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Global Energy Crisis Is A Wake-Up Call For Investors: deVere CEO

Date 12/10/2021

The deepening global energy crisis underscores for investors the undeniable value, necessity and rewards of sustainable investing, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organizations.

Strong Year For Capital Raising Continues For The London Stock Exchange

Date 12/10/2021

Julia Hoggett, CEO, London Stock Exchange plc: 

“The UK capital markets have had an extremely strong 2021 as the busiest IPO market globally outside the US and Greater China. The evolving make-up of companies raising capital from the UK’s public markets has been noticeable with almost half of all IPO capital raised on the London Stock Exchange being from tech or consumer internet companies, and 20 founder led businesses have joined our markets. Over the coming months we look forward to working with the Government, Regulators and the wider ecosystem to ensure that the UK’s capital markets evolve to meet the changing needs of companies and investors and remain one of the most compelling places globally for them to achieve their ambitions.”

Deutscheanlagen.de UG: BaFin Investigates Unauthorised Business Activities

Date 12/10/2021

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin wishes to clarify that Deutscheanlagen.de UG, Frankfurt am Main, does not have authorisation to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin.

HKEX: After-Hours Trading Session To Close Due To Issuance Of Typhoon Signal No. 8

Date 12/10/2021

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced that trading in the After-Hours Trading session will be suspended at 5:35 PM, due to the issuance of Typhoon Signal No. 8.

BIS: Agustín Carstens Speaks At Finance At Countdown

Date 12/10/2021

Central banks can and will contribute to tackling climate change, but they need to set the right expectations about their contribution. 

LeapXpert Completes Series A Funding Round To Power Global Expansion

Date 12/10/2021

LeapXpert, a communications and messaging platform provider, today announced that it has successfully closed its Series A funding round. Altogether, the Company has now raised a total US$14.1 million to date. The investment has been led by LingFeng Capital and Summer Capital, together with four other international investors.

R3 Acquires World Class Regulated Markets Stablecoin Issuance Capability With Ivno Software

Date 12/10/2021

R3 has acquired the technology and team of the financial asset tokenization specialist Ivno, enabling the use of Ivno-developed capabilities across the Corda platform. This acquisition further strengthens R3’s capabilities in the digital assets and currency space.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Broadens Low Carbon Range With Third ETF Launch

Date 12/10/2021

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the launch of BNP Paribas Easy Low Carbon 100 Eurozone PAB UCITS ETF[1], a tracker fund that meets European standards for Paris Aligned Benchmark (‘PAB’) indices and offers investors a solution to reduce the carbon footprint of their portfolios.

Broadridge Extends Intelligent Automation Suite With New AI-Powered Anti-Money Laundering Solution

Date 12/10/2021

To better serve clients and the financial services industry, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, today announced the launch of the Broadridge Anti-Money Laundering Solution (AMLS), bringing new, leading edge capabilities to Broadridge’s existing Intelligent Automation suite. The new solution delivers an end-to-end machine learning (ML) powered Anti-Money Laundering platform covering transaction monitoring, name screening, alert prioritization, and customer risk scoring.

SIX Launches Tax On Instrument Service To Streamline Wealth Advisory Decisions

Date 12/10/2021

SIX today launches its “SIX Tax on Instrument” service to provide client advisors and portfolio managers in the Wealth Advisory industry with tax classifications on individual securities. The service allows users to analyse the tax consequences of financial products, to anticipate the tax-related costs of an investment on that security and to find better investment options.