appointment
June 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ICE Clear Europe appoints Hester Serafini as President

Hester Serafin commented: Since taking over as Interim President in February this year, ICE Clear Europe has safely navigated unprecedented market activity, managing risk between counterparties and demonstrating why clearing is so important to the soundness and stability of the global financial system. I am excited by the opportunity to lead one of the world’s…

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techfinancials
June 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TechFinancials reports 56% fall in revenues for the financial year

TechFinancials invested resources in its subsidiary Footies for the development of a blockchain driven ticketing software and app, for Sports Venues and teams. Footies has continued to add new software components to serve Event Creators allowing them to establish and manage events while controlling the tickets. The Footies development expenses were included in the reports…

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Deutsche Börse
June 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Joachim Nagel leaves Deutsche Börse’s Supervisory Board

Nagel will also leave the Executive Board of KfW Group and join the Bank for International Settlements in Basel on 1 November. Andreas Gottschling is expected to join the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse in Nagel’s place in the beginning of July. Gottschling has been a member of the Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group’s board of…

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Forex Weekly Look Back
June 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: CMC Markets expands share baskets range, ASIC places new license conditions on SocGen

Global Fintech provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), announced that LTX, its new AI-driven corporate bonds trading platform, has executed its first trades. In the creation of LTX, Broadridge partnered with Jim Toffey, founder of Tradeweb Markets. The platform combines artificial intelligence (AI) with a new digital execution protocol that allows broker-dealers to improve market liquidity,…

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FCA bans sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers
June 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Mini-bond marketing ban to be made permanent in the UK

The mini-bond ban will apply to the most complex and opaque deals where the raised funds are lent to a third party, to buy or acquire investments or to buy or fund the construction of property. There are exemptions such as regularly traded listed bonds, companies which raise funds for their own commercial or industrial…

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cysec cif licence suspension
June 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CySEC suspends Daweda Exchange's CIF licence

With the withdrawal of the its licence, Daweda Exchange should not provide investment and ancillary services. The company should immediately delete all references in its websites of investment services and CySEC licence and return all funds and financial instruments to its clients. CySEC also found the executive members of the company’s board of directors, Hamed…

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Binance to launch spot crypto trading platform in the UK
June 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Binance will launch digital asset trading platform for institutional and retail investors in the UK

The new platform will enable uses to make faster direct deposits and withdrawals from bank accounts with the UK Faster Payments Service and the Single Euro Payments Area Network. Teana Baker-Taylor, director of Binance UK said that with the crypto market developing and growing, Binance will create more investment options for traders. Binance has reported…

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HKEX plans to launch Sustainable and Green Exchange Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced its plans for launching the HKEX Sustainable and Green Exchange, ‘STAGE’. The new information platform will be a central hub for data and information on sustainable and green finance investments in Asia. The new HKEX exchange will promote the visibility, transparency and accessibility of sustainable and green finance across asset class and product type. On STAGE investors will have access to a comprehensive database of sustainable and green investment options, available on Hong Kong’s securities markets. The exchange will also act as a education and advocacy platform, promoting knowledge sharing and stakeholder engagement in sustainable finance. Grace Hui commented: “The launch of STAGE demonstrates HKEX’s strong commitment to sustainability. By encouraging issuers, investors, asset managers, market participants and advisors to play an active role in enhancing the sustainable and green finance ecosystem in Hong Kong and the region, we are in turn reinforcing the sustainability of our own market.” Grace Hui added: “Our goal is to help issuers raise awareness of their sustainable and green financial products, whilst also offering investors and asset managers easy access to information for their due diligence, selection and monitoring.” STAGE will accommodate an archive of information on sustainability, green and social bonds and ESG-related Exchange Traded Products listed on HKEX. Issuers with products in line with the international standards or principles and providing post-issuance reports annually can join STAGE without fees and display their products on the platform. The online archive will be launched later this year. HKEX will keep developing the platform in line with the evolving market landscape. Over time STAGE can expand its coverage with more asset classes and product types, including derivative products linked to relevant sustainability or environmental, social and governance indices, as well as other sustainable and green financial products. The region has seen significant growth of sustainable and green investment funding in recent years. Green bond issuances in Asia-Pacific increased to record levels in 2019, reaching US$18.89 billion, Mainland China’s green bond market alone accounted for US$8.13 billion. Hong Kong played an important part in this development. The increasing amount of green bonds arranged and issued in the local market hit US$26 billion by the end of 2019.
June 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HKEX plans to launch Sustainable and Green Exchange

STAGE will accommodate an archive of information on sustainability, green and social bonds and ESG-related Exchange Traded Products listed on HKEX. Issuers with products in line with the international standards or principles and providing post-issuance reports annually can join STAGE without fees and display their products on the platform. The online archive will be launched…

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