Exactly one year since we analysed the state of the market, we revisit the clickstream data landscape. We breakdown the vendor ecosystem by output granularity, data collection method, and client uptake.

Most ESG research nowadays focuses on equities, so it has been less clear on how ESG considerations can be applied to fixed income investments. Since 1Q21, Neudata have received numerous requests for ESG data for fixed income instruments, from sovereign bonds, to municipal bond, securitized debt, private debt, senior loans, and large syndicated leveraged loans. We publish this two-part Intelligence report in response to this influx of investor interest.

From fatalities caused by hard rainfall in Zhengzhou, China, to new temperature records set in Canada (49.6°C) — 2021 keeps bringing unprecedented climate-related surprises. In part I, we delve into the mechanics of estimating physical climate risk and highlight the available datasets to monitor and manage it.