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sWIG80TR ETF Newly Listed On GPW

Date 14/12/2021

• A new sWIG80TR ETF is now available on GPW
• The sWIG80TR index covers 80 small-cap companies listed on the GPW Main Market
• It is the eighth ETF introduced to GPW by Agiofunds TFI in partnership Beta Securities Poland and the fourth ETF to be newly listed on GPW in 2021

Wealth Management Firms Over-Reliant On Manual KYC And AML Checks, With No Plans For Automation, According To New Research - News Comes Despite Ever Growing Concerns Over Money Laundering Risks

Date 14/12/2021

Over a third (36%) of wealth management firms are yet to invest in digitalising know-your-customer (KYC) identity checks when onboarding new clients, according to new research shared today by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the global data and analytics provider.

Borsa Istanbul: Re-Determination Of he New Market Segments Of The Shares In The Equity Market’s BIST Stars, BIST Main And BIST SubMarket

Date 14/12/2021

Please click to download the Announcement 2021/88 about the new market segments of the shares to be traded in the BIST Stars Market, BIST Main, and SubMarket as of 03/01/2022. Please click for the “Excel” format of the list.

Egypt Post Discusses With EGX Cooperation Opportunities

Date 14/12/2021

Moscow Exchange: The Additional Trading Session Starts Later For Derivatives On 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26 And 27 January 2022

Date 14/12/2021

Please note that the Derivatives Market evening trading session will begin five minutes later, i.e. at 7:05 pm MSK, on 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26 and 27 January 2022, as these are the last trading days for options contracts (in accordance with clause 6.2, Rules of organized trading for the Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market).

DTCC Senior Executive 2022 Predictions

Date 14/12/2021

• Mike Bodson, President and Chief Executive Officer 

In 2022, we expect to see more asset classes evolve into digitized forms, which will create opportunities for firms like DTCC to support market transformation by creating the infrastructure to enable their safe and efficient processing. Market infrastructures are best placed to mitigate the operational and counterparty risks related to digital assets by establishing governance models and standardized post-trade processes, which will be critical to developing deep, liquid and efficient markets and promoting greater investor and regulatory confidence.

ETC Group Chooses CryptoCompare Data For Market Leading Digital Asset-Backed Products

Date 14/12/2021

ETC Group (www.etc-group.com), Europe’s leading specialist provider of institutional-grade crypto-backed securities, has announced that it has partnered with CryptoCompare (https://data.cryptocompare.com), a leading digital asset market data provider, to supply it with market and pricing data for its industry-leading products.

Bitfinex Recovers 6.51458211 Bitcoin Stolen In 2016 Hack

Date 14/12/2021

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has successfully recovered 6.51458211 bitcoin (BTC) stolen in the August 2016 hack, underlining the exchange’s commitment to recover all property lost as a result of the security breach.

Mirae Asset Global Investments Lists Autonomous And Electric Vehicles ETF Via Its Thematic Investment Brand Global X In Hong Kong

Date 14/12/2021

In the first quarter of 2021, global electric vehicle sales rose by around 140%, according to the recent “Global EV Outlook 2021”, conducted and published by the International Energy Agency. This massive surge in demand is driven by more than 500,000 electric vehicles sold in China alone.[1] Building on that demand, Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) Limited issued an ETF via its thematic investment brand, Global X ETFs, giving investors seamless access to the performance of both electric vehicle companies and firms involved in the development of autonomous driving. The Global X Autonomous and Electric Vehicles ETF (stock code: 02849) started trading on December 10th on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and tracks the Solactive Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Index, which is the first index in Hong Kong to utilize Solactive’s proprietary Natural Language Processing Engine ARTIS®. Moreover, it is the third time that Mirae Asset has utilized this index as an underlying for ETFs, after the inception of two successful ETF listings in the US and Korea.

Commercial Bank Of Dubai Becomes The First Bank To Establish a Digital Lab At he DIFC Innovation Hub

Date 14/12/2021

Commercial Bank of Dubai, one of the leading banks in the UAE, announced the opening of its Digital Lab at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Innovation Hub, the region’s largest innovation ecosystem.