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HKEX: Bond Connect Celebrates 7th Anniversary

Date 09/07/2024

Bond Connect Company Limited (BCCL) today (Tuesday) hosted the Bond Connect Anniversary Summit 2024 at HKEX Connect Hall to celebrate the 7th anniversary of Bond Connect, a mutual bond market access programme between the Mainland China and Hong Kong.

A Multi-Tool For Cross-Border Payments: The Power Of Legal Entity Identifiers − Speech By Victoria Cleland, Bank Of England, Executive Director, Payments, Given At The FSB-GLEIF-ROC Global LEI Conference

Date 09/07/2024

Victoria Cleland discusses the benefits Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) could enable for payments, the role that they can play in enhancing cross-border payments, and steps that could be taken to drive their uptake and use.

ACER Amends The EU Electricity Balancing Rules To Improve The Efficiency Of The PICASSO Platform

Date 09/07/2024

Today, ACER issued two decisions that amend the EU electricity balancing including the implementation framework for the PICASSO platform and the balancing pricing methodology on all EU balancing platforms.

Temasek Reports S$389 Billion Net Portfolio Value, Up S$7 Billion From Last Year

Date 09/07/2024

• Including S$31 billion mark to market uplift from unlisted assets, Temasek’s Mark to Market
• Net Portfolio Value was S$420 billion, up S$9 billion from last year
• Stable 20-year Total Shareholder Return at 7%; 10-year TSR at 6%
• Launched inaugural Sustainability Report, bringing together disclosures and progress made
• Marked 50th anniversary with S$150 million community gift to advance capabilities in Singapore

Share Data’s Medallion Signature Guarantee Limit Increases To $1M

Date 09/07/2024

Share Data Limited, a leading provider of securities valuation and transfer services, proudly announces an increase in their Medallion Stamp limit from $500,000 to $1 million.

Delta Capita’s Managed Client Lifecycle Management Service Selected By Daiwa Capital Markets Europe

Date 09/07/2024

Delta Capita, a leading global financial services consulting, managed services and technology provider, has been selected by Daiwa Capital Markets Europe, the investment banking subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., one of Japan’s largest brokerages and financial services groups, to provide its fully managed Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) service to the investment bank.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting – 28 February 2024

Date 09/07/2024

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Operations Sub-Committee. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

CSDR Refit: ESMA Consults On Rules To Recalibrate And Further Clarify The Framework

Date 09/07/2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching today new consultations on different aspects of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Refit. The proposed rules relate to the information to be provided by European CSDs to their national competent authorities (NCAs) for the review and evaluation, the information to be notified to ESMA by third-country CSDs, and the scope of settlement discipline.

FairXchange Releases Sentinel AI Driven Alerting To Enhance FX Liquidity Data Analytics

Date 09/07/2024

FairXchange has launched Horizon Sentinel®, an AI-driven alerting tool that identifies commercially relevant changes to a Financial Institution’s liquidity and counterparty activity as soon as they occur. 

BNP Paribas Asset Management Reinforces Its Marketing And Global Product Strategy Leadership Teams

Date 09/07/2024

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPPAM’) today announced the appointment of Pieter Oyens as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Guillaume Wehry as Co-Head of Global Product Strategy.