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HKEX Establishes Mainland China Advisory Group And Mainland Markets Panel - Appoints New International Advisory Council Member

Date 08/07/2021

• New Advisory Group and Panel to Support HKEX’s China Strategy
• Weijian Shan appointed as newest member of International Advisory Council

Decision By The Nasdaq Stockholm’s Disciplinary Committee Regarding Amasten Fastighets AB (publ)

Date 08/07/2021

The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has found that Amasten Fastighets AB (publ) (“Amasten” or the “Company”) has breached the Takeover Rules for Nasdaq Stockholm (the “Takeover Rules”) and therefore ordered the Company to pay a fine of SEK 1,000,000.

BEIS Audit And Governance Reforms Deemed Anti-Growth By Company Directors

Date 08/07/2021

The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) recently issued a survey of companies and investors on the BEIS audit and corporate governance reform consultation. The results show that company directors are worried that the proposals will have an overwhelmingly negative impact by impeding growth, making directorships less attractive, reducing diversity and shifting the focus of boards from business performance to compliance. Overall, it is likely companies will reconsider their listing on the public markets. 

Finastra And Hundsun Lirong Partner To Enhance Treasury Capabilities For Chinese Banks - FinTechs To Co-Develop Tailored Version Of Finastra’s Fusion Opics Treasury Solution For Chinese Market

Date 08/07/2021

Finastra, headquartered in London, UK, and Hangzhou Hundsun Lirong Software Co. Ltd. ("Hundsun Lirong"), a subsidiary of Hundsun Technologies Inc., have today announced a partnership to co-develop a Chinese version of Finastra’s Fusion Opics treasury solution, Hundsun Mangos. Built on Hundsun Technologies’ cloud-based platform, the new solution will be tailored to the specific requirements of the Chinese market whilst also meeting international standards, enabling banks to develop and deliver high quality treasury operations and capitalize on opportunities.

EDHEC-Risk Institute: Another Month Of Positive Performances For Hedge Fund Strategies

Date 08/07/2021

Click here to download the latest performance update of the EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes.

Teo Floor, CEO Of CCP12, Joins Journal Of Financial Market Infrastructures Editorial Board

Date 08/07/2021

Today CCP12 - The Global Association of Central Counterparties – announces that Teo Floor joins the Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures Board. 

Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Banque de France Break New Ground In CBDC Experimentation - First Use Of Automated Market Making In m-CBDC experiment

Date 08/07/2021

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Banque de France (BdF) today announced the successful completion of a wholesale cross-border payment and settlement experiment using central bank digital currency (CBDC). The experiment, supported by J.P. Morgan’s Onyx, simulated cross-border transactions involving multiple CBDCs (m-CBDC) on a common network between Singapore and France. This is the first m-CBDC experiment that applied automated market making and liquidity management capabilities to reap cross-border payment and settlement efficiencies.  

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission And Canadian Securities Regulators Establish FinTech Cooperation Agreement

Date 08/07/2021

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has entered into an agreement with eight members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) to establish a financial technology (Fintech) cooperation framework.

ISITC Europe Launches New Post Trade Forum Co-Chaired By Leading Industry Experts From Ascendant Strategy

Date 08/07/2021

The ISITC Europe Post Trade Forum brings together the post trade community across the capital markets to drive collaboration, share best practice and action changes to improve operational efficiency. The Forum represents the full spectrum of post trade users and will be led by post trade experts James Maxfield and Alastair Rutherford, MDs of Ascendant Strategy.

SET And LED Jointly Develop Digital Platform To Make LED’s Database Accessible For Entrepreneurs

Date 08/07/2021

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s subsidiary Digital Access Platform Co., Ltd. (DAP) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Legal Execution Department (LED) to develop an integrated portal service system to enable business operators to access to LED’s database to track and verify user’s data before proceeding legal binding or financial transaction. The move, in line with the digital government strategy, aims to increase efficiency of service users’ data, while making it more convenient, faster, and more efficient in asset execution on this central digital platform, as well as streamlining operations at a lower cost to assist entrepreneurs.