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Zeidler Group expands ESG Services Division with the launch of new SFDR disclosures tool and EET solution

London, 19 May 2022 – The technology-driven law firm and compliance provider, Zeidler Group, announced today the launch of its SFDR disclosures tool and EET solution as part of its ESG Services Division. Developed to ease the challenge of keeping pace with sustainable finance requirements asset managers continuously face, the digital solutions help to streamline and simplify ESG obligations.

Spearheaded by Elisa Forletta-Fehrenberg, Zeidler Group’s ESG Services Division enables asset management firms to take an integrated approach to ESG matters with innovative solutions specifically configured to meet asset managers’ various legal, compliance, reporting and data requirements and ensure swift and future-proofed results with practical advice and rigorous oversight.

Both the EET solution and SFDR disclosures tool leverage and combine Zeidler Group’s existing ESG legal advisory services which includes research-driven legal guidance and award-winning digital platform with digital workflows and AI capabilities to automate processes to ensure disclosure requirements and reporting obligations are met and delivered.

Key features of the SFDR disclosures tool include:

  • Production and management of all SFDR pre-contractual and periodic disclosures from production, translation, and distribution
  • Robust legal, regulatory and compliance oversight
  • Dedicated support with practical and easy to understand legal guidance.

Key features of the EET solution include:

  • Production and validation of EETs
  • Enhanced dissemination of EETs to data vendors, distributors or any other destinations via email, S(FTP), API etc., with a full audit trail
  • Additional support available for bespoke requirements.

Elisa Forletta-Fehrenberg, Head of ESG Services Division at Zeidler Group, said:

“ESG is driving real and actionable change within the asset management industry. It is critical that asset managers have access to tools and resources that support and facilitate a target-driven sustainable finance strategy. We are excited to further expand our ESG Service Division with digitally advanced tools and data capabilities to facilitate the reporting and disclosures requirements for our clients. Our research-driven digital solutions ensure asset managers can achieve their sustainable finance disclosure requirements seamlessly.”

 

Arne Zeidler, Founder and CEO of Zeidler Group, added:

“ESG reporting and sustainable finance metrics are an increasingly key requirement for end investors. The SFDR disclosures tool and EET solution are a natural evolution to our existing legal, regulatory, reporting and software engineering capabilities and illustrate our commitment to continuous product innovation. Our ESG solutions ensure a true end-to-end and superior long-term value for our asset management clients.”

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How clued up are you on the FTSE 100?

Brits incorrectly believe household favourites Tesco and Sainsburys are in the top 10 biggest companies of the FTSE 100, according to a new poll by IG Markets.

The trader polled 2,000 adults, alongside the launch of its Decade of Trade tool, to discover how clued up the general population are on the FTSE 100. The results show that as a nation we are fairly savvy when it comes to our knowledge of the stock market and over two-thirds (77%) are knowledgeable on the definition of shares.

Online trading platform, IG Markets, created the Decade of Trade tool to help Brits gain an understanding of the FTSE 100 and to allow traders to view not only how companies in the markets are performing now, but how they have performed over the last ten years. The tool covers twelve world markets including the FTSE 100, DAX40, ASX200 and HANG SENG.

When asked to name which companies are in the top ten of the FTSE 100 from a list, Brits identified eight out of ten businesses correctly. The mistakes came from thinking the supermarkets had a bigger presence than they do, with Brits believing Tesco (23rd in the FTSE 100) and Sainsbury’s (100th in the FTSE 100) to be in the top 10 market share.

Brits failed to identify beverage company, Diageo, whose brands include Smirnoff, Baileys and Guinness and mining corporation, Rio Tinto, as top 10 FTSE 100 companies.

Brits were also tested on their knowledge of the FTSE’s sector market share. The results showed there is a perception that Oil and Gas, Chemicals and Banks and Persona are the three largest sectors of the FTSE 100 when it is actually Oil and Gas, Banks and Persona and Household Goods.

Respondents were also asked what they perceive to have the biggest impact on the FTSE 100, and just over a quarter (27%) thought the Brexit referendum would have the biggest impact on the stock market.

Top five things Brits think have impacted the FTSE 100

  • Interest rates (43%)
  • Economic releases about earnings reports (35%)
  • The Bank of England quarterly inflation report (27%)
  • Brexit referendum (27%)
  • Eurozone politics (26%)

Almost four in ten (39%) correctly thought all of the above factors have an impact on the FTSE 100.

To view the Decade of Trade tool, click here: https://www.ig.com/uk/special-reports/decade-of-trade