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UK Financial Stability Report Meetings

Date 16/07/2026

A record of the meetings between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Governor of the Bank of England on the bank's Financial Stability Report.

Joe Tuccio Joins Spotex As Head Of Digital Assets

Date 16/07/2026

Spotex, the institutional trading venue for FX, precious metals and digital assets, has appointed Joe Tuccio as Head of Digital Assets. Joe joins the US-based firm at a pivotal stage in its growth as Spotex builds on its established expertise in FX and precious metals to expand its institutional offering across digital assets.

SEC Proposes New E-Delivery Approach To Make Information More Readily Accessible And Useful For Investors

Date 16/07/2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed Regulation E-Delivery, a new rule that would expand the ability of issuers, broker-dealers, investment advisers, and others to use electronic delivery to satisfy information delivery requirements under the federal securities laws. 

Statement On Regulation E-Delivery, Paul S. Atkins, SEC Chairman

Date 16/07/2026

Today, the Commission took an important step toward allowing the financial services industry to harness technology for the benefit of everyday American investors. By proposing to permit electronic delivery (e-delivery) to become the default method for issuers, market intermediaries, and others to communicate with investors, we are taking another stride toward a regulatory framework suitable for the modern era, a key pillar of my agenda. 

ADX And The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Sign Agreement To Connect The Middle East And Africa’s Capital Markets Via Tabadul - Strategic Partnership Expands The Tabadul Hub Into Africa For The First Time

Date 16/07/2026

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Group and the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) signed an agreement for the BSE to become the first African exchange to join the Tabadul hub, establishing a direct link between the Middle East and one of Africa’s established and growing securities markets.

HSBC And LSEG Partner To Support UK's First Digital Government Bond Pilot

Date 16/07/2026

HM Treasury has published an update on its Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) pilot issuance, marking a significant step forward in the modernisation of the UK’s debt capital markets. 

UK Government Policy Paper: Update On The Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) Pilot Issuance

Date 16/07/2026

The Chancellor announced that DIGIT will be issued by Q1 2027, and the government is taking steps to prepare for potential future issuances. HSBC and LSEG have signed an MoU to develop connectivity together to support investor access.

Bitcoin Inflows Resume After Record $8B Outflow Streak, Driven by Cooling Inflation

Date 16/07/2026

After suffering a historic eight-week stretch of outflows totaling $8 billion globally, cryptocurrency funds have finally turned positive. According to James Buttefill, Head of Research at CoinShares, a mid-week shift in sentiment sparked by cooling U.S. economic data has broken the record-setting negative run.

Substantive Research: Buy Side AI Adoption Hindered By Broker Research Licensing Restrictions

Date 16/07/2026

• Latest Substantive Research and Aiera survey finds that 77% of buy side firms currently have organisation-wide deployments of generative AI platforms in place (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT)
• 77% said that broker research was the most valuable input to receive as machine-readable feeds directly into their internal AI systems, followed by Earnings Transcripts (57%) and Market Data (42%). 
• Broker/Data Licensing Restrictions are the biggest barrier preventing adoption of direct research/data feeds (69%), followed by Compliance and Entitlements (54%)

ADX Celebrates Trading Of New Derivatives Contract Aboard National Etihad Rail

Date 16/07/2026

• The world’s first investment bell-ringing ceremony held aboard a passenger train as the ADX takes capital markets on the move