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Global Palladium Fund Reduces The Cost Of Its Gold ETC To Take Advantage Of Investor Interest

Date 24/08/2021

• GPF physically backed gold ETC has lowest TCO on the market –
• Research highlights European pension funds expect to increase their allocation to gold

Hamilton Reserve Bank Completes Temenos End-To-End Digital Transformation - Hamilton Reserve Bank Implements Temenos Technology To Add One Million New Customers - Hamilton Reserve Bank Chose Temenos’ Cloud-Native Core Banking, Payments, And Digital Banking Technology To Accelerate Growth, Automation, Elastically Scale And Enhance Efficiency

Date 24/08/2021

Temenos (www.temenos.com, SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that Hamilton Reserve Bank (www.hrbank.com, SWIFT: NIBTKNNE), a leading global bank with a worldwide presence has completed its end-to-end transformation with Temenos. The unmatched breadth of Temenos’ front-to-back banking technology will help Hamilton Reserve Bank provide its customers across 150 countries with secure same-day worldwide payments and instant customer account access 24/7. With Temenos, pre-integrated with Temenos MarketPlace provider authID.ai (authid.ai, NASDAQ: AUID), Hamilton Reserve Bank anticipates significant growth of its deposit base and wealth management services. The tight integration provides secure, accurate, and frictionless customer authentication experiences that allow automated customer e-onboarding within minutes while meeting the bank’s rigorous regulatory compliance requirements.

Moscow Exchange To Add New International Stocks For Trading

Date 24/08/2021

On 1 September 2021, Moscow Exchange will admit 77 foreign stocks to trading, including shares Alcoa Corp., Fox Corporation, The Hershey Company, etc.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Phillip Securities Japan, Ltd. Joins As A Broker To Provide Connection To CONNEQTOR

Date 24/08/2021

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) launched the RFQ (Request For Quote) platform, CONNECTOR, in February of this year with the aim of improving liquidity in the ETF market. We are pleased to announce that Phillip Securities Japan, Ltd. has joined as a broker to provide connectivity to CONNEQTOR from today. As a result, institutional investors will be able to trade via CONNEQTOR with the 11 securities companies.

ASIC: Westpac Subsidiaries To Pay $10.5 Million Penalty For Breaches Of Best Interests Duty

Date 24/08/2021

The Federal Court has ordered Westpac Bank subsidiaries Westpac Securities Administration Limited (Westpac Securities) and BT Funds Management Limited (BT Funds) to pay a combined penalty of $10.5 million for failing to act in their clients' best interests.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Solicits Opinions On The Revision Of The Implementation Rules On The IPO Stock Issuance And Underwriting Business On The ChiNext Board

Date 24/08/2021

To implement the requirements of China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) on higher-level laws, optimize relevant supporting business rules for the issuance and underwriting of new stocks on the ChiNext Board, facilitate an orderly interaction between buyers and sellers, help market-based issuance and pricing mechanisms effectively play their roles, and keep order and maintain a sound ecosystem in the market, SZSE plans to revise some terms of the Implementation Rules on the IPO Stock Issuance and Underwriting Business on the ChiNext Board (hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Rules on IPO). SZSE is soliciting opinions till 5 September 2021.

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Notice On Waiving Service Fees For Using Standard Warehouse Receipts As Margin

Date 24/08/2021

It is decided upon discussion that service fees for using standard warehouse receipts as margin will be waived from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.

Selecta Group And Fiserv To Roll Out Cashless Payments Across Europe

Date 24/08/2021

Selecta Group, Europe’s leading route-based self-service retailer offering coffee and convenience food solutions in the workplace and in public spaces, is partnering with Fiserv, Inc., (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, to commence the enhancement and streamlining of digital payments across its points of sale, meeting consumer demand and boosting operational efficiency as self-service technologies such as vending machines and smart fridges boom in a pandemic-conscious world.

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. To Join The NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning August 26, 2021

Date 23/08/2021

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD), will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (Nasdaq: NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq: NDXE) and the NASDAQ-100 Technology Index (Nasdaq: NDXT) prior to market open on Thursday, August 26, 2021. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. will replace Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXIM) in the NASDAQ-100 Index®, the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index and the NASDAQ-100 Technology Index.

SEC Enforcement Chief Counsel Joe Brenner Retires

Date 23/08/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Joseph K. Brenner has retired as the Chief Counsel of the Division of Enforcement, a role he held since January 2011. As Chief Counsel, Mr. Brenner served as the head of the Division of Enforcement's Office of Chief Counsel, where he oversaw the process of providing legal and policy advice on potential enforcement actions and other critical issues to the Division’s leadership and 1400-person staff.