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26% Increase In Job Title Change To Business Founder During Pandemic: Robert Walters.

Date 11/08/2021

The number of professionals who have changed their job title to Founder/Co-Founder in the past year has increased by +13%, Small Business Owners have risen by +8%, and those formally adopting the title of Entrepreneur (+4%) or Owner (+1) has also increased during the pandemic.

ION LatentZero Is Now Connected To UBS Bond Port Anonymous Trading Platform - Providing LatentZero Buyside Clients With Access To The USD 33bn Liquidity Pool Of Bonds Traded On This Platform

Date 11/08/2021

ION Markets, the largest global provider of trading, analytics, and risk management solutions for capital markets, announced today the extension of the partnership between ION and UBS Bond Port, connecting the former’s LatentZero buyside clients to the latter’s Bond Port trading platform.  Bond Port is now accessible to all Buyside clients through the LatentZero OMS, providing more trading flexibility and anonymous access to the huge liquidity pool it offers.

Preqin Acquires Colmore To Support Clients Through The Private Market Investment Lifecycle - Acquisition To Boost Transparency In Alternative Assets

Date 11/08/2021

In a drive to better serve its clients and increase transparency and understanding of private markets, Preqin — the global leader in alternative assets data, analytics and  insights — is delighted to announce today that it has acquired Colmore, a leading private markets technology, services and administration business.

HKEX: Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended 30 June 2021 (Unaudited)PDF

Date 11/08/2021

Click here to download HKEX's condensed consolidated financial statements For the six months ended 30 June 2021 (unaudited).

VYZYO And CAMPOST Sign Commercial Partnership Agreement To Deploy And Operate Digital Payment And Mobile Financial Services In Cameroon - New Services Will Be Accessible To Entire Population Of Cameroon And Lead Way For True Financial And Social Inclusion

Date 11/08/2021

VYZYO, a rapidly growing mobile financial services technology company, and CAMPOST, the national provider of postal and financial services in Cameroon, today jointly announced that the two companies have signed a commercial partnership agreement to deploy and operate digital payment and mobile financial services throughout Cameroon.

Fee Earners Remain Unsold On The Value Of AML Compliance

Date 11/08/2021

• Time taken to collate relevant information and the level and quality of data available on clients are revealed as the biggest obstacles AML creates for solicitors
• Better tech to streamline compliance processes paired with better education on what is expected of fee earners are both required to drive engagement

Spectrum Markets: Retail Investors Hit Record Bullish Sentiment On EURGBP And WTI In July

Date 11/08/2021

• Retail investor sentiment on euro vs pound sterling sets new bullish record
• Sentiment towards WTI equals high not seen since October 2019
• 61.2m securitised derivatives were traded on Spectrum last month

Presentation By HKEX Chief Executive Officer Nicolas Aguzin And Group Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Lau On 2021 Interim Results

Date 11/08/2021

Financial Performance

• Record half-yearly revenue and other income of HK$10.9bn (+24% YoY) with core business revenue up by 27% YoY, driven by record headline ADT 
• Record half-yearly Stock Connect revenue and other income of HK$1.3bn (+78% YoY) 
• Net investment income of HK$0.8bn (1H 2020: HK$0.8bn) 
• Profit attributable to shareholders at record half-yearly high of HK$6.6bn (+26% YoY)

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security LNC-RM

Date 11/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 11.08.2021, 10-11 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 5945) and initial margins (up to 26.25 %) for the security LNC-RM were changed. New values are available here

Solactive Gains First South African Client Licensing Index As Underlying For An ETF – Sygnia Releases Healthcare ETF Enabling South African Investors To Invest In Developed Markets’ Healthcare Innovators

Date 11/08/2021

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic put a strain on the global healthcare system. Businesses were required to innovate on short notice, catalyzing business transformations in the entire global healthcare ecosystem. Furthermore, companies faced massive restructuring in their infrastructure, workforce, and supply chain management. Despite these obstacles, healthcare companies gained space to innovate, resulting in a performance increase, which is expected to continue due to the additional focus put on healthcare companies and the trend of personalizing medication to account for patients’ individual requirements. Leading South African financial service company Sygnia released an ETF, the Sygnia Itrix Solactive Healthcare 150 ETF, tracking the largest 150 companies from the Developed Markets’ Healthcare Industries. The Solactive Developed Markets Healthcare 150 Index serves as the underlying for the ETF.