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Chimera Capital Limited Lists An Exchange-Traded Fund Tracking The Performance Of Liquid UAE Listed Stocks On Dubai Financial Market (

Date 03/03/2021

• Syed Basar Shueb: “Chimera S&P UAE UCITS ETF (A) accumulating share class gives investors further access to the increasingly appealing UAE market”
• Hassan Al Serkal: “The second of its kind fund listing by Chimera Capital on DFM in six months clearly underlines the rapid expansion of this new asset class”

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints New Global Head Of Stewardship

Date 03/03/2021

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Michael Herskovich as Global Head of Stewardship within its Sustainability Centre.  Michael is based in Paris and reports to Jane Ambachtsheer, BNPP AM’s Global Head of Sustainability.  Michael replaces Helena Viñes Fiestas, who will be leaving BNPP AM after 10 years to take up a new role as a board member of the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (‘CNMV’), the Spanish securities market regulator.  Helena will join the CNMV in Madrid on 1 May.

Comment From CEO Of Aquis Stock Exchange On Lord Hill’s UK Listing Review Report

Date 03/03/2021

Lord Hill, the former EU financial services commissioner,  has published his recommendations from the UK Listings Review, which was launched by HM Treasury in November last year. 

Sentifi Wins Best Alternative Data Consolidator At TradingTech Insight Europe Awards 2021

Date 03/03/2021

Sentifi, a leading alternative data provider, has today announced that it has been named Best Alternative Data Consolidator at the A-Team Group's TradingTech Insight Europe Awards 2021.

Invesco Launches The First China All Shares ETF For The Broadest And Truest Representation Of China’s Economy

Date 03/03/2021

Invesco announces the launch of its MSCI China All Shares Stock Connect UCITS ETF, which provides a unique investment opportunity for investors. The ETF aims to capture the broadest exposure to Chinese equities and the closest representation of the country’s economy.

CoolBitX’s Sygna Bridge And Elliptic Releases API Solution And Service To Facilitate Private Wallet Transaction Information Discovery- Joint Solution Launches Ahead Of Extended Regulatory Oversight On Transfer Of Crypto Assets To Private, Non-Custodial Wallets

Date 03/03/2021

CoolBitX, the blockchain security company that is building the infrastructure necessary to close the gap between the mainstream market and the crypto industry has released the Sygna Bridge Wallet Address Filter API—a service that distinguishes between custodial and private wallet addresses. The Wallet Address Filter API is fully-operational and ready for use as a new feature in Sygna Bridge—the market-ready solution designed by CoolBitX for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to meet new regulatory requirements emerging from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 16’s “Travel Rule” guidance.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Welcomes Lord Hill’s Listing Review Report

Date 03/03/2021

Lord Hill has published his recommendations from the UK Listings Review, which was launched by HM Treasury in November last year.

ADX Introduces Trade At Last Session For Trading - Starting Thursday 4 March 2021, Investors Can Trade ADX Securities At Their Closing Price Between 1.55pm And 2pm

Date 03/03/2021

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) will introduce on 4 March 2021 a “Trade at Last” session, enabling investors to trade ADX-listed securities at their closing price during a 5-minute period at the end of the trading day. The initiative is part of the exchange’s ‘ADX One’ strategy to widen the range of its services and products and increase market liquidity.

Finansinspektionen Clarifies Obligations For Third-Party Payment Service Providers

Date 03/03/2021

Finansinspektionen would like to clarify the obligations of third-party payment service providers when gathering information about bank customers’ payment accounts via digital interfaces. FI has also contacted the banks and reminded them about their obligations as an account servicing payment service provider (ASPSP).

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For the Security RU000A0JW6P7

Date 03/03/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 03.03.2021, 10-16 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 132.36) and initial margins (up to 21.25 %) for the security RU000A0JW6P7 were changed. New values are available here