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TransFICC Secures $25 Million Series B Investment Led By Citadel Securities - BlackFin Tech Is Also Participating

Date 09/04/2025

TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives markets, today announced a $25 million Series B investment led by Citadel Securities. BlackFin Tech and existing investors also participated. TransFICC has now raised $50 million to date from investors AlbionVC, BlackFin Tech, Citadel Securities, Citi, HSBC, Illuminate Financial, ING, and neosfer (the early-stage investor and innovation unit of Commerzbank Group).

T. Rowe Price Renews Transfer Agent Relationship With SS&C

Date 09/04/2025

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced that T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm, has extended its transfer agency agreement with SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) for its U.K. fund range. SS&C will provide transfer agency services for T. Rowe's open-ended investment company (OEIC) funds, which currently manage approximately £1.5 billion in assets.

Market Structure Partners Publishes Its Response To The Published Feedback From Exchanges And FESE And Makes Further Recommendations

Date 09/04/2025

Commentary on the Market Structure Partners report “There’s No Market in Market Data” has been significant, as would be expected given that there is a lot at stake when it comes to market data revenues and costs.  The majority of feedback has been very positive from all sorts of direct and indirect participants, including innovators and academics.  

Pirum’s ClearingConnect Solution Is Now Live

Date 09/04/2025

Pirum, the trusted technology partner for securities finance automation and collateral management, today announced that its ClearingConnect solution is live and already in use, supporting centrally cleared trading of Securities Finance Transactions in Europe.

Bank Of England Financial Policy Committee Record – April 2025

Date 09/04/2025

The Bank of England Financial Policy Committee (FPC) meets to identify risks to financial stability and agree policy actions aimed at safeguarding the resilience of the UK financial system.

Broadridge Collaborates With Fnality To Enable Real-Time Settlement For Intraday Repo Transactions - Fnality’s Digital Representation Of Funds Held At Central Banks Serves As A Settlement Rail For Broadridge’s DLR Platform Bringing Greater Efficiency, Liquidity And Risk Reduction To Financial Markets In Both The U.S. And Europe

Date 09/04/2025

 Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BR), today announced the completion of a successful collaboration with Fnality, a blockchain-based wholesale payments firm, demonstrating interoperability between Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform and Fnality’s Payment System (FnPS), showcasing the transformative power of tokenization in financial markets. This work paves the way for real-time delivery versus payment (DvP) settlement of intraday repo transactions, leveraging a digital representation of funds held at central banks – a vital enabler of digital financial markets – as a settlement rail.

Responsible Investment Brand Index RIBI™ 2025 - Seventh Edition

Date 09/04/2025

• Asset managers face the authenticity test: ESG is no longer enough
• In its seventh edition, the Responsible Investment Brand Index (RIBI™) 2025 evaluates 623 asset managers worldwide and highlights a positive, albeit contrasting, dynamic
• 30 new entrants join the "Avant-Gardist" category, now representing 20% of the sector
• The proportion of laggards falls to a three-year low

Unlocking Flexibility: ACER’s 12 No-Regret Actions To Remove Barriers To Demand Response

Date 09/04/2025

The ACER report Unlocking flexibility: No-regret actions to remove barriers to demand response identifies persistent barriers to demand response and proposes 12 no-regret actions to remove them.

Tariff Investment Perspectives – “Getting The Shopping List Ready”

Date 09/04/2025

• Short term bounce can’t be ruled out as investors will be looking to get their ‘shopping lists’ ready
• Bearish stance on US dollar remains
• Equity risk premium remains tight

Bursa Malaysia Sector And Sub-Sector Update: Mmag Holdings Berhad

Date 09/04/2025

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) has updated the sector and sub-sector classification for MMAG HOLDINGS BERHAD (“MMAG”), which will come into effect at 9.00 a.m. on Monday, 14 April 2025.