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Europe Overtakes Canada To Hold The World’s Largest And Most Traded Physical Single Asset Cryptocurrency ETP - ETC Group’s Bitcoin ETC Surpasses US$1.3 Billion AUM As The Total European Market For Comparable Crypto Exchange Traded Products Exceeds $4 Billion

Date 18/10/2021

ETC Group ( www.etc-group.com ), Europe’s leading specialist provider of institutional-grade digital asset-backed securities, announces that its total Assets Under Management (AUM) has reached US$1.5 billion, with its Bitcoin exchange traded product (BTCE) now the world’s largest physically backed single cryptocurrency ETP with over US$1.3 billion AUM.

Introducing The New TSX Market On Close® (MOC®) - TMX Group Launches Enhanced Closing Auction Facility, The Definitive Source For Equities Closing Prices In Canada

Date 18/10/2021

TMX Group today launched the new TSX Market on Close® (MOC®), a facility designed to enable investors to source liquidity and participate in trades at the closing price. The new features of the enhanced MOC facility are aimed at providing clients with an improved trading experience, and delivering benefits to the broader Canadian capital markets ecosystem with increased efficiency in determining end-of-day valuations for eligible Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and select TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) listed issues.

Synechron’s May Yang, Global Head Of Operations, Was Named A Gold Level Winner In The 14th Annual 2021 Women World Awards For Female Executive Of The Year Category

Date 18/10/2021

Synechron announced today that The Globee® Awards, organizers of the world’s premier business awards programs and business ranking lists, has named May Yang, Synechron’s Global Head of Operations, as a Gold Level Female Executive of the Year winner in the 14th Annual 2021 Women World Awards®.

ICE Launches Transaction-Based Indices For Residential Mortgage Interest Rates - Calculated Using Anonymized Rates Data From ICE’s Leading Loan Origination Platform

Date 18/10/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced the launch of a suite of U.S. residential mortgage locked rate indices. The new indices will be calculated daily and will track the average interest rate of new residential home loan applications processed by ICE Mortgage Technology.

Asia Digital Bank Adopts Cosmos Tech To Build New Generation Of Digital Banking System - The Strategic Partnership With Bianjie Further Expands Cosmos’ Footprint Into The Enterprise Blockchain Space

Date 18/10/2021

Asia Digital Bank Ltd. (Labuan Investment Bank) (Registration No. LL16434), (licensed Labuan Investment Bank) (License No. 200134BI)(Asia DB), the first recipient of the Digital Banking license issued by Labuan Financial Services Authority in Malaysia and an innovative global digital asset operator, announced a strategic partnership with Bianjie, IRISnet’s Core team, and a Cosmos Core Contributor since genesis. ADB with Bianjie’s support plans to build new digital financial infrastructure that supports seamless integration of centralized and decentralized financial services.

European Supervisory Authorities Publish Sectoral Reports The On Supervisory Independence Of Competent Authorities

Date 18/10/2021

The three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – published today their individual reports on the supervisory independence of competent authorities (CAs) in their sectors. Based on the CAs’ self-assessment, the three reports highlight that the independence of CAs is multi-faceted and dependent on a number of legal, institutional, operational and cultural factors.

Silver Lake Announces Strategic Investment In Euroclear Through Agreement With ICE To Acquire Intercontinental Exchange’s 9.85% Stake

Date 18/10/2021

Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, and Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced an agreement in which Silver Lake will make a long-term strategic investment in Euroclear Holding SA/NV by acquiring ICE’s 9.85% stake in the company’s share capital for EUR709 million.

Euronext And Borsa Italiana Launch New MIB ESG Index

Date 18/10/2021

• First ESG blue-chip index launched in Italy

• The index combines measurement of economic performance with ESG impacts, in line with the UN Global Compact principles

• Euronext is partnering with V.E, part of Moody’s ESG Solutions, to power this second national ESG blue-chip index

London Stock Exchange Group Announces Appointment Of Ivan Gilmore As LCH Head Of Cash Equities

Date 18/10/2021

Today, London Stock Exchange Group announces Ivan Gilmore will take up the post of Head of Cash Equities for LCH, Ltd and SA.  In the role Ivan will be responsible for the development and management of both businesses, overseeing the clearing of cash equities products and providing the strategic vision and leadership to the services.

Financial Stability And Coordination In Times Of Crisis, Federal Reserve Governor Randal K. Quarles, At The Third Conference On Financial Stability, Madrid, Spain

Date 18/10/2021

Thank you, Pablo, for the kind welcome. It is an honor to be here at this important conference on financial stability. And it is great to be here in Madrid and see all of you in person. I commend the organizers for their attention to detail in bringing us together as we all emerge from the events of the last 18 months.