Acquisition
December 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

S&P Global and IHS Markit to sell Base Chemicals and CUSIP Businesses

Douglas L. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global said: The two divestures we have announced today represent an important milestone in our progress toward satisfying the required regulatory conditions to complete our merger with IHS Markit. With these agreements in place, we are well positioned to dedicate our full attention to our…

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CySEC
December 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CySEC withdraws AFX Capital’s CIF licence

Furthermore, Manuela Mazzacco, who is a member of the Board of Directors received a €100,000 fine and a 5 year ban from exercising management functions in any CIFs. Andreas Lianos, who is also on the board, got a €50,000 fine and a 3 year ban. The other board members, including Costas Georgiades, Elena Economides Demetriou…

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Acquisition
December 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Kraken acquires infrastructure platform Staked

The announcement further detailed that through the deal, Kraken’s clients will have more options on how they choose to manage their funds when staking with Kraken. Tim Ogilvie, CEO of Staked said: Kraken’s acquisition of Staked represents an exciting new chapter for us. Kraken clearly shares our commitment to supporting proof-of-stake networks, having a security-first…

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TP ICAP
December 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TP ICAP Group names Louise Murray non-executive director

Prior to this, Murray worked BlackRock Investment Managers for almost 21 years. Her most recentl appointment there was a Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Trading EMEA. Richard Berliand, Chairman of TP ICAP Group plc, said: We are delighted to welcome Louise to the Board of the Company. With her experience across different asset classes…

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US GDP
December 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: US GDP ahead of the holidays

For the time being, the bias based on TA still seems to be towards the upside but a clear breakout above $1,800 might still be some way off. The latest attempt to move above this important psychological area was rejected on Friday, and with activity likely to drop in the runup to Christmas there probably…

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