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Bank Of England: Transforming Data Collection – Reporting Transformation Committee Meeting – 30 March 2022

Date 22/06/2022

The Reporting Transformation Committee will focus on overseeing the design of solutions for parts of the reporting process where the Bank, FCA and reporting firms interact directly. This will cover aspects of modernising reporting instructions and creating a better integrated end-to-end reporting process.

Vesttoo Hires ILS Industry Veteran Stefano Sola To Head Its Global Capital Markets Team

Date 22/06/2022

Mr. Sola, the former CEO and Co-Founder of Rewire Securities and Merion Square Capital, will serve as the company's Global Head of Capital Markets. He will manage a worldwide team dedicated to business development, including raising capital for Vesttoo's Flagship Insurance-Linked Program and other investment products.

Neptune Networks Partners With Genesis For Fixed Income Data Distribution - Neptune To Deliver Exciting New Features Via Agile, New Platform Developed By Genesis

Date 22/06/2022

Neptune Networks Ltd., the fixed-income pre-trade market utility, and Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose built for financial markets organizations, today announced that a new, expanded Neptune platform developed by Genesis will launch in early July.
The enhanced Neptune service will offer its 115 clients and dealers a new web interface and several new features including: single name CDS, support for emerging market bonds and improved market analysis, including axe skews. All prior services and functionality offered by Neptune will remain available on the new platform. 

UK Financial Conduct Authority Seeks Re-Trial In Insider Dealing Case

Date 22/06/2022

The Financial Conduct Authority will pursue a re-trial of Stuart Bayes and Jonathan Swann for insider dealing offences.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Fines Insurance Broker JLT Specialty Limited £7.8m For Financial Crime Control Failings

Date 22/06/2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined JLT Specialty Limited (JLTSL) £7,881,700 for financial crime control failings, which in one instance allowed bribery of over $3m to take place.

Instinet Taps Globacap To Deliver Innovative Private Investment Platform: "Instinet DealMatch"

Date 22/06/2022

Instinet Incorporated ("Instinet") announced this week that it launched "Instinet DealMatch", an electronic private investment platform for institutional investors in Europe. Built using Globacap's innovative capital markets technology, which has enabled frictionless asset creation and transferability, Instinet DealMatch digitises and automates the private equity deal process.

HKEX Launches New Research Funding Scheme

Date 22/06/2022

• New funding scheme to support innovative research projects that connect today with tomorrow
• Run in partnership with Hong Kong’s universities and focused on supporting projects in finance, business, biotechnology, green finance and ESG

CoinLoan Partners With Elliptic To Bring New Levels Of Crypto Security To Customers

Date 22/06/2022

CoinLoan, the only EU-licensed provider of crypto-loan products, has announced a new partnership with Elliptic, the global leader in cryptoasset risk management. As adoption and investment into crypto continues to increase, so does the risk of cybercrime. The range of cryptoassets and currencies is growing daily and with cybercriminals becoming smarter and devising new schemes to strip investors of their digital assets, it is imperative that crypto platforms such as CoinLoan provide users with industry-leading security. For this reason, CoinLoan has partnered with Elliptic, giving its users increased peace of mind that their loans and investments are safe from scammers.

Finastra And ITC Infotech Extend European Partnership To Deliver Treasury Automation In The Cloud - Users Benefit From Rapidly Deployed, Cloud-Hosted, Treasury As A Service

Date 22/06/2022

Finastra today announced a strategic partnership with ITC Infotech to deliver Finastra’s Fusion Kondor cloud-based Treasury as a Service solution to its growing customer base in Europe. Customers will benefit from increased automation of treasury services, an evergreen system that keeps pace with regulatory change, and rapid time to go-live for new features and functionalities. The partnership strengthens Finastra’s long standing relationship with ITC Infotech.

Eurex Launches First Futures On Thematic Indices

Date 22/06/2022

• Contracts are based on STOXX Thematic Indices
• New segment extends Eurex’ leading role in sector and ESG derivatives
• Complementing the eco-system for thematic investing