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SEC Announces Older Investor Roundtable Event To Be Held April 28

Date 25/04/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a virtual event on April 28 along with the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the AARP to examine the latest challenges and issues affecting the senior investor community.

Ontario Securities Commission Selects Businesses For TestLab, New Capital Markets Testing Environment

Date 25/04/2022

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today announced that innovative solutions put forward by seven businesses will be part of its new capital markets testing environment, OSC TestLab. This initiative allows businesses to test solutions that can help Ontario registrants and contribute to better investor outcomes.

SEC Updates List Of Firms Using Inaccurate Information To Solicit Investors

Date 25/04/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 58 soliciting entities, 11 impersonators of genuine firms, and one bogus regulator.

Trading In Depositary Receipts On Russian Shares On MOEX

Date 25/04/2022

Moscow Exchange advises trading members that depositary receipts on Russian shares which may be restricted for trading on MOEX after Federal Law 114-FZ comes into force are available only for repo transactions and are not available for trading in the central order book (buy/sell transactions).

Q1/2022: Deutsche Börse Group Records A Strong Start To The Year

Date 25/04/2022

Overview of quarterly results

• Net revenue rose by 24 per cent to €1,061.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, mainly due to increased trading activity. 
• Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased to €687.4 million, a 32 per cent rise. 
• Net profit for the period attributable to Deutsche Börse AG shareholders was €420.8 million, a 33 per cent increase year on year. Earnings per share before the effects of purchase price allocation came to €2.40, up 33 per cent. 
• In the first quarter, cyclical net revenue growth was stronger than expected. Therefore, we currently expect that net revenue will increase to more than €3.8 billion and EBITDA to more than €2.2 billion during the current financial year.

SEC Issues $6 Million Award To Five Whistleblowers

Date 25/04/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a total award of $6 million to two groups of whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in a single covered action.

BIS And Bank Indonesia Invite Global Innovators To Take Up CBDC Challenges

Date 25/04/2022

• A new global hackathon competition focuses on solving technology challenges related to wholesale and retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)
• The G20 TechSprint invites development of solutions for issuing, distributing and transferring CBDCs; deepening financial inclusion; and finding ways to link up domestic payment systems
• Shortlisted teams to showcase their prototypes in July; winners to be chosen in October by an independent panel 

DTCC Board Of Directors Appoints Frank La Salla President & Chief Executive Officer - Frank La Salla Succeeds Michael C. Bodson, Who Will Retire After A Decade Leading The Company

Date 25/04/2022

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Francis (Frank) La Salla, currently Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon’s Issuer Services business and a member of the BNY Mellon Executive Committee, as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, effective August 12. La Salla’s appointment as CEO reflects the Board’s long-term succession planning and rigorous search process with the scheduled retirement of Michael C. Bodson, who has served as DTCC’s CEO since July 2012.

TS Imagine EMS Integrates With Appital’s Bookbuilding Platform Ahead Of Launch - EMS Integration Automates Historically Manual Processes, Unlocking Hard-To-Find Liquidity For The Buyside Community

Date 25/04/2022

Appital, the Equity Capital Marketplace, today announced that TS Imagine, a a leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions, has integrated its award-winning, multi-asset EMS with Appital’s pioneering bookbuilding platform to provide buyside clients with greater access to liquidity. 

Trading Technologies Taps Nick Garrow As EVP Multi-Asset & Buy Side - London-Based Industry Veteran Brings 20+ Years Of Capital Markets, Prime Brokerage, Fintech Experience To Key New Leadership Team Role

Date 25/04/2022

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, announced that London-based industry veteran Nick Garrow has joined the firm today in the new position of EVP Multi-Asset & Buy Side. Garrow has more than 20 years of senior management experience in capital markets and prime brokerage, leading significant global technological and operational transformation of businesses ranging from a tier-1 bank, to brokerage and clearing firms, to an exchange and fintech company.