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Product Intervention: BaFin Seeks To Better Protect Retail Clients Trading In Futures

Date 17/02/2022

Retail clients in Germany should be protected against losing all of their assets in highly volatile market situations when trading in futures. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is therefore planning to restrict the marketing, distribution and sale of futures with additional payments obligations. Retail clients will no longer be able to trade in these products. Contracts for difference (CFDs) with additional payments obligations were banned in 2017.

BME And CUNEF Sign A Collaboration Agreement To Broaden Braindex’s Training Offering

Date 17/02/2022

• The 100% online financial training platform owned by BME will now feature courses by CUNEF Universidad
• Braindex already offers 40 courses of different levels on Financial Markets and Products, Disclosure, Technology and Regulation applied to the sector

New Roles For Dragan Radanovic At Boerse Stuttgart Group

Date 17/02/2022

Dragan Radanovic (aged 44) has been appointed with immediate effect as Chairperson of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of EUWAX AG. From 1 March 2022 he will also be Spokesperson of the Management Board of Boerse Stuttgart GmbH, which operates Boerse Stuttgart Group’s German trading venue. In addition, Radanovic joins the extended Management Board of Boerse Stuttgart Group as Chief Business Officer.

Leading Technology Players Join Mastercard Send Partner Program To Drive Innovation In Digital Payments For Customers

Date 17/02/2022

• Mastercard Send enables people and organizations to send and receive money in real-time, at home and abroad
• The Mastercard Send Partner Program provides industry leaders and tech enablers with tools and support to drive innovation to meet evolving consumer expectations for speed, choice and security in real-time digital payments
• Members of the program will be supported to accelerate the embedding of Mastercard Send into their services to create a seamless digital instant payments journey for their customers – driving customer retention and acquisition by giving their customers greater control over their finances
• The first 16 partners represent a diverse cross-section of markets including the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific, with more to be announced throughout 2022

Reassured Strengthens Board With Appointment Of New Chief People Officer

Date 17/02/2022

Reassured, the UK’s largest life insurance broker, today announces that it has appointed Mareena Flint as its new Chief People Officer (CPO), in a move to strengthen the executive team in line with strategic business objectives.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A101PD4

Date 17/02/2022

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 17.02.2022, 13-08 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 100.17) and initial margins (up to 18.75 %) for the security RU000A101PD4 were changed.

Capital Sports Media Group Brokers Galatasaray, Bitget Sponsorship Deal

Date 17/02/2022

• Bitget will be featured on multiple platforms and media assets across Galatasaray’s football and basketball teams. 
• This work continues Capital Sports Media Group’s long-standing relationship with Galatasaray, Turkey’s most prominent football club.
• Capital Block CEO, Tim Mangnall: “We are delighted to have advised Galatasaray on yet another successful sponsorship deal. Bitget is a true global leader in cryptocurrency and is a perfect partner for Galatasaray - another leader in its field.”

Bitfinex Launches Trading Pairs For GBP/USDt, GBP/EURt, JPY/USDt

Date 17/02/2022

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has added three new currency spot pairs against Tether tokens (USDt or EURt), GBP/USDt, GBP/EURt and JPY/USDt.

Ocorian Optics: A Unique Reporting Dashboard And Technology Offering For Capital Market Clients

Date 17/02/2022

Ocorian, the financial services group and leading provider of private client, fund, corporate, capital markets, and regulatory and compliance services, has developed and launched Optics, a unique reporting and interactive dashboard tool to improve the efficiency of capital markets transactions globally. 

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 17/02/2022

The following risk parameters will be changed: