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BOSTON and LONDON, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- GIST is a pioneering impact data and analytics company that provides

investors and companies with science-based, comparable and verifiable measures

of corporate impact and performance.

- FNZ's investment follows the launch of its market-leading sustainable

investment solution, FNZ Impact, which enables financial institutions to

provide their clients with hyper-personalized, transparent information around

the environmental and social impacts of investments, offering the ability to

optimise portfolios quickly and easily.

- The investment is part of a wider partnership which sees GIST's data

integrated within FNZ Impact, adding to the world leading ESG data currently

available within the solution.

- The partnership builds on the companies' shared ambition to open-up wealth by

making sustainability data more accessible and transparent so that investors

can invest in the things they care about, on their own terms.

FNZ, the leading global wealth management platform, today announced that it has

made a strategic investment in GIST, the pioneering impact data and analytics

company that provides investors and companies with quantitative, comparable,

and verifiable measures of corporate impact and performance across all four

capitals: natural, human, social, and produced.

As well as supporting GIST's rapid growth and mission, FNZ's investment will

build on the existing collaboration between the two companies and forms part of

a wider partnership which sees GIST's sustainability data integrated into its

market-leading sustainable investment solution, FNZ Impact. The integration

builds on the world leading ESG data currently available within FNZ Impact and

accelerates the companies shared ambition to open-up wealth by making

sustainability data more accessible and transparent so that investors can

invest in the things they care about, on their own terms.

FNZ Impact, a solution integrated into the wider FNZ wealth management

platform, which supports over 650 of the world's leading financial institutions

and 8,000 wealth management firms in 21 countries, helps financial institutions

to provide their clients with hyper-personalized, transparent information

around the environmental and social impacts of investment portfolios, and

offers the ability to optimise portfolios based not just on risk appetite,

goals and tax but also by personal preferences and values.

This means retail investors, their advisers and wealth managers can better

understand the issues that matter most to them and address these by allocating

capital accordingly, making investment part of the solution to global

challenges.

There is growing awareness and scrutiny of corporate ESG credentials from

investors. However, current ESG ratings and rankings can pose challenges due to

biases and a lack of standardisation, transparency, independence and credible

information.

GIST addresses this challenge by using a science-based approach to measure and

value corporate impacts in monetary terms based on the 'Four Capitals'

framework (natural capital, human capital, social capital and produced

capital). This consistent and universal framework is used by the United Nations

and a growing number of investors and corporates to evaluate performance and

report on impact. GIST's monetized impact values can also be mapped to the

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), providing clarity and insight on the

extent to which a company's activities have contributed to each of the SDGs.

In doing so, GIST (founded in 2011, and employing over 100 people across its

offices in Geneva, London, Mumbai and Singapore) provides a complete and

consistent picture of materiality, highlights hidden risks, allows meaningful

comparisons between companies and across sectors, and supports evidence-based

decision making.

Dr Vian Sharif, Head of Sustainability at FNZ, said: "The imperative for

robust, science-based impact data has never been stronger, particularly ahead

of a number of global regulatory changes, which require investment firms and

advisers to incorporate clients' ESG preferences into their suitability

assessments.

"The allocation of capital is critical to driving the change required to

transition to net-zero and building a more sustainable economy and society. By

democratising information on the impact of portfolios, FNZ Impact empowers

investors, their advisers and wealth managers to contribute to a sustainable

future for the next generation through their investment decisions.

"In GIST, we believe we've found not only one of the most rigorous and

transparent methodologies in the market, but a company and team with a mission

aligned strongly to our own and whose growth we are excited to support."

Pavan Sukhdev, Founder & CEO of GIST, said: "We are delighted to have FNZ as a

strategic investor and a partner in our mission. FNZ and GIST have shared goals

and we believe that, together, we can drive real, measurable change in the

investment landscape by empowering investors with the impact data they need to

make better informed decisions at all stages of investment life cycles, from

asset selection to risk management to exits.

"Our shared mission is to embed GIST impact methodology and algorithms into

every responsible investor's toolkit. There has never been greater urgency for

investors and corporations to recognise and quantify all dimensions of

investment impacts, and in doing so, to redefine corporate performance.

"FNZ's support will boost GIST's objective to mainstream our solutions,

enabling more and more investors and corporations to measure performance across

all value dimensions, manage material risks, and make better decisions in the

interest of shareholders as well as other significant stakeholders."

Notes to editors

FNZ is a diamond sponsor of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets

Association (SIFMA) Annual Operations Conference & Exhibition, taking place in

Phoenix, Arizona from 16 until 19 May. FNZ's North America CEO, Tom Chard, will

be one of the speakers on a breakout panel session on sustainable finance. To

register, please click here [

https://www.fnz.com/news/sifmas-operations-conference-and-exhibition-2022 ].

About FNZ

FNZ is the global platform provider in the wealth management sector, partnering

with over 650 of the world's leading financial institutions and over 8,000

wealth management firms. With over 4,500 employees in 21 countries, FNZ's

mission is to open-up wealth, empowering all people to create wealth through

personal investment, aligned with things they care about the most, on their own

terms.

FNZ combines technology, infrastructure, and investment operations in a single

state-of-the-art platform that frees its institutional customers to create

hyper-personalised and innovative products and services, that are seamlessly

aligned with the needs of their clients.

To date, FNZ has enabled over 20 million people, from all wealth segments, to

invest in an effective, simple, and transparent way, making wealth management

accessible to everyone.

About GIST

GIST is a pioneering data and analytics company that brings together

world-renowned sustainability expertise with technology and big data to help

investors and companies measure, value, and benchmark business impacts across

all four capitals: Natural, Human, Social, and Produced. GIST's data and

software solutions provide analytics and insights that make it easy for

investors and companies to measure performance across all value dimensions,

manage material risks, and make informed decisions.

Founded by Pavan Sukhdev (UN Goodwill Ambassador, and winner of the 2020 Tyler

Prize for the Environment), GIST is at the cutting edge of measuring impacts

using a scientifically sound and economically rigorous methodology that

provides unique and unparalleled insight into how companies impact society and

the environment. GIST has been measuring and quantifying impact for over 16

years, and the GIST team brings a depth and breadth of experience in

sustainability, science and economics that is unmatched in the market. To learn

more, please visit www.gistimpact.com .

Source: FNZ