NEW
YORK, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY
Mellon today announced new enhancements to its securities finance
platform to help clients analyze their agency securities lending
program alongside their sustainability goals. The announcement
comes as stakeholder demands for increased transparency in
connection with environmental, social and governance (ESG)
investing are growing for firms across the globe.
Delivered through an interactive dashboard, clients can apply
ESG scores based on third-party data across their lendable
portfolio, collateral and cash investments to help them evaluate
alignment with their individual ESG goals.
As the world's largest agent lender with access to more than
$4.3 trillion in lendable assets*,
this new capability represents the first in a series of ESG
enhancements BNY Mellon plans to make to its platform.
"Transparency is critical to the evolution of the ESG investing
landscape, as well as the management of ESG risks and regulatory
compliance," said Ina Budh-Raja,
EMEA Head of Securities Finance Product & Strategy and Global
Head of Markets ESG at BNY Mellon. "BNY Mellon is committed to
providing clients with next-generation solutions and insights
designed to help enable alignment with their ESG goals."
The new dashboard leverages MSCI ESG Research's ESG Ratings,
assigning scores to securities across three distinct pillars:
environmental, social and governance, that can be applied to a
client's non-cash collateral and cash reinvestment, including both
outright purchases and repo collateral.
The resulting output allows clients to quickly and easily
analyze how their portfolio, the collateral they receive, and the
investments they make align to their environmental, social and
governance goals and values.
The addition of this Securities Finance enhancement builds upon
the previously established ESG tools across the BNY Mellon
financing and liquidity ecosystem.
About BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon is a global investments
company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their
financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether
providing financial services for institutions, corporations or
individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment and
wealth management and investment services in 35 countries. As of
June 30, 2022, BNY Mellon had
$43.0 trillion in assets under
custody and/or administration, and $1.9
trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a
single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold,
manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon
is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
(NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on
www.bnymellon.com. Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our
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*Largest program as measured by on-loan assets according to
S&P Global Market Intelligence Securities Finance as of 2Q 2022
and includes the assets of CIBC Mellon clients. CIBC Mellon is the
brand name for CIBC Mellon Trust Company and CIBC Mellon Global
Securities Services Company, each a joint venture between BNY
Mellon (50%) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (50%).
Securities lending for CIBC Mellon clients is transacted through
The Bank of New York Mellon as agent and is part of The Bank of New
York Mellon Agency Lending Program.
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