FactSet and Ping An Partner on ESG Content and Analytics

FactSet, a US-based financial data and software company, and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (Ping An) announced a joint offering for investors considering environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) metrics for companies incorporated in China.

​FactSet and Ping An's associate company OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. (OneConnect), a provider of cloud-platform-based Fintech solutions in China, will launch the offering. FactSet will integrate OneConnect's artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ESG content sets into its workstations, standard data feed, and application programming interfaces (APIs) to accelerate the availability of ESG metrics for over 3,500 Chinese class A-share companies.

OneConnect provides comprehensive coverage of ESG factors and assessments to companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. These factors are derived from a combination of different sources of information obtained by AI technologies, such as natural language processing (NLP). OneConnect also provides a range of analytics tools in addition to the content that will be integrated into FactSet, such as NLP-driven disclosure transparency assessments, portfolio sustainability performance evaluation and adjustment, and a climate risk evaluation tool to help investors better integrate ESG measurements into their investment processes.

Tom Griffiths, Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific at FactSet, said: "Working with Ping An to strengthen FactSet's ESG offering is an exciting step as we further expand integrated workflow solutions for our global client base. Combining OneConnect's leading content with FactSet's suite of applications will offer investment professionals a differentiated perspective on ESG impacts in the Chinese market."

Ye Wangchun, Chairman and CEO of OneConnect, said: "By integrating OneConnect's AI-ESG information sets into FactSet's powerful investment data and technology platform, investors can expand both the breadth and depth of their ESG investments, drawing on a broader set of China-focused ESG content and tools."

OneConnect's ESG content will be available in the coming months in the FactSet workstation as well as via standard data feed and APIs.