Qontigo partners with 'well-respected' RepRisk

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Qontigo, an innovative risk, analytics and index solutions provider, recently partnered with a leading environmental, social and governance (ESG) data science company. | Pixabay

Qontigo, an innovative risk, analytics and index solutions provider, has partnered with RepRisk, a leader in environmental, social and governance (ESG) data science to optimize the company's brand.

The partnership allows Qontigo to access RepRisk's ESG risk data through portfolio analytics and risk models, according to a Jan. 19 press release. 

“Integrating our rules-based, transparent dataset with Qontigo’s incisive analytics and index construction solutions offers the market the necessary sophistication and customization for today’s financial market participants – with broad applications that range from proactively identifying ESG risk in portfolios to deploying impactful index products,” said RepRisk Executive Vice President Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon in the release.

RepRisk was founded in 1998 and is based in Switzerland. It works with a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning combined with human intelligence to analyze public information and identify risks, Business Wire reported. The company's ESG Risk Platform, which is the largest database on ESG and business conduct risks in the world, covers more than 190,000 public and private companies in 23 languages, as well as 50,000 infrastructure projects.

Qontigo is a risk solutions provider that allows clients to deliver “sophisticated and targeted” solutions to meet the demand and sustainability goals of investors around the world, the release stated. The company, which was founded in 2019, is based in Germany and has offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. 

“Open architecture is at the heart of our sustainability offering,” said Brian Rosenberg, chief revenue officer for analytics at Qontigo in the release. “At Qontigo, we focus on collaborating with best-in-class data providers and RepRisk is yet another well-respected, important partner for us as we continue to grow our ESG data ecosystem. RepRisk complements our existing set of ESG data providers and ultimately gives our clients even more flexibility and choice.”