GMI Ratings’ Governance and Accounting Risk Data Now Available Through FactSet
November 06 2013 - 9:12AM
Business Wire
Investors Can Now Seamlessly Integrate ESG
and Accounting Risk Into Their Investment Process
GMI Ratings, the leading provider of research, data and
analytics on environmental, social, governance and
accounting-related risks, today announced that FactSet, (NYSE: FDS
| NASDAQ: FDS), a leading provider of integrated financial
information data and analytical applications, will deliver GMI’s
governance and accounting risk data to investors through the
FactSet workstation.
Increasingly, investment professionals are integrating
governance and accounting risk factors into their investment
processes and models as more empirical evidence validates the
linkage between governance and performance.
The unique GMI data sets now accessible to FactSet subscribers
include elements of GMI’s Forensic Alpha Model (FAM™), its
Accounting and Governance Risk (AGR®) model and GMI’s ESG research
and ratings, including the 150 ESG KeyMetrics® that drive the
ratings. FAM is designed to use forensic accounting and
governance-related measures of issuer risk to efficiently gain
exposures to sustainable drivers of investment return, while AGR is
used by investors for risk mitigation and ESG ratings and research
are used for portfolio sustainability screening and management.
“With our robust data now available through FactSet, investment
managers, pension funds, hedge funds and other institutional
investors can integrate GMI’s ESG and Accounting risk data and
analytics into their own models and investment process”, said Dan
Concannon, President and Chief Executive Officer of GMI. “FactSet
clients can also leverage elements of GMI’s Forensic Alpha Model
for portfolio construction and optimization and ultimately,
performance enhancement.”
GMI data will be accessible to FactSet subscribers through the
platform’s Alpha Testing, Portfolio Analysis, Universal Screening,
Data Downloading, and MS Office integration functions and can be
permissioned globally or by geographic region.
“FactSet is pleased to add GMI Ratings’ three core models to our
content offerings and analytics suite,” said Rick Barrett,
FactSet’s Senior Vice President of Quantitative Analytics. “As
GMI’s ESG and AGR models have gained traction in the marketplace
through the years, we’ve heard from more and more clients looking
to combine that content with FactSet’s powerful analytics. The
newly-released Forensic Alpha Model will let our clients add unique
and uncorrelated factors to their existing alpha models within our
screening, backtesting, and optimization tools.”
FactSet’s highly regarded platform, which delivers real-time and
historical content and robust analytical and charting capabilities,
is a preferred channel through which institutional investors
support and manage their investment process.
GMI will conduct a brief webinar to review the integration of
GMI’s data on Thursday, November 14 at 11:00am. To register, please
click here.
About GMI Ratings
GMI Ratings is an independent provider of research and ratings
on environmental, social, governance and accounting-related risks
affecting the performance of public companies. The firm’s ESG
ratings for more than 6,000 companies worldwide incorporate 150 ESG
KeyMetrics® to help investors assess the sustainable investment
value of corporations. The firm also provides Accounting and
Governance Ratings (AGR®) for approximately 19,000 public companies
worldwide. AGR metrics reflect the accuracy and reliability of a
company’s financial reporting. Clients of GMI Ratings include
leading institutional investors, banks, insurers, auditors,
regulators and corporations seeking to incorporate accounting and
ESG factors into risk assessment and decision-making. The firm’s
Forensic Alpha Model (FAM™) helps investors predict stock returns
using forensic accounting and governance-related measures of issuer
risk. In the 2012 and 2013 Independent Research in Responsible
Investment (IRRI) Survey conducted by Thomson Reuters Extel and
SRI-CONNECT.com, GMI Ratings was named “The Best Independent
Corporate Governance Research Provider”. For more information
please visit www.gmiratings.com.
About FactSet
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS | NASDAQ: FDS) combines
integrated financial information, analytical applications, and
client service to enhance the workflow and productivity of the
global investment community. The Company, headquartered in Norwalk,
Connecticut, was formed in 1978 and now conducts operations along
with its affiliates from more than twenty-eight locations
worldwide, including Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco,
London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Hyderabad, Mumbai,
Dubai, Manila, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Sydney. To learn more about
FactSet, visit www.factset.com and follow on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/factset.
GMI Ratings Media ContactsCheryl Gustitus, Chief
Marketing OfficerO: +1 212/949-1313 ext 316M: +1
240/507-0823cgustitus@gmiratings.comorJoyce Brown, Marketing
Communications+1 207-553-5679jbrown@gmiratings.com
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