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Metis Raises $1M Seed Investment From Waterdrip Capital, DFG, Chain Capital And Angel Investors

Date 03/03/2021

Blockchain specialist Metis, has raised $1M in seed and angel funding, which will enable it to release its new Layer2 DAO framework at the end of March. The investors are Ralf P. Gerteis, P1X Capital, Waterdrip Capital, DFG, Chain Capital, AC Capital, Block.power Combinator, Hotbit, SSSnodes, Crasolum, Kernel Ventures, Catcher VC, Jubi Labs and Ming Liu, former co-founder of Tron.

Eurex: Fixed Income Market Briefing March 2021

Date 03/03/2021

February saw strong performances across our fixed income derivatives portfolio. Our core markets performed well, with volumes underpinned by stronger than expected realized moves in the underlying markets. Our option classes experienced good volume development as volatility rose across the board, except French OAT's. In futures, the portfolio performed well, with Buxl, short BTP and OAT outperforming, showing volume increases of +49.7%, 26.7% and 19.9%, respectively. In the long end of the curve, Buxl saw a record month with 2,461,687 contracts traded.

UK Prudential Regulation Authority: Statement On Wyelands Bank

Date 03/03/2021

The PRA has been engaging closely with Wyelands Bank.

Neil Shah, Head Of Research At Edison Group, Comments On Lord Hill's UK Listing Review Out Today

Date 03/03/2021

Following today's release of the new UK Listing Review, Neil Shah, Director of Research for leading investment research and consultancy firm Edison Group, commented:

“Overall, the review is an encouraging step forward, the recommendations are positive and, if measures are successfully put in place, should attract more high growth tech companies to list in London. Nevertheless, it could still do more to address the need to increase investor education and build a more sophisticated investor class. Many recommendations are based on UK market and investor behaviour equivalence with the US, but the truth is that US investors tend to use more metrics and have different risk profiles. In order to g"

Remit And recommendations For the Financial Policy Committee – March 2021: Letter From The Chancellor To The Bank Of England Governor

Date 03/03/2021

Letter from the Chancellor to the Governor

Solactive Gains Market Share In Canada: 4th Largest Index Provider By AUM Linked To Index ETFs As Of Year End 2020

Date 03/03/2021

Solactive expanded its global footprint with an office in Toronto in 2017 and has since seen exponential growth in North America, advancing to be the fourth largest Index provider in Canada for Index ETFs in 2020, measured by assets under management.

New Skilled Visa Routes Will Help Position UK As A Leading Tech And FinTech Market, Says EY

Date 03/03/2021

Seema Farazi, UK & Financial Services Immigration Leader at EY, comments on the Chancellor’s announcement of a new FinTech visa: “The UK Government has today taken a decisive and affirmative step forward to position the UK as a leading hub for tech and FinTech by launching a new scale-up visa route. Supporting the growth of UK tech and FinTech is fundamental for the sectors’ global success and will also aid the UK’s economic recovery as we look to counter unemployment and increase skills in growth areas.

Over 100 Exchanges Worldwide 'Ring The Bell For Gender Equality In 2021’ With Women In ETFs And Five Partner Organizations

Date 03/03/2021

For the seventh consecutive year, a global collaboration across over 100 exchanges around the world plan to hold a bell ringing event to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 (8 March 2020).  The events - which start on Monday 1 March, and will last for two weeks - are a partnership between IFC, Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative, UN Global Compact, UN Women, the World Federation of Exchanges and Women in ETFs,

TMX Group Consolidated Trading Statistics – February 2021

Date 03/03/2021

TMX Group Limited today announced February 2021 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange and Montréal Exchange.

Average Daily Volume For February 2021 Up 19.9% YoY To Record $1.06 Trillion On Tradeweb Markets

Date 03/03/2021

Tradeweb reported today total trading volume of $20.4 trillion (tn) for February 2021 across our electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets. Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was a record $1.06tn, an increase of 19.9 percent (%) year over year (YoY).