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HFRI 500 Surges To Begin 2023 - Directional Equity Hedge, Event Driven Lead Strategy Gains - ED: Distressed, Special Situations, Shareholder Activist Surge On M&A Outlook - HFR Cryptocurrency, Risk Parity Indices Jump, Paring 2022 Declines

Date 09/02/2023

Hedge funds surged to begin 2023 as risk-on sentiment dominated financial markets and investors positioned for a moderation of inflationary pressures and interest rate increases through mid-2023, despite continued uncertainty over weakening economic growth. The investable HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index jumped +2.5 percent in January, led by directional Equity Hedge and Event Driven strategies, according to data released today by HFR®, the established global leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry.

Bursa Malaysia Enhances Islamic Securities Selling And Buying – Negotiated Transaction Framework

Date 09/02/2023

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) recently enhanced its Islamic Securities Selling and Buying – Negotiated Transaction (“ISSBNT”) Framework. ISSBNT is the world’s first Shariah-compliant alternative to Securities Borrowing and Lending, which the Exchange launched in December 2017. It involves the sale and purchase of Shariah-compliant securities, which delivers the equivalent outcome of a conventional securities borrowing and lending transaction, but is structured according to Shariah principles.

BME: MARF Admits A New Commercial Paper Programme From Visalia Energía

Date 09/02/2023

BME's Fixed Income Market, MARF, has admitted to trading today Visalia Energía's new Green Commercial Paper Program for 33.9 million euros. With this program, the company initiates its issuance in the fixed income markets through the MARF in order to diversify its sources of financing and access new investors. The notes included in the program have a nominal amount of 100,000 euros per unit and a maximum term of two years.

BMLL Adds Johannesburg Stock Exchange To Its Roster Of Exchange Clients And Provides Expanded Data Coverage And Venue Analytics

Date 09/02/2023

• Provides JSE with Level 3 data for venue and liquidity analytics
• Increases data coverage, adding JSE equities and ETFs to existing data sets
• Delivers on funding strategy to acquire new data sets globally and integrate these into existing products for an ever-expanding universe of customers

Bank Of England: Huw Pill's Annual Report For The Treasury Select Committee

Date 09/02/2023

Published for the Treasury Select Committee hearing on 9 February 2023

Public REITs Usher A "Good Start" As The First Private Enterprise Warehousing And Logistics REITs Land On Shanghai Stock Exchange

Date 09/02/2023

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) public REITs market ushers a "good start". On February 8, 2023, the first private enterprise warehousing and logistics REITs - Jingdong REIT - was listed on the SSE. By the close of trading, it had risen by 11.64% to 3.923 yuan.

Temenos Commitment to Reduce Carbon Emissions Validated by Science Based Target Initiative - Independent SBTi assessment recognizes best practice in science-based target setting on Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction

Date 09/02/2023

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) has received validation on its ambitious Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets with approval from the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi).

Deutsche Börse Group And Google Cloud Announce Strategic Partnership To Accelerate Innovation

Date 09/02/2023

• Google Cloud will become Deutsche Börse Groups’ preferred cloud partner for the next ten years 
• Deutsche Börse will accelerate the development of its digital securities platform D7 with Google Cloud’s secure infrastructure and leading data and analytics capabilities
• Google Cloud will power a Deutsche Börse Digital Asset Business Platform, which aims to establish an institutional-grade ecosystem for trading digital assets 
• The companies will jointly deploy a data mesh to enhance Deutsche Börse’s data distribution and data use cases in the cloud 

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 09/02/2023

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (Morgan Stanley) as part of the second tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 7 October 2022:

New Study On The Future Of Invoicing: SIX And Lucerne University Of Applied Sciences And Arts

Date 09/02/2023

A new study by SIX and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts illustrates the key trends and technical innovations driving the development of invoicing. A radical change is on the horizon, with companies seeking new and more efficient ways to deal with the growing volume of invoices. Manual, paper-based forms of invoicing are increasingly being replaced by electronic and digital methods. These allow processes to be made simpler, more precise, and more sustainable.