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United FinTech Announces Advisory Board Of World-Class Experts

Date 15/06/2021

United Fintech has announced its Advisory Board, with the appointment of six world-class experts who will play a key role in the global expansion of the fast-growth firm launched by Christian Frahm to help banks, hedge funds and asset managers to accelerate their transition to a digital world through access to fintechs specialising in capital markets.

Press Release Of The Steering Committee Of The Athens Stock Exchange

Date 15/06/2021

The Athens Stock Exchange, during today's session of its Stock Markets Steering Committee (SMSC), approved the listing of a new Futures Contract on the FTSE/ATHEX Bank Index, as well as the drafting of a new ATHEX BoD Resolution, regarding the specifications of this product, the terms and conditions under which the expiration dates are set, the daily settlement price calculation method, the special terms of pre agreed block trades and the terms of Market Making obligations. The first trading day of this product will be on Monday 28th of June 2021. You may find the relevant ATHEX BoD Resolution on the ATHEXGroup website and more specifically here.

SenseOn Launches New “On A Mission” Campaign, As Business Announced Technology Pioneer By World Economic Forum

Date 15/06/2021

• Cyber security pioneer SenseOn launches new campaign showcasing they are on a mission to create a safer world by putting people at the heart of cyber security.
• SenseOn’s vision is a safer world for everyone to work and play in, through democratised, affordable and accessible technology – as simple and effective as switching on and off.
• New campaign comes after firm named Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum alongside 100 of the most promising tech companies in the world.
• SenseOn is transforming the global cyber security market, having developed an industry-first, cloud-native security architecture, instantly deployable via a single piece of software.

Temenos Extends Partnership With Standard Chartered To Enhance The Bank’s Financing & Securities Services Offering - With Temenos Multifonds, Standard Chartered Has Extended Its Services With The Latest Functionality To Support Alternative Assets, Leveraging Automation To Create New Operational Efficiencies

Date 15/06/2021

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that Standard Chartered has extended its strategic relationship with Temenos to support its growing Financing and Securities Services offering.

Delay In Covid Recovery Path Expected to Dampen Uplift In UK Economic Sentiment

Date 15/06/2021

Over one year on from Lockdown 1.0 and with the UK still seeking the end of the covid-19 restrictions, the Quoted Companies Alliance, in collaboration with YouGov, undertook a survey to find out the latest sentiments on returning to the office from small and mid-sized quoted companies.

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security MRKP - Update 1

Date 15/06/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 15.06.2021, 12-39 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate for tenor Y0/Y1Dt (up to -97.46 %), penalty rate and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.000786 rub) for the security MRKP were changed. New values are available here

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes Listing Of US$ 750 Million Bond By Emirates Development Bank

Date 15/06/2021

Nasdaq Dubai today welcomed the listing of US$ 750 million bonds by Emirates Development Bank, a key financial enabler of the country’s economic diversification.

Solvency II Review: Protecting Policyholders While Improving The Regime - Speech By Anna Sweeney, Bank Of England Executive Director, Insurance Given At The JP Morgan European Insurance Conference

Date 15/06/2021

Anna Sweeney says that policyholder protection is at the heart of the Solvency II regime.

She talks about the work we will do with the Treasury to understand the impact of potential prudential policy changes. And she encourages the firms we regulate to take part.

She also gives an update on the Prudential Regulation Authority’s plans for stress testing firms next year.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JT7M7

Date 15/06/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 15.06.2021, 12-12 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 105.15) and initial margins (up to 12.5 %) for the security RU000A0JT7M7 were changed. New values are available here

Volante Technologies And SIA Partner To Boost Instant Payments In Europe - The Agreement Will Allow The Banking And Financial Communities To Directly Access EBA Clearing’s RT1 And ECB’s TIPS Via Volante’s SEPA Instant Payments As A Service And SIAnet’s Network Infrastructure

Date 15/06/2021

Volante Technologies, the global leader in cloud payments and financial messaging, and SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in payment services and infrastructures, controlled by CDP Equity, have signed a partnership agreement to enable banks, financial institutions and payment service providers to access instant payments, speeding up the adoption of digital payments in Europe.