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Refinitiv Expands Collaboration With Microsoft To Launch Market-Data Powered AI Assistant In Microsoft Teams - Refinitiv AI Alerts Powered By ModuleQ, An Artificial Intelligence Driven Personalized Assistant, Is Designed To Provide Breaking News And Actionable Insights To Investment Bankers And Analysts, Asset And Wealth Managers, Financial Advisors, And The Broader Financial Services Community.

Date 08/02/2022

Refinitiv, an LSEG business, today announced the launch of Refinitiv AI Alerts, a market-data powered intelligent assistant available in Microsoft Teams.

Agreement Between Athens Exchange Group (ATHEX Group) And The Romanian Commodities Exchange (BRM) For The Provision Of post-Trading Services For Transactions On Romanian Natural Gas Futures

Date 08/02/2022

ATHEX Group and the Romanian Commodities Exchange (BRM) signed an agreement for the provision of post trading services to the Romanian Natural Gas Futures traded on BRM market.

Transcend Launches Industry’s First Solution To Holistically Integrate ESG Into The Collateral Management Ecosystem

Date 08/02/2022

Transcend, a leading provider of analytics, optimization, and automation for collateral, liquidity, and funding, has announced the ability to seamlessly integrate ESG criteria into collateral decisions and analytics. This launch positions Transcend as the first technology vendor to systematically integrate ESG data into collateral management processes. 

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security TDC-RM

Date 08/02/2022

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 08.02.2022, 17-39 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 3999) and initial margins (up to 48.75 %) for the security TDC-RM were changed.

AFME Welcomes 3-Year Extension To Euro Clearing

Date 08/02/2022

Commenting on the proposals from the European Commission today, Pete Tomlinson, Director of Post Trade at AFME, said:

“AFME welcomes the decision from the European Commission to extend the equivalence period for UK CCPs until 30 June 2025. This is an important step towards avoiding a significant financial stability risk and provides medium-term certainty for EU market participants. AFME continues to believe that voluntary, market-driven initiatives are important to help achieve the Commission's stated objective of growing clearing volumes in EU market infrastructures. We look forward to considering the accompanying Commission consultation in more detail.”

ESMA Launches A Common Supervisory Action With NCAs On MiFID II Costs And Charges

Date 08/02/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, is launching a common supervisory action (CSA) with national competent authorities (NCAs) on the application of MiFID II costs and charges disclosure rules across the European Union (EU). The CSA will be conducted during 2022.

Accern And LPA Partner To Deliver Enhanced AI-Powered Investment Research For Capital Markets - Accern Will Combine Its No-Code AI Solutions With LPA Consulting Expertise To Enable Institutional Investors To Make Better-Informed Risk And Investment Decisions

Date 08/02/2022

Accern, the leading no-code artificial intelligence (AI) platform for financial services, announced today a new strategic partnership with LPA, the software and consulting firm focused on technology for the capital markets. The partnership will drive additional growth for both firms by combining LPA’s deep capital markets expertise with Accern’s platform, driving the adoption of AI-powered investment research among clients in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Hamilton ETFs Releases ETFs Based On Solactive’s Indices Offering Exposure To Canadian Financial Sector And U.S. Covered Call ETFs

Date 08/02/2022

Expanding its relationship with Solactive, Hamilton ETFs, the fastest-growing ETF provider in Canada, licensed two indices as the underlying for two new ETFs in Canada: Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Financials ETF, tracking the Solactive Canadian Financials Equal-Weight Index, and Hamilton Enhanced U.S. Covered Call ETF, tracking Solactive U.S. Covered Call ETFs Index.

CME Group to Launch CBL Core Global Emissions Offset Futures

Date 08/02/2022

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch CBL Core Global Emissions Offset™ (C-GEO™) futures on March 7, 2022, pending all relevant regulatory reviews. CBL C-GEO futures are intended to align with the Core Carbon Principles, an emerging set of transparent and consistent standards around the supply of carbon credits to be overseen by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Markets.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Testimony Of Under Secretary For Domestic Finance Nellie Liang Before The Committee On Financial Services, U.S. House

Date 08/02/2022

hairwoman Waters, Ranking Member McHenry, and other members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning on stablecoins.