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LuxSE And India INX Strengthen Cooperation

Date 01/06/2022

In a ceremony held in the Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City, India earlier today, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and the India International Exchange (IFSC) Limited (India INX) joined together to sign a cooperation agreement through which the two exchanges will enhance the visibility of listed Indian securities towards international investors by facilitating admission of such securities on LuxSE.

BME: Neoenergia To List On Latibex On 7 June

Date 01/06/2022

• The Brazilian energy company, an Iberdrola subsidiary, will be the 19th company to be listed on this international market for Latin American securities.
• The FTSE Latibex Brazil index, of which the company will become a constituent, has risen 30% so far this year.

Payment For Order Flow: BaFin Examines The Quality Of Securities Order Execution On German Trading Venues

Date 01/06/2022

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has examined whether the execution of securities orders relating to German shares on PFOF trading venues is beneficial or detrimental to retail clients. PFOF (payment for order flow) is the practice of brokers receiving compensation from market makers in exchange for directing orders to them. BaFin’s study examined the quality of order execution on PFOF trading venues compared with the most liquid European reference markets.

Worldline To Showcase Its Latest Innovations At Money 20/20 Europe

Date 01/06/2022

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment services, is attending Money 20/20 Europe fair in Amsterdam, on June 7-9 2022 and will showcase its latest innovative solutions based on Open Banking and Web3 technologies, among others.

SGX CDP Makes Available Marketnode’s DLT-Enabled Direct-To-Depository Service For Debt Issuers

Date 01/06/2022

• OCBC Bank’s US$100 million Euro Commercial Paper was successfully digitalised from issuance to settlement on Marketnode’s platform
• Marketnode’s platform offers efficiencies through automation and digitalisation across the entire bond lifecycle from issuance, clearing and settlement to asset servicing, bringing benefits to diverse participants within the ecosystem

Boerse Stuttgart Records May Turnover Of Around EUR 7,3 Billion - Securitised Derivatives Show Increase In Trading Volume Compared To The Same Month Of The Previous Year

Date 01/06/2022

Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7,3 billion in May.

CLS Appoints New Board Chair And Five New Board Directors

Date 01/06/2022

CLS, a financial market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions across the global FX ecosystem, announced that a new chair and five new members have been appointed to its Board of Directors (Board) at the CLS Annual General Meeting on 17 May 2022.

Terms And Conditions As Determined By Japan Exchange Group For The Issuance Of The Digitally Tracked Green Bonds, The First Digital Green Bonds In Japan

Date 01/06/2022

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX; Director & Representative Executive Officer, Group CEO: Akira Kiyota) announces its decision made on the condition of issuing the 1st Unsecured Bonds (with special pari passu clause among specified bonds and transfer restrictions) (Digitally Tracked Green Bond,) the corporate bond-type security tokens that utilize a blockchain platform (hereinafter, the "digital bond,") as follows.

Richard Lloyd Becomes Interim Chair Of The UK Financial Conduct Authority

Date 01/06/2022

Richard Lloyd OBE has become Interim Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority, as previously announced on 4 February 2022.

EDHECinfra Answers Stuart Kirk: Climate Risk Matters For Long-Term Investors - EDHECinfra Reacts To Stuart Kirk's Remarks On Climate Change

Date 01/06/2022

In an open letter to Stuart Kirk, the now-suspended head of responsible investing at HSBC Asset Management, Noël Amenc, associate professor at EDHEC Business School and Frédéric Blanc-Brude, director of the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute, express their dismay at the lack of science behind Mr Kirk’s recent very public claim that “investors need not worry about climate change.” Telling hard truth to a difficult audience is one thing but spreading fake truths to sound clever is all hubris and no brain.