
sources. The data set can allow market participants to enhance
their global equity and credit analysis by incorporating
ESG-related metrics into their research and due diligence process,
primarily sourced directly from corporate disclosures and other
publicly available documents.
ICE’s ESG Reference Data is available in a user friendly,
customizable dashboard, as well as via market standard feeds, that
provides detailed access into the controversy metrics and ESG
attributes about specific companies, securities and issuers. To
learn more, please visit:
https://www.theice.com/data-services/esg-data/esg-reference-data.
About Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500
company that designs, builds and operates digital networks to
connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and
data services across major asset classes that offer our customers
access to mission-critical workflow tools that increase
transparency and operational efficiencies. We operate exchanges,
including the New York Stock Exchange, and clearing houses that
help people invest, raise capital and manage risk across multiple
asset classes. Our comprehensive fixed income data services and
execution capabilities provide information, analytics and platforms
that help our customers capitalize on opportunities and operate
more efficiently. At ICE Mortgage Technology, we are transforming
and digitizing the U.S. residential mortgage process, from consumer
engagement through loan registration. Together, we transform,
streamline and automate industries to connect our customers to
opportunity.
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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 -- Statements in this press release regarding
ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion
of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as
filed with the SEC on February 4, 2021.
SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange ICE-CORP
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