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Exactpro Appoints Jagath De Silva As CEO To Lead Operations In Sri Lanka

Date 07/10/2021

• Jagath De Silva to spearhead development of Sri Lankan office
• New delivery center to take advantage of local talent to support global clients

Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Top Financial Advisers By Value, Volume For Q1-Q3 2021, Finds GlobalData

Date 07/10/2021

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers for Q1-Q3 2021 by value and volume, respectively, according to GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database. Goldman Sachs advised on 369 deals worth US$917.2bn, the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, JP Morgan led in volume terms having advised on 387 deals worth US$837.5bn.

Sentieo Expands Across EMEA - Doubles Staff In London To Support Growth - Demand To Digitize Financial Research Workflows Accelerates Global Adoption

Date 07/10/2021

Sentieo, the leading next-generation financial research platform provider, announced it has expanded its presence in the European market and doubled its team in the United Kingdom. The growth is driven by increasing demand for the company’s AI-driven financial research platform and represents a firm commitment to more than 50 active customers in the region, including Schroders, Kames, S.W. Mitchell, Cape Capital, Amiral Gestion and Ownership Capital. The London-based team has been bolstered by the addition of a Director of UX Design, a Director of Product, and three sales and client success executives, with the expectation to double the sales team again over the next 12 months.

Digital Token Identifier Registration Opens With Etrading Software - Top 100 Cryptocurrencies Can Now Be Tracked Authoritatively Using New ISO Standard

Date 07/10/2021

Etrading Software, through its non-profit division the DTI Foundation, has just launched a new service to enable the tracking of all digital assets on a global basis. The service will issue identifiers for digital assets based on the new ISO standard, the Digital Token Identifier. ISO has selected Etrading Software to be the Registration Authority for this standard.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Kirkland & Ellis Top Legal Advisers By Value, Volume For Q1-Q3 2021, Reveals GlobalData

Date 07/10/2021

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kirkland & Ellis emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers for Q1-Q3 2021 by value and volume, respectively, according to GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised on 198 deals worth US$457.4bn, the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis led in volume terms having advised on 674 deals worth US$397.9bn.

UOB And ADDX Collaborate On Sustainability-Linked Digital Bond - Digitisation Of S$50-Million Bond Allocation Uses Blockchain And Smart Contract Technology To Achieve Faster Processing And Lower Cost In The Custody And Administration Of The Bond

Date 07/10/2021

UOB and digital securities exchange ADDX have concluded the digitisation and digital custody of the inaugural sustainability-linked bond recently launched by Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp). This initiative comes amid a rise in the use of digital securities to enhance the efficiency of bonds and other fixed income instruments.

SET Market Report For September 2021

Date 07/10/2021

In September 2021, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) estimated that the Thai economic outlook in 2021 and 2022 would be close to the previous forecast. The economy was expected to benefit from increasing vaccination distribution and the faster-than-expected relaxation of the disease control measures. Uncertainties surrounding investors in stock exchanges globally were the possibility that the Federal Reserve (Fed) may end its quantitative easing policy sooner and the downward revision of the Chinese economic growth forecast for this year and the period ahead after the Chinese government imposed measures to control the property and technology sectors. However, Thai listed companies were strong and steadily recovered.

ProMEX Launches Today The World’s First Direct, Real-Time Platform To Trade Moutai, China’s Most Famous National Liquor - A Hong Kong-Based Digital Marketplace To Trade Physical Commodities With Moutai As Its First Product

Date 07/10/2021

ProMEX, a Hong Kong-based online platform to trade physical commodities, launches today its trading platform with China’s most famous national liquor Moutai as its first product. This marks also the first and only online platform globally to discover prices and trade liquor in a transparent and efficient manner. Moutai is known not only for its elegant soy flavour, but also its potential as a store of value. The product has a great global following with an annual consumption of about three million bottles ex- mainland China at an estimated value of US$ 1.5 billion.

Bursa Malaysia Offers Better Investor Experience Through New Bursa Anywhere Feature eGO

Date 07/10/2021

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) today introduced the latest addition to its Bursa Anywhere mobile application features called electronic General Offer (“eGO”). The new eGO feature on the mobile app allows shareholders to electronically accept their General Offers in a convenient and seamless manner via the app.   

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report - September 2021

Date 07/10/2021

Trading – Cash Markets (including equities, interest rate and warrant trades)

• In September 2021, the average daily number of trades was up 13% on the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $7.1 billion was up 14% on the pcp. 
• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.7% in September (compared to 1.1% in the pcp). 
• Future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in September was an average of 12.0 (compared to 20.8 in the pcp).