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The Dubai Financial Services Authority Adopts The UAE Principles For The Effective Management Of Climate-Related Financial Risks Ahead Of COP28

Date 16/11/2023

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), a founding member of the UAE Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG), took a significant step by adopting, alongside other financial regulators of the UAE, the Principles for the effective management of climate-related financial risks (the Principles). This is the Middle East region’s first initiative of this nature. Last Thursday, the DFSA, together with other members of the SFWG, attended an official ceremony hosted by the Central Bank of the UAE to launch the Principles.

UK Financial Conduct Authority And Payment Systems Regulator Boards Appoint New Members To Decision-Making Committees

Date 16/11/2023

Ulrike Hotopp and Claire Whyley have been appointed to the FCA’s and Payment Systems Regulator's (PSR) Competition Decisions Committees (CDCs).

Educational Charity CISI Launches Ethical AI Learning Programme To Help AI In Financial Services Put Transparency First

Date 16/11/2023

Staying true to its charitable objective of developing high ethical standards for global practitioners in securities and investments, educational charity and professional body CISI has launched a new Certificate in Ethical Artificial Intelligence as part of its campaign for championing ethics and transparency in the use of AI.

Byron Cooper-Fogarty Named CEO Of Neptune Networks As John Robinson Moves To Executive Chairman Role

Date 16/11/2023

Neptune Networks Ltd. (Neptune), the fixed income network for disseminating real-time axe data, today announced senior management changes at the firm. Following agreement by the Board, John Robinson will move to the role of Executive Chairman and Byron Cooper-Fogarty will become CEO on April 1st 2024.

Poland Aspires To Be Among The World's Top 30 Most Competitive Financial Centers

Date 16/11/2023

Poland has strong advantages that can help strengthen its position on the global stage of financial centers. This is the main message promoted by the delegation of Polish companies and institutions during the Singapore Fintech Festival.

KX And ExeQution Analytics Partner To Deliver Advanced Trading Analytics Platform - Solution Enables More Effective And Efficient Analytics For Improved Decision-Making, Enhanced Trading Performance, And Optimal Execution

Date 16/11/2023

KX, the global leader in vector-native, real-time and high-volume time series data analytics, and ExeQution Analytics, the specialist trading analytics company, have joined forces to develop an advanced trading analytics framework built on the kdb+ time series database. Covering all aspects of the trading process, the framework leverages KX's high-speed, performant time series technology and ExeQution's decades of experience to offer unparalleled insights into trading data.

Temenos To Work With Monetary Authority Of Singapore To Advance Sustainable Finance - Collaboration With Gprnt On Technology Solutions Powering The Future Of Sustainable Finance

Date 16/11/2023

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced a collaboration with Gprnt, a new integrated digital platform launched by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), to cooperate on technology solutions, explore data integration and foster product development innovation capable of powering the future of sustainable finance.

Avelacom Launches Industry’s Fastest Tokyo <> Seoul Route

Date 16/11/2023

• 22ms: lowest latency in the industry
• Establishes a new point-of-presence (PoP) at KINX Gasan data center to connect Seoul to Tokyo
• New Route linked to associated AWS regions for crypto cloud connectivity

Dubai Calls On Global Start-Ups To Participate In DIFC’s Inaugural USD1mn FinTech World Cup At Singapore FinTech Festival

Date 16/11/2023

Dubai FinTech Summit, organised by Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announced the launch of the FinTech World Cup (FWC), the first-of-its-kind on a global scale.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Singapore FinTech Association Announce Award Winners At Singapore FinTech Festival 2023

Date 16/11/2023

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) today announced the winners of the Global FinTech Hackcelerator and the SFF Global FinTech Awards at the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2023. The winners, comprising financial institutions, FinTechs and solution providers, were recognised for their ground-breaking solutions that address challenges faced by the financial services industry.