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BIS: Dollar Beta And Stock Returns

Date 09/02/2022

Summary

Focus

Operating through changes in market participants' risk capacity, the financial channel of exchange rates demonstrates how domestic financial conditions respond to exchange rate movements. We investigate whether stock market returns in emerging market economies (EMEs) reflect the financial channel of exchange rates. If so, we also consider if the broad dollar index has attributes of a cross-sectional asset pricing factor in EME stock markets, just as the broad dollar index serves as an indicator of the financial channel of exchange rate in other contexts.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security ENPH-RM - Update

Date 09/02/2022

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 09.02.2022, 16-46 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 15012) and initial margins (up to 64.5 %) for the security ENPH-RM were changed.

Charles River And LedgerEdge Announce Collaboration To Provide DLT-Enabled Corporate Bond Liquidity And Trading Services

Date 09/02/2022

Charles River® Development, a State Street Company, today announced a collaboration with LedgerEdge to provide investment firms with access to corporate bond liquidity from the LedgerEdge ecosystem via the Charles River Inventory Hub and Order and Execution Management System (OEMS).

Newton Completes US$20M (CAD$25M) Series B Funding Round

Date 09/02/2022

Newton Crypto<https://www.newton.co/>, a low-cost cryptocurrency trading platform for Canadians, today announced that it has completed a US$20 million (CAD$25 million) Series B funding round, led by the partners from DV Chain and with participation from CI Financial Corp., a global asset and wealth management firm, along with Singh Capital Partners, Anthony Pompliano, Tiny Capital and Snowdevil Capital (founded by Shopify co-founder Tobias Lütke).  This latest oversubscribed round brings Newton's valuation to approximately US$200 million (CAD$253 million), reflecting the company's growing customer base and market share.

CME Group Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2021 Financial Results

Date 09/02/2022

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2021.

Finnfund Opens Its First Regional Office In Nairobi, Kenya - CEO Jaakko Kangasniemi: "Africa Is The Place To Be For European Development Financiers"

Date 09/02/2022

The Finnish development financier and impact investor Finnfund will open its first regional office in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 2022. Finnfund seeks to build a sustainable future and generate lasting impact by investing in businesses that solve global development challenges. The opening of the Nairobi office will strengthen the updated strategic goals. 

Nordic Corporate Bond Market Delivers Record Growth

Date 09/02/2022

The Nordic corporate bond market saw record levels of growth in 2021, with green bonds emerging as a substantial portion of the market, reveals the Nordic Corporate Bond Market Report 2021, released by Nordic Trustee, an Ocorian company.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 09/02/2022

The following risk parameters will be changed:

Bitfinex Derivatives To Launch NEAR Protocol (NEARF0:USTF0), Internet Computer (ICPF0:USTF0) Perpetual Swaps

Date 09/02/2022

Bitfinex Derivatives* offers a derivatives platform accessible through Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform. Bitfinex Derivatives has today announced the launch of perpetual contracts for NEAR Protocol (NEARF0:USTF0) and Internet Computer (ICPF0:USTF0).

Danske Bank Chooses SunTec SaaS To Implement Its Fee Management Platform As Part Of Their Digital Core Modernization

Date 09/02/2022

SunTec Business Solutions, the world’s #1 pricing and billing company, today announced that it has been chosen by Danske Bank, a Danish multinational bank, for their enterprise-wide Fee Management Program. SunTec will deploy its cloud-agnostic solution, Xelerate, in a SaaS model to modernize the bank’s fee and billing management processes.