HANSAINVEST Selects Clarity AI to Expand its Sustainability Services
Hamburg, January 30, 2024 – HANSAINVEST, a prominent Management Company (ManCo), has embarked on a strategic collaboration with Clarity AI, the leading sustainability tech company. This partnership aims to amplify sustainability services, equipping associated fund managers with cutting-edge tools for comprehensive analysis and regulatory compliance.
As a ManCo, HANSAINVEST plays a pivotal role in the financial ecosystem, overseeing fund issuance, managing legal and compliance aspects and steering investment decisions. Going forward, fund managers have the flexibility to choose from a curated list of ESG providers.
By selecting the strengths of Clarity AI, HANSAINVEST aims to foster consistency between ManCos and fund managers, offering a unified and robust approach to sustainability analysis.
“We are very excited about this partnership. Our joint capabilities will allow us to enhance HANSAINVEST’s offering and help simplify the processes for portfolio managers”, said Andri Stocker, Regional Sales Director DACH at Clarity AI.
One key factor in choosing Clarity AI is its regulatory knowledge, closely aligned with evolving regulations. This ensures that fund managers can navigate the regulatory landscape seamlessly, maintaining compliance with their investment decisions. Clarity AI’s notable attribute of swift and seamless integration further streamlines the process for fund managers, facilitating well-informed decisions.
Acknowledging the global significance of sustainability, HANSAINVEST values Clarity AI’s coverage of small and medium-sized companies, along with its expertise in the APAC market. This alignment resonates with HANSAINVEST’s commitment to providing a globally relevant sustainability framework.
“We are delighted to welcome Clarity AI as a new strong partner. With this cooperation, we are expanding our list of data providers at HANSAINVEST, which supports our fund partners with in-depth ESG expertise and tech DNA. Our ecosystem will strongly benefit as we are expanding our sustainability portfolio,” commented Dr. Jörn von Elsenau, ESG Manager at HANSAINVEST.
This collaborative journey between Clarity AI and HANSAINVEST marks a significant stride towards fostering responsible and ethical investment practices in the financial realm.
About Clarity AI
Clarity AI is a sustainability technology platform that uses machine learning and big data to deliver environmental and social insights to investors, organizations, consumers, and governments. Clarity AI’s capabilities are an essential tool for end-to-end sustainability analysis related to investing, corporate research, benchmarking, consumer ecommerce, and regulatory reporting. As of October 2023, Clarity AI’s platform analyzes up to 70,000 companies, 430,000 funds, and 400 national and subnational governments, which represents more breadth than any other player in the market. One way Clarity AI delivers on its mission to bring societal impact to markets is by ensuring its capabilities are delivered directly into clients’ workflows through integrations with partners like BlackRock – Aladdin, Refinitiv an LSEG business, BNP Manaos, CACEIS, and Simcorp. Additionally, Clarity AI’s sustainability insights reach more than 150 million consumers across more than 400,000 merchants on the Klarna platform. Clarity AI has offices in North America, Europe, and the Middle East, and its client network manages tens of trillions in assets and includes companies like Invesco, Nordea, BlackRock, Santander, Wellington, and BNP Paribas.
About HANSAINVEST
Hanseatische Investment-GmbH in Hamburg was founded in 1969 and is part of the SIGNAL IDUNA Group. As an independent full-service investment management company for financial and real assets, the company performs a wide range of services for the administration of liquid and illiquid asset classes. It has its head office in Hamburg and also maintains a branch in Frankfurt am Main. HANSAINVEST is represented in Luxembourg by the subsidiary HANSAINVEST LUX S.A. A total of around 514 mutual and special funds with gross fund assets of more than EUR 58 billion are currently managed by approximately 370 employees.
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Media contact Clarity AI
Edelman
clarityAI@edelmansmithfield.com
Media contact HANSAINVEST
Susanne Krüger, Marketing & Corporate Communications
susanne.krueger@hansainvest.de
