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Euronext Receives Clearance From The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority To Acquire Up To 100% Of VP Securities, The Danish Central Securities Depository

Date 16/07/2020

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange, today announces it has received the clearance from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority to acquire up to 100% of VP Securities A/S1 (“VP Securities”) on 15 July 2020. Euronext welcomes this regulatory approval by the Danish FSA that was the only condition to complete the transaction.

ECB Monetary Policy Decisions

Date 16/07/2020

At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions:

(1) The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50% respectively. The Governing Council expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels until it has seen the inflation outlook robustly converge to a level sufficiently close to, but below, 2% within its projection horizon, and such convergence has been consistently reflected in underlying inflation dynamics.

Bank Of England: Learning About Money And Financial Literacy Needs Jokes And Games Say Children

Date 16/07/2020

Only a quarter of children in the UK enjoy learning about money at school, according to a new survey.

Diginex Strengthens Partnership With Itiviti And Leverages Tbricks Automation Platform For Institutional Cryptocurrency Clients

Date 16/07/2020

Itiviti, a leading technology, and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, today announced Diginex, a digital asset financial services and advisory company, will implement Tbricks automated solution to provide risk, P&L and portfolio management to its institutional client base. This partnership follows on from the existing relationship that sees Diginex utilize NYFIX, Itiviti’s global FIX-based order routing network to provide connectivity to its institutional investors who wish to have digital asset’s exposure in their portfolios.

HKEX Announces Senior Listing Division Appointments

Date 16/07/2020

• Janice Wu appointed Co-Head of IPO Vetting
• Karen Lok appointed Head of Listing Compliance

UK Financial Conduct Authority And City Corporation Collaborate To Help Innovative Companies Drive Recovery From Coronavirus

Date 16/07/2020

BME: Non-Resident Investors Own 50.2% Of Spanish Listed Shares, A Record High

Date 16/07/2020

• Share ownership by Spanish households falls one percentage point to 16.1%, although more than 2 million families own Spanish listed shares
• Non-financial companies account for 20.8% of the Spanish stock market and collective investment institutions for 7.3%

UK Financial Conduct Authority Provides Guidance To Firms On Maintaining Access To Cash For Customers

Date 16/07/2020

The FCA has today published draft guidance for firms setting out its expectations for banks, building societies and credit unions when they are considering closing branches or ATMs, or converting a free to use ATM to pay to use.

Trading On Bursa Malaysia Will Resume Tomorrow As Normal

Date 16/07/2020

Please be informed that trading on Bursa Malaysia Securities will resume tomorrow, 17 July 2020 at 9:00am as normal.  

MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Index Licensed To VSFG/Arrano Capital Index To Underlie Hong Kong's First Regulated Bitcoin Fund

Date 16/07/2020

Today, MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS®) in partnership with CryptoCompare, the global leader in digital asset data, announced the licensing of the MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Index (MVBTC) to Arrano Capital, the blockchain arm of Venture Smart Asia Limited, for its recently launched Bitcoin fund. The fund, which tracks the price of Bitcoin, uniquely features daily subscription and redemptions, offering investors greater ease of access, security and liquidity. Available only to institutional and professional investors, the fund aims to bridge the gap between regulated finance and the digital asset industry.