Arabesque was founded in 2013 following a management buy-out from Barclays Bank. The Arabesque group engages with thought leaders in finance, mathematics, artificial intelligence (AI), data-science and sustainability, aiming to help transform capital markets.

The organisation believes economic value creation should be combined with environmental stewardship, social inclusion and sound governance. It believes sustainability factors are closely linked to business performance, and aims to make sustainable finance available to all.

Arabesque Group comprises three companies employing sophisticated environmental, social and governance (ESG), machine learning and AI capabilities to provide investment, advisory and data solutions.

Headquartered in London, Arabesque Asset Management is an independent global asset management firm that positions itself at the cutting edge of AI and sustainability research. It employs its sister companies’ capabilities to apply AI-led ESG and sustainability analysis in its investment decisions, with the aim to achieve better risk-adjusted returns for its portfolios.

Sister company Arabesque AI Ltd has created a proprietary AI engine to help asset managers build better portfolios. The engine operates on an enormous scale, and integrates state-of-the-art research to evaluate and forecast investment opportunities in the financial markets, and produce investment recommendations.

Headquartered in Frankfurt, Arabesque S-Ray Gmbh is a global data and advisory solutions provider. It combines big data and ESG metrics to assess the performance and sustainability of companies worldwide. Its proprietary S-Ray® quantitative data platform provides insight into a company’s long- and short-term risks and opportunities, by analysing its corporate DNA through a range of sustainability lenses. These lenses include:

• An ESG score, measuring how well a company is managed.
• A United Nations Global Compact (GC) score, assessing companies for reputational risk, based on the four core principles of the UNGC: human rights, labour rights, the environment and anti-corruption.
• A Temperature score, evaluating a company’s contribution to the climate crisis.

The mission of the Arabesque Group is to contribute to the mainstreaming of sustainable finance through our investment services and ESG data platform, Arabesque S-Ray. Our team is guided by a vision to make sustainability choices accessible to all stakeholders in how they allocate their capital. To empower people through the transparency of information.

We believe economic value creation can and should be combined with environmental stewardship, social inclusion and sound governance. This is because sustainability factors are more than merely extra financial considerations for investors; they form the very foundations of successful markets.

The word Arabesque represents the geometry of patterns, and the importance of symmetry in nature. Through our AI technology, we are able to assess vast, complex data sets to identify patterns to bring about greater data transparency, and support better investment decision-making.

By making this approach accessible to all, we believe that finance can be a catalyst of change and allow us to live through our values.

Arabesque Asset Management, Arabesque AI Ltd and Arabesque S-Ray GmbH are for-profit companies. See funding raised for Arabesque S-Ray GmbH