Category: Institutional

June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Solactive launches a new suite of equity and fixed-income ESG indices

Solactive has announced that it has released the Solactive L&G ESG Index Family targeted at investors who wish to go further in integrating ESG factors into their investment strategy. This launch is the result of collaboration between Solactive and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), which combines LGIM’s proprietary Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has declined. Recent data suggest that growth of household spending…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Percival to deliver DEPEND and HUBBLE to Ukraine's CSD, NDU

Percival and NDU have just announced that they have completed and signed the main delivery agreement on 30th May 2018 to deliver Percival’s DEPEND CSD solution and their HUBBLE message layer to the National Depository of Ukraine (NDU). This delivery agreement now incorporates the findings of the joint Design Study including the scope of customisation…

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June 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Trendrating launches 14 new Momentum indexes

Trendrating, a provider of Smart Momentum investment models and technology, announced today the launch of 14 new Momentum indexes across various investment universes. These indexes employ Trendrating’s proprietary trend capture methodology to deliver superior returns. The calculations for these indexes are being implemented by Solactive AG. We are excited to announce the launch of this…

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June 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIFMA terminates Auction Rate Securities Indices

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has announced that it will wind down the publication of its suite of SIFMA Auction Rate Securities Indices. To do so in an orderly fashion with proper notice to the market, each time the number of issues included in an index decreases to ten, SIFMA will post…

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June 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX Repo partners with Entris Banking AG

SIX has announced that since 11 June 2018, Entris Banking AG has been using the regulated trading platform of SIX Repo Ltd for its repo transactions. This new partnership means that Entris Banking AG can also offer its own clients, the Swiss regional banks, access to the repo market. With its repo market for Swiss…

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