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ESMA Consults On Reverse Solicitation And Classification Of Crypto Assets As Financial Instruments Under MiCA

Date 29/01/2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today publishes two Consultations Papers on guidelines under Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), one on reverse solicitation and one on the classification of crypto-assets as financial instruments.

LTX By Broadridge Announces Four New Patents Covering Fixed Income Trading Innovations

Date 29/01/2024

LTX, a subsidiary of global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), today announced that it has been awarded four new patents on its fixed income trading innovations of bond similarity technology, dealer selection score technology, liquidity aggregation technology, and RFQ+ trading protocol. Together, these technologies serve to inform pre-trade decision-making and bring new efficiency to trade execution. The newly patented technologies enhance trade workflows, from bond discovery and selection and counterparty selection to e-trading of larger size orders and provide the potential for price improvement due to the participation of multiple responding parties.

EEX To Launch USD-Denominated TTF Natural Gas Month Futures On 15 April - Product To Extend Existing LNG Offering

Date 29/01/2024

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) expands its product offering on the EEX natural gas derivatives markets with new, financially settled EEX TTF Natural Gas Month Futures denominated in US$/MMBtu, from 15 April 2024.

CME Group Latin American FX Futures Hit All-Time Volume And Open Interest Records In 2023

Date 29/01/2024

• Increased client participation deepens liquidity and further strengthens price discovery function

CISI Launches Mental Health And Addiction Awareness e-Learning Modules

Date 29/01/2024

Financial services professionals globally are being offered the opportunity to learn how to boost their wellness, both personally and in the workplace and recognise, and seek help for, potentially addictive behaviour.

29 January 2024 Ms Edit Herczog Is The New Chair Of The ACER Administrative Board

Date 29/01/2024

ACER welcomes Ms Edit Herczog as the new Chair and Mr Bogdan Marius Chirițoiu as the Vice-Chair of its Administrative Board.

Bank Of England: Non-Bank Risks, Financial Stability And The Role Of Private Credit – Speech By Lee Foulger - Given At Deal Catalyst/AFME Direct Lending And Middle Market Finance Conference

Date 29/01/2024

Over recent years, private credit has become an important source of funding for some corporates. Lee Foulger sets out the FPC’s approach to assessing financial stability risks in the non bank sector. He uses this to explore how the higher interest rate environment may impact private credit markets.

NovaSparks Expands Its Coverage Of The Wireless Market - Leading FPGA-Powered Market Data Company Adds Quincy QED Wireless Feed To NovaTick[TM]

Date 29/01/2024

Quincy Data, powered by McKay Brothers, and NovaSparks, the leading field programmable gate array (FPGA) market data company, have worked together to add the support of the Quincy Extreme Data (QED) Feed to NovaTick^TM.

MTSGF, PI, KGI, YUANTA And KTX Receive TFEX Best Award 2023 For Outstanding Derivatives Brokers

Date 29/01/2024

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) awarded five derivatives brokers with the “TFEX Best Award 2023”, comprising the “TFEX Best Award of Honor” and the “Best of the Year”, in recognition of their excellence in trading, servicing and expanding customer base, as well as market maker performance.

GlobalData Announces Top M&A Financial And Legal Advisers In Power Sector For 2023

Date 29/01/2024

GlobalData has announced the latest Financial and Legal Adviser League Tables, which rank advisers by the total value and volume of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals they advised on in the power sector during 2023. See the rankings and findings below.