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Hargreaves Lansdown Selects ICS Athena

Date 21/09/2021

Investment Control Systems (ICS) today announced that Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) the UK's largest digital wealth management service has selected ICS as their partner for investment data management, analysis and reporting.

Dubai International Financial Centre Issues Amendments To The Employment Law

Date 21/09/2021

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, announced today that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, has enacted the Employment Law Amendment Law No. 4 of 2021, which brings the Qualifying Scheme regime under the Employment law in line with DFSA’s Employee Money Purchase Scheme, so that only a single layer of regulation is applied to these schemes.

Osaka Exchange And Tokyo Commodity Exchange New Derivatives Trading System J-GATE3.0 Has Gone Live

Date 21/09/2021

Osaka Exchange (OSE) and Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) today successfully launched the new derivatives trading system, J-GATE3.0, on schedule. Related listings of new products, revisions of trading rules such as the expansion of trading hours and the transfer of the J-GATE3.0 backup function to the Kansai Data Center were also completed.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Expands AMselect Sub-Advisory Platform

Date 21/09/2021

• AMSelect reaches AUM of EUR 1.5 billion
• Four new funds to be added to the platform
• Dedicated sub-advisory team appointed

Deutsche Börse Expands Crypto ETN Offering: First Access To Centrally Cleared ETNs On Polkadot, Solana And TRON

Date 21/09/2021

As of today, three new Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) from VanEck on the cryptocurrencies Polkadot, Solana and TRON are tradable for the first time via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt. The range of crypto ETNs on Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and Litecoin, which has already been successfully established on Deutsche Börse, will thus be expanded by three further cryptocurrencies.

Moscow Exchange Celebrates 20 Years Of Derivatives Market

Date 21/09/2021

19 September 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the first trading session on the Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market. In the first trading session – which gathered approximately 40 firms executing 673 trades – four futures contracts were available, on RAO UES of Russia, Gazprom, Lukoil and Surgutneftegaz shares, as well as two options on futures contracts on RAO UES of Russia and Gazprom shares.

Turquoise Plato Connects To OpenFin To Simplify Complexity On The Buy-Side Trader Desktop - Responds To Buy-Side Call For More Efficient Workflows And Access To Insightful Data; Delivers Application Interoperability And A More Unified Desktop Experience For The Buy-Side Trading Desk

Date 21/09/2021

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) for enterprise productivity, today announced that LSEG’s (London Stock Exchange Group) Turquoise Plato is connecting to OpenFin in response to the industry need for workflow efficiencies, application interoperability, and a more unified desktop experience for the buy-side and member firm users.

Paymentology Goes Live On The Temenos MarketPlace, Bringing Cloud-Native Payment Processing To Banks Worldwide - Partnership With Temenos Opens Up Paymentology Technology For Banks To Deliver More Customer-Centric Payment Services

Date 21/09/2021

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that Paymentology, the banking digitization, payment and data specialist, is now live on Temenos MarketPlace. The collaboration offers Temenos banking clients a pre-integrated solution to deliver innovative card products with spend controls and enhanced features, backed by highly secure, cloud-native payment processing technology.

Opening Remarks By June Sim, Head Of Listing Compliance, At The Sharing Session On SGX RegCo’s Proposed Sustainability Reporting Requirements

Date 21/09/2021

1. Good morning everyone. I am heartened to see so many of you at this sharing session. Last month, SGX RegCo launched a public consultation on the proposed mandating of climate reporting and introduction of board diversity disclosures. On the proposed consultation,  I like to bring to your attention three points .

COVID-19 Shapes Indian Pharma Deals Landscape, Says GlobalData

Date 21/09/2021

India has a rapidly growing pharmaceutical market that, being the third largest pharmaceutical industry in the world by volume, holds a prominent place in global health. Over the last decade, the Indian pharmaceutical market has seen increasing domestic and foreign investment. While the overall number of deals fluctuated only slightly between 2011 and 2019, a considerable increase was confirmed for deals struck in 2020. Between 2019 and 2020, the deal number increased by 22%, likely triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.