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Minutes Of The Meeting Of The Bank Of England Court Of Directors Held On 26 May 2021

Date 29/07/2021

The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.

Canadian DB Pension Plans Post Positive First Half: RBC Investor & Treasury Services - Solid Equity Market Returns Offset Weakness In Bonds

Date 29/07/2021

According to the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe, Canadian DB pension plans returned 4.4% in Q2 2021, up 3.5% over the first half of the year. Equity markets continued to march upwards, bolstered by the accelerated rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and reopening of the global economy.

Bank Of England To Suspend Liquidity Facility In Euros From 1 October 2021 - Market Notice 29 July 2021

Date 29/07/2021

The Bank of England, in co-ordination with the European Central Bank, is today announcing that in light of sustained improvements in funding market conditions it will suspend the Liquidity Facility in Euros (LiFE) at the end of September 2021.

Euronext Publishes Q2 2021 Results - Q2 2021 Strong Performance Resulting From Organic Growth Driven By Record Listing And Post-Trade Activity, And From The Borsa Italiana Group Acquisition

Date 29/07/2021

Euronext, the  leading pan-European market infrastructure, today publishes its results for the second quarter of 2021, driven by robust organic growth thanks to a strong performance in listing and post-trade businesses and the first consolidation with Borsa Italiana Group results since its acquisition on 29 April 2021.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 29/07/2021

CCP NCC will set the following risk parameters on Securities market due to corporate actions:

ICE Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call & Webcast

Date 29/07/2021

2Q21 EXCHANGES PERFORMANCE

• July open interest (OI) +14% vs Dec '20; total energy +10%, nat gas +8%, environmentals +43%, OI comparisons are as of Jul 22nd vs Dec'20 financials +21%, ags +13%
• Recurring revenues +7% y/y, CC, including listings revenue +8% y/y
• Guidance: Expect 3Q21 recurring revenues of $324 to $329 million

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. Accelerates Digital Transformation With Selection Of New Broadridge Platform - New, State-Of-The-Art Digitized Wealth Management Platform Will Streamline RBC Wealth Management Processes And Further Position Firm For Growth

Date 29/07/2021

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. (RBCWM) and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, announced today that RBCWM will utilize the Broadridge Wealth Management Platform to power its growing U.S. business.

Intercontinental Exchange Reports Strong Second Quarter 2021

Date 29/07/2021

• 2Q21 net revenues of $1.7 billion, +22% y/y
• 2Q21 GAAP diluted EPS of $2.22, +134% y/y
• 2Q21 pre-tax gain of $1.23 billion related to the full divestment of stake in Coinbase
• 2Q21 adj. diluted EPS of $1.16, +12% y/y
• 2Q21 operating income of $799 million, +7% y/y; adjusted operating income of $963 million, +17% y/y
• 2Q21 operating margin of 47%; adj. operating margin of 56%

Bank Of England To Suspend Liquidity Facility In Euros From 1 October 2021

Date 29/07/2021

The Bank of England, in co-ordination with the European Central Bank, is today announcing that in light of sustained improvements in funding market conditions it will suspend the Liquidity Facility in Euros (LiFE) at the end of September 2021.

Secured Finance Raises $4.0M Seed Funding To Transform Cryptocurrency Banking Options - Oversubscribed Round Co-Led By GSR And Protocol Labs, Along With Fintech Collective, HOF Capital, And Huobi Ventures

Date 29/07/2021

Secured Finance, a platform provider for the cryptocurrency loans and derivatives market, today announces that it has raised $4.0 million in its oversubscribed seed funding round. The successful raise, with demand of more than double of Secured Finance’s initial target, was co-led by GSR Markets, a leading trading firm in the cryptocurrency ecosystem; open-source research, development, and deployment laboratory Protocol Labs; venture capital firm FinTech Collective; global technology investment firm HOF Capital; and strategic investment arm, Huobi Ventures. Several high-profile individual investors also contributed, such as Board Member at Nomura Holding America James DeNaut, South African entrepreneur and Civic’s CEO Vinny Lingham, Twitch Co-Founder, and Founder of Goat Capital, Justin Kan, Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma, Chief Operating Officer at CoinList Scott Keto, and Creator of IPFS and Filecoin, Juan Benet.