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Date 30/01/2023

APT's Extraordinary Rally Examined - Kaiko Research: Data Debrief

• Price Movements: BTC is up over 40% YTD and is well on track for its second-best January in the past ten years.
• Market Liquidity: Market depth for APT order books has dropped sharply on both Coinbase and Binance, despite the token hitting all time highs.
• Derivatives: ETH option markets are expecting short term volatility as call volumes dominate.
• Macro Trends: Coinbase bond prices are recovering from December lows, but investors are still cautious.

Date 30/01/2023

London Stock Exchange Group Plc - Strategic Partnership With Microsoft - Completion Of Share Purchase

London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") today announces that, further to its announcement of 12 December 2022 with respect to its 10-year strategic partnership with Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft"), Microsoft has completed the acquisition of 21,164,022 voting ordinary shares in LSEG from York Holdings II Limited ("Holdings II") and York Holdings III Limited ("Holdings III"), entities owned by certain investment funds affiliated with Blackstone, an affiliate of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and an affiliate of GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd, and by Thomson Reuters, the former Refinitiv shareholders. As a result of the acquisition, Microsoft holds a voting interest in LSEG of approximately 4.2%, based on the total voting rights in LSEG as of close of business on 27 January 2023.   

Date 30/01/2023

RBC Investor & Treasury Services Expands Its Relationship With Starlight Capital Corporation

RBC Investor & Treasury Services (“RBC I&TS”) today announced it was selected by Starlight Investments Capital LP (“Starlight Capital”) to provide custody, fund administration and shareholder services for its newly consolidated business, following Starlight Capital’s acquisition of Stone Investment Group Limited.

Date 30/01/2023

EDI And PRS Group Partner To Provide Quant-Driven Geopolitical Data - Now The World’s ‘Most Authoritative’, Quant-Drive Geopolitical Risk Rating And Forecasting Series

Today, Exchange Data International (EDI) announced their partnership with PRS Group to provide their clients with geopolitical risk rating and forecasting series.

Date 30/01/2023

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints New Head Of US Equities

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Geoff Dailey as Deputy Head of US Equities, with effect from February 2023.  He will succeed Pamela Woo as Head of US Equities following her planned retirement at the end of June 2023.  Pamela retires after a long and successful career spanning 30 years in the industry, including almost 20 years at BNPP AM.

Date 30/01/2023

CloudMargin Wins 2023 Risk Markets Technology Award For Collateral Management & Optimisation Product Of The Year

CloudMargin, creator of the world’s first and only collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud, has won the 2023 Risk Markets Technology Award for Collateral Management & Optimisation Product of the Year. This is CloudMargin’s second consecutive win and third win since 2019 in the category, marking its fifth award from Risk.net. Last month, the firm won the FOW International Award for Collateral Management Solution of the Year.

Date 30/01/2023

Inflows Of US$117m Last Week, Bitcoin The Investor Favourite - CoinShares: Fund Flows

• Digital asset investment products saw US$117m inflows last week, the largest since July 2022, while total asset under management (AuM) have risen to US$28bn, up 43% from their November 2022 lows.
• The focus was almost entirely on Bitcoin, which saw US$116m inflows last week, although there were also minor inflows into short-bitcoin of US$4.4m.
• Multi-asset investment products saw outflows for the 9th consecutive week totalling US$6.4m, suggesting investors are preferring select investments.

Date 30/01/2023

In Line With The Dubai Higher Committee For Future Technology And Digital Economy's Goals, DIFC Announces “DIFC Metaverse Platform”

• Initiative aimed at reinforcing Dubai’s reputation as a global metaverse leader
• DIFC Metaverse Platform is aligned with the Dubai Metaverse Strategy which aims to add $4 billion to Dubai's GDP
• First initiative of the platform is a six-month accelerator programme that seeks to generate 500 applications from global metaverse innovators and stimulate investment opportunities

Date 30/01/2023

Quoted Companies Alliance: It’s Time To Close The Book On Annual Reports’ Never-Ending Story

• Quoted Companies Alliance Urges Overhaul as Average Length of Annual Report and Accounts Grows by 46% in Five Years
• Average report is now 95,000 words - longer than George Orwell’s 1984 or Jane Austen’s Persuasion – and 173 pages
• Some 5,800 words and nearly eight pages added every year because of new reporting requirements – with more to come
• Unwanted growth symbolises excessive complexity weighing down the UK’s shrinking community of publicly-quoted companies

Date 30/01/2023

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Appeals Tribunal Affirms Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Decision To Fine Cardinalasia Consulting Limited $1.5 Million And Imposes A Heavier Suspension On Its Responsible Officer For Failures In Managing Private Funds

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Cardinalasia Consulting Limited (CCL) $1.5 million over its failures in acting as a principal investment adviser to five private funds between August 2014 and October 2017 after the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT) upheld the SFC’s disciplinary action against it.