Center for Research in Security Prices

CRSP Selects ICE’s Uniform Entity Sectors for CRSP Market Indexes and Historical Equity Research Database

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (CRSP) will use ICE’s Uniform Entity Sectors classification system for the CRSP Market Indexes (CRSPMI) Sector Indexes and will be one of the sector codes available in the CRSP Research Products (CRSPRP) historical equity research database, ensuring a consistent framework that supports multi-asset risk and performance attribution analysis.

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  • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (CRSP) will use ICE’s Uniform Entity Sectors classification system for the CRSP Market Indexes (CRSPMI) Sector Indexes and will be one of the sector codes available in the CRSP Research Products (CRSPRP) historical equity research database, ensuring a consistent framework that supports multi-asset risk and performance attribution analysis.
  • CRSP, an affiliate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, will employ ICE’s Uniform Entity Sectors methodology for its cap-based, industry sector, and ESG indexes.
  • ICE’s framework will also be one of the sector codes available in the CRSP Research Products historical equity database, which is used by asset managers and other institutional investors to back test strategies and benchmark investment performance.
  • The CRSP Market Indexes currently have over $2 trillion in linked assets, while the CRSP Research Products are licensed and used by over 600 different academic and commercial enterprises around the world.

LocatorX Announces Chester Kennedy as Chief Executive Officer

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

LocatorX, a company known for connecting business processes at the edge with the enterprise through its open IoT hardware and software platforms, today announced Chester Kennedy as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta-based company.

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  • LocatorX, a company known for connecting business processes at the edge with the enterprise through its open IoT hardware and software platforms, today announced Chester Kennedy as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta-based company.
  • Kennedy comes to LocatorX from Infleqtion, formerly known as ColdQuanta, and brings over 35 years of experience in the aerospace and commercial electronics industries.
  • Kennedy will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer as previous CEO, Scott Fletcher, transitions to the position of Chief Commercial Officer, continuing his leadership presence at the company.
  • “We are excited that Chester is joining the executive team at LocatorX,” said Michael Fauscette, Chairman, LocatorX.

Barclays Research Expects a Series of Supply Shocks to Fan Inflationary Forces

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

In this year’s edition of our flagship annual publication, Barclays Research analysts delve into several supply shocks the world is likely to face in coming years and how they might impact the global economy.

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  • In this year’s edition of our flagship annual publication, Barclays Research analysts delve into several supply shocks the world is likely to face in coming years and how they might impact the global economy.
  • Analysts find that on almost all fronts, the world is likely looking at a more inflationary environment than in the last three decades.
  • "The world economy is still changing at an incredible pace," says Ajay Rajadhyaksha, Global Chairman of Research.
  • Barclays analysts point out that technological breakthroughs, such as vertical farming and gene editing, are vital, in order to boost crop yields and quality.

Sixth Annual Index Industry Association Benchmark Survey Reveals Continuing Record Breaking ESG Growth, Multi-Asset Expansion by Index Providers Globally

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

The Index Industry Association (IIA), the industry trade group for the global independent index provider community, announced the results today of its sixth annual global benchmark survey.

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  • The Index Industry Association (IIA), the industry trade group for the global independent index provider community, announced the results today of its sixth annual global benchmark survey.
  • The number of indexes globally increased 4.43% in the last year, led again by ESG indexes which grew to new records.
  • Rick Redding, IIAs CEO, commented: The index industry continues to meet the needs of the marketplace by creating innovative solutions.
  • The results also reveal index providers are diversifying into additional asset classes and increasing competition in every major category.

Increasing Momentum and Dramatic Growth in ESG Investment Across Asset Classes Among Asset Managers; New Index Industry Association Global Survey

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

The survey, which polled 300 investment fund companies in the U.S. and Europe, found that projections for ESG growth have accelerated rapidly from where they were just one year ago.

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  • The survey, which polled 300 investment fund companies in the U.S. and Europe, found that projections for ESG growth have accelerated rapidly from where they were just one year ago.
  • In the next 12 months, 40% of asset management portfolios are expected to include ESG elements (up 13 percentage points from the IIAs 2021 ESG survey ).
  • While ESG incorporation has increased across all asset classes, fixed income has emerged as the fastest growing ESG asset class.
  • As ESG investing continues to grow, the survey results reaffirm the supportive role that indexes play in ESG investment and benchmarking.

Barclays Research takes stock of the effects of Russia’s war with Ukraine in the 2022 Equity Gilt Study

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Barclays Research today released the 67th edition of the Equity Gilt Study (EGS), a flagship annual publication.

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  • Barclays Research today released the 67th edition of the Equity Gilt Study (EGS), a flagship annual publication.
  • Combining market-leading macro analysis with a unique multi-asset dataset spanning over 100 years, this years report takes stock of the effects of Russias war with Ukraine.
  • The pandemic and the war in Ukraine have forced member states toward more fiscal and political co-operation.
  • Barclays Research argues that fears about the US dollar losing reserve currency status are greatly overstated.

SentinelOne Launches DataSet, a Revolutionary Live Enterprise Data Platform

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Building upon the acquisition of Scalyr, DataSet expands beyond cybersecurity use cases delivering a limitless enterprise data platform for live data queries, analytics, insights, and retention.

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  • Building upon the acquisition of Scalyr, DataSet expands beyond cybersecurity use cases delivering a limitless enterprise data platform for live data queries, analytics, insights, and retention.
  • The way SentinelOne solves cybersecurity with data inspired us to apply our expertise beyond cybersecurity to a wide range of enterprise use cases, said Tomer Weingarten, CEO, SentinelOne.
  • Our enterprise customers have the same data needs as SentinelOne - the ability to understand and action live data sets at speed.
  • DataSet is a cloud-native flexible enterprise data platform built for all types of data live or historical, at petabyte scale.

Lucata Pathfinder Demonstrates Breakthrough Graph Analytics Processing Efficiency by Ranking #46 on Green Graph500 Benchmark

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lucata Corporation , provider of a next generation computing architecture based on Intel technology for high performance, massively scalable processing of graph analytics, today announced that Lucata Pathfinder ranked #46 on the Green Graph500 , which ranks graph analytics processing performance per energy consumed (GTEPS/Watts).

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lucata Corporation , provider of a next generation computing architecture based on Intel technology for high performance, massively scalable processing of graph analytics, today announced that Lucata Pathfinder ranked #46 on the Green Graph500 , which ranks graph analytics processing performance per energy consumed (GTEPS/Watts).
  • Lucata Pathfinder ranked #211 on the Graph 500 BFS Benchmark , which measures raw graph analytics processing performance, delivering nearly 1 GTEP (845 MTEPS) at scale 30.
  • The Graph 500 BFS benchmarks test the performance of graph analytics processing systems on synthetic Breadth-First Search (BFS) datasets, enabling comparisons of a broad range of optimized hardware/software solutions for graph analytics processing.
  • The benchmarks help in the design and procurement of hardware architectures and software systems for data-intensive graph analytics processing on large, sparse matrix datasets.

Lucata Pathfinder Demonstrates Breakthrough Graph Analytics Processing Efficiency by Ranking #46 on Green Graph500 Benchmark

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lucata Corporation, provider of a next generation computing architecture based on Intel technology for high performance, massively scalable processing of graph analytics, today announced that Lucata Pathfinder ranked #46 on the Green Graph500 , which ranks graph analytics processing performance per energy consumed (GTEPS/Watts).

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lucata Corporation, provider of a next generation computing architecture based on Intel technology for high performance, massively scalable processing of graph analytics, today announced that Lucata Pathfinder ranked #46 on the Green Graph500 , which ranks graph analytics processing performance per energy consumed (GTEPS/Watts).
  • Lucata Pathfinder ranked #211 on the Graph 500 BFS Benchmark , which measures raw graph analytics processing performance, delivering nearly 1 GTEP (845 MTEPS) at scale 30.
  • The Graph 500 BFS benchmarks test the performance of graph analytics processing systems on synthetic Breadth-First Search (BFS) datasets, enabling comparisons of a broad range of optimized hardware/software solutions for graph analytics processing.
  • Next generation computing solutions like Lucata Pathfinder can demonstrate a quantum leap in performance by submitting benchmark results to the vendor-agnostic Graph 500.

Comstock Appoints Ivy Zelman to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

RESTON, Va., Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Holding Companies Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) announced today the appointment of Ivy Zelman to its Board of Directors.

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  • RESTON, Va., Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Holding Companies Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) announced today the appointment of Ivy Zelman to its Board of Directors.
  • Prior to founding Zelman & Associates, Ms. Zelman served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1998 to 2007.
  • "We are excited to have Ivy Zelman, the leading analytical mind in the housing sector, join the Comstock Board of Directors, commented Chris Clemente, Chairman and CEO of Comstock.
  • Ms. Zelman commented, I am thrilled to be joining Comstocks board, an undiscovered jewel in commercial real estate asset management!