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Morgan McKinley Spring London Employment Monitor: London Financial Services Sector On Road To Recovery As Vacancies Surge

Date 15/04/2021

The latest figures from Morgan McKinley’s Quarterly London Employment Monitor reveal that London’s Financial Services industry has returned to hiring growth in 2021, with overall job numbers and professionals looking for new roles in good health compared to the previous quarter:

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines Optimas Capital Limited $1.05 Million Over Short Position Reporting Failures

Date 15/04/2021

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Optimas Capital Limited (Optimas) and fined it $1.05 million over failures to ensure short position reports (SPRs) for a collective investment scheme (CIS) under its management were accurate and compliant with the requirements under the Securities and Futures (Short Position Reporting) Rules (SPR Rules).

Entering His Prime: FX Veteran Hossain-Nelson Joins Infinox To Ramp Up IX Prime Offering

Date 15/04/2021

• Global trading provider INFINOX brings on 25-year FX veteran Chris Hossain-Nelson to accelerate growth of its IX Prime institutional division
• IX Prime provides market infrastructure and liquidity to international exchanges including the B3, the world’s third largest derivatives exchange
• Hossain-Nelson, who joins from GMI UK, will drive global expansion of IX Prime as INFINOX consolidates a period of rapid growth

Pirum Announces An Extension To Their CollateralConnect Service To Include All Bilateral Transactions

Date 15/04/2021

As part of its FutureTech Initiative Pirum announces an extension to their CollateralConnect Service to include Bilateral transactions, enabling clients to expand their collateral management oversight.  

BMLL Appoints Masami Johnstone As Senior Client Advisor And Simon Ellis As Head Of Strategic Partnerships - Makes Strategic Hires In Response To Increasing Demand For Data And Analytics Products

Date 15/04/2021

BMLL, the leading, independent provider of harmonised, historical data and analytics today announced that Masami Johnstone joined as Senior Client Advisor and Simon Ellis as Head of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances. Masami Johnstone will focus on developing senior relationships in the capital markets community, both on the buyside and sellside and Simon Ellis will be responsible for continuing the development of the wider BMLL ecosystem.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission: Consultation On Annual Update To The List Of Financial Services Providers Under The OTC Derivatives Regulatory Regime

Date 15/04/2021

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a joint consultation on the annual update to the list of Financial Services Providers (Note 1) under the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives clearing regime (Note 2). An additional entity is proposed to be included on the list, and an entity to be removed.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures

Date 15/04/2021

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current June 2021 contracts to the September 2021 contracts, effective from 13 April 2021.

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Welcomes NZ Strategy For Financial Capability

Date 15/04/2021

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has welcomed the release of The National Strategy for Financial Capability, presented in Parliament today by the Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Dr David Clark.

The Council Of Experts Concerning The Follow-Up Of Japan’s Stewardship Code And Japan’s Corporate Governance Code

Date 15/04/2021

• List of members of the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code (PDF:60KB)
• Establishment of “Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code”
• Procedures to Run the "Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-Up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code"(PDF:85KB)

• Japan’s Stewardship Code
• The Council of Experts Concerning the Corporate Governance Code

ASIC Extends Temporary Financial Advice Relief Measure In COVID-19 Instrument

Date 15/04/2021

ASIC has today announced that it will extend one of three temporary relief measures designed to help the financial advice industry provide consumers with affordable and timely advice during the COVID-19 pandemic.