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Piotr Listwoń Joins The Management Board Of APEx

Date 02/02/2021

• Piotr Listwoń, Vice President of the Management Board of Towarowa Giełda Energii S.A. (TGE), a member of the GPW Group, was appointed member of the Management Board of APEx in January
• APEx (Association of Power Exchanges) is an international organisation gathering energy exchanges. Currently, it has 46 members worldwide

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets – January 2021

Date 02/02/2021

• GPW Main Market Electronic Order Book equities turnover value increased by 74.5% YoY to PLN 31.6 billion
• NewConnect Electronic Order Book turnover value increased by 209.7% YoY to PLN 1.1 billion
• Derivatives turnover volume increased by 37.0% YoY to 803,700 contracts
• Bonds turnover value on TBSP increased by 28.2% YoY to PLN 32.0 billion
• Structured products turnover value increased by 66.3% YoY to PLN 309.5 million
• ETF turnover value increased by 126.6% YoY to PLN 57.1 million
  • Electricity turnover volume decreased by 11.1% to 12.5 TWh
  • Natural gas turnover volume increased by 33.1% YoY to 14.8 TWh

Monetary Authority Of Singapore And SGX: Beware Of Risks Related To Trading Incited By Online Discussions

Date 02/02/2021

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) advise the investing public to be on heightened alert to the risks related to trading in securities incited by online discussion forums and social media chat groups. This follows SGX RegCo’s 10 December 2020 warning to the public of “pump and dump” activities exploiting Telegram chats and other social media channels (link here ).

Worldline Recognised As A Global Cloud Contact Centre Provider By OMDIA

Date 02/02/2021

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transaction services and #4 player worldwide, is pleased to be recognised as a global cloud contact centre provider by OMDIA, the global technology research powerhouse.

InvestCloud Recapitalizes At $1 Billion And Integrates Two New Businesses To Create A Financial Technology Leader With A SaaS Global Wealth Solutions Platform Having Over $4 Trillion In Assets - New Financial Investors, Led By Motive Partners And Clearlake Capital, Partner To Create Next-Generation SaaS Wealth Solutions Platform With InvestCloud

Date 02/02/2021

InvestCloud, an award winning global FinTech firm has completed a recapitalization that values the business at $1 billion. New financial investors are led by Motive Partners (“Motive”) with Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (“Clearlake”) and include other InvestCloud client shareholders. Under the terms of the agreement, Motive Partners will also contribute two portfolio businesses, Finantix and Tegra118, into InvestCloud, creating a global Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) wealth solutions platform.

Shanghai Gold Exchange: Notification On Recent Market Risk Prevention

Date 02/02/2021

Affected by recent volatile gold and silver prices, the market risks have increased significantly. Meanwhile, the Spring Festival is approaching, all members shall raise risk awareness, ensure risk contingency plans be in place. Please kindly remind your customers to properly manage the risk, make rational investment and position management.

US, China Remain Preferred Destinations For High-Value VC Investments In 2020, Reveals GlobalData

Date 02/02/2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the headlines, the fear of uncertainty gripped the financial markets and investors remained cautious in 2020. However, the US and China managed to attract the highest number of high-value venture capital (VC) investments (>=US$100m), collectively accounting for more than 75% of the volume and value of such deals, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Review Into Unsecured Credit Market

Date 02/02/2021

The FCA has published a report on change and innovation in the unsecured consumer credit market following a Review by its former Interim Chief Executive, Christopher Woolard CBE.

Bursa Malaysia Announces Record RM377.7 Million Profit After Tax, Zakat And Minority Interest For The Financial Year Ended 31 December 2020

Date 02/02/2021

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) recorded a Profit After Tax, Zakat and Minority Interest (“PATZAMI”) of RM377.7 million for the financial year ended 31 December 2020 (“FY2020”), a 103.2% increase from RM185.9 million reported in the previous financial year ended 31 December 2019 (“FY2019”). The increase in PATZAMI was due to the improved performance in the Securities and Derivatives Markets, which recorded a higher operating revenue of RM778.8 million from RM480.1 million in FY2019, an increase of 62.2%. This is Bursa Malaysia’s highest full-year financial results since its listing in 2005. 

SGX Issues EUR240 Million In Maiden Convertible Bond Issuance

Date 02/02/2021

• Issue of zero-coupon convertible bonds due 2024 has been fully placed with a high-quality book of institutional investors