Clearstream Ties with Clarity AI to Launch Sustainability Service for Fund Distributors

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Clearstream, a leading European provider of post-trade services which is wholly owned by Deutsche Börse, has rolled out sustainability service for fund distributors in partnership with Clarity AI, an end-to-end technology solution that helps optimising the societal impact of investment portfolios.

With the Clarity AI solution offering, the Fund Centre platform of Clearstream offers fund distributors and investors effective means to base their investment decisions on high-quality, transparent and comparable ESG criteria (environmental, social and governance). This supports the transformation towards more sustainable economies for the fund markets.

Clarity AI 'scores' the underlying assets of a fund according to its proprietary methodologies and then calculates an aggregated score at share class level. It gives fund distributors clients of the Fund Centre platform valuable insights into the sustainability characteristics of an investment fund via the Fund Compass application, a web-based distribution and fund information application which offers distributors intuitive and user-friendly access to fund data, documents, and added value services.. 

Below are the main features of Clarity AI solution:

• Fund search functionality based on set of sustainability scores

This enables distributors to easily filter and select the most suitable funds for their clients based on their sustainability appetite and preferences.  

• Comparing and benchmarking share classes according to sustainability scores

This allows distributors to quickly benchmark up to five share classes within the full range of the Fund Centre fund universe.

• ​In-depth insights into additional subcategories on ESG criteria, climate and UN SDGs (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals)