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Validus Appoints COO And New York Principal To Support Global Growth

Date 17/11/2021

Validus Risk Management (Validus), the leading independent financial risk advisory and technology firm, today announces two senior hires with the appointment of Jarv Ashford, as COO based in London, and Scott Simonton, as Principal based in New York.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Proposes Ban On Debt Packager Referral Fees To Protect Consumers

Date 17/11/2021

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed banning debt packager firms from being paid to refer customers on to other firms. 

NPCI International And PPRO Collaborate To Offer Indian Consumers Hassle-Free Payments Across The Globe

Date 17/11/2021

• The intended partnership will benefit in the global expansion of RuPay and UPI

Nasdaq Congratulates Winners Of European Small And Mid-Cap Awards 2021

Date 17/11/2021

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) congratulates FOM Technologies A/S (Nasdaq First North GM Denmark: FOM) on being selected as Rising Star and Nanoform Finland Plc (Nasdaq First North GM Finland and Sweden: NANOFH and NANOFS) as Star of Innovation in the annual European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2021 last night. Independent investment research startup Enlight Research OÜ from the Baltics submitted to the competition by Nasdaq Riga was also announced as the winner of the Special Mention. The Award, which has been organized for nine consecutive years, is a joint initiative by the European Commission, leading European securities exchanges and EuropeanIssuers, and aims to promote best practices and encourage more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access capital markets via IPOs.

HKEX: Celebrating 7th Anniversary Of Stock Connect

Date 17/11/2021

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is today pleased to be celebrating the 7th Anniversary of Stock Connect, the landmark mutual market access programme linking Hong Kong and Mainland China’s equity capital markets. Hong Kong- Shanghai Stock Connect was launched on 17 November 2014 while Hong Kong-Shenzhen Stock Connect followed two years later, on 5 December 2016. The Stock Connect programme gave Mainland and international investors direct access to each other’s market for the very first time. 

The Payments Association Finds Huge Value In AI In Revolutionising Payments

Date 17/11/2021

• 70% of all financial services firms are using machine learning to predict cash flow events, fine-tune credit scores and detect fraud
• 54% of Financial Services organisations with over 5,000 employees have adopted AI
• It is forecast that AI Market to Hit USD 360.36 Billion by 2028

DIGITEC Makes Four New Hires In London - Expansion Follows Opening Of New Office In June 2021

Date 17/11/2021

DIGITEC, the global standard for FX Swaps and NDF pricing and data, today announced that four new employees have joined its London office, reporting to Stephan von Massenbach, Chief Revenue Officer. 

Moscow Exchange: Securities To Be Admitted To Pre-Market Trading

Date 17/11/2021

From 6 December 2021, the trading day on the Moscow Exchange Equity Market will be extended by three hours to include a morning trading session. Trading on the market will run for 17 hours a day, from 6:50 am to 11:50 pm Moscow time.

Goldensource And Arabesque Announce New Partnership For Enhanced Investor Access To ESG Data And Insights

Date 17/11/2021

• New agreement will enable investors to access Arabesque S-Ray's suite of ESG data products hosted on AWS Data Exchange, through GoldenSource ESG Impact.
• GoldenSource clients will be able to leverage Arabesque's new solution to help investors meet upcoming disclosure requirements of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
• Announcement comes as investor demand for ESG data surges, with one third of all assets under management globally now integrating sustainability factors.

BMLL Delivers Level 3 Futures Data From Across Three Global Exchanges In One Harmonised Format - Full-Depth Order Book Data From CME, Eurex And ICE Covers Equities, Fixed Income, Short-Term Interest Rates, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies And FX

Date 17/11/2021

BMLL, the leading, independent provider of harmonised, historical Level 3 data and analytics, today announced the expansion of its world-class product offering to include global futures, now available as asset class packages. The BMLL Level 3 Futures Data product brings together full-depth order book data for all major futures asset classes in a harmonised format within a scalable compute environment. This allows brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, FCMs and ISVs to accelerate their speed and quality of output by spending less time gathering, organising and cleaning data, and more time deriving predictive insights and backtesting strategies to generate alpha more predictably.