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Brace for a data revolution as investors tackle the $4tn ‘Wild West’ of ESG

Marion Leslie, head of financial information at SIX Group, says ESG data remains immature but the future could see the development of bespoke data sets

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Jeremy Chan

The complexities of ESG will drive a demand for more bespoke data, says Marion Leslie, head of financial information at SIX Group
The complexities of ESG will drive a demand for more bespoke data, says Marion Leslie, head of financial information at SIX Group Photo: No Credit

ESG will be the catalyst for a new data revolution.

Traders and investors make it their jobs to manage risk – crunching numbers to navigate credit to counterparty to the more recent fallout from sky-high inflation. Those kinds of risks have been broken down into manageable numbers, and traded accordingly.

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