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Account Of The Monetary Policy Meeting Of The Governing Council Of The European Central Bank Held In Frankfurt Am Main On Wednesday And Thursday, 20-21 January 2021

Date 18/02/2021

1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options

Financial market developments

Ms Schnabel reviewed the financial market developments since the Governing Council’s previous monetary policy meeting on 9-10 December 2020.

Evidology Systems Shortlisted For Two Awards At The 2021 RegTech Insight Awards

Date 18/02/2021

The revolutionary Regtech company, Evidology Systems Ltd., has been nominated for two awards at this year’s European RegTech Insight awards. The firm, which ensures businesses and financial services can be confident in their compliance, has been chosen as finalists in the “Best Vendor Solution for Managing Operational Risk” and “Best Innovative Technology for Regulatory Compliance” categories.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JW6P7

Date 18/02/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 18.02.2021, 12-57 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 133.79) and initial margins (up to 21.25 %) for the security RU000A0JW6P7 were changed. New values are available here

Bitfinex Launches Increase Position And Bitfinex Borrow Features For Paper Trading

Date 18/02/2021

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has launched Increase Position and Bitfinex Borrow features for paper trading, enabling users to explore and better understand these features in a simulated market environment without the use of real funds.

State Street Unveils New Investment Research Platform, Insights - New Platform To Help Clients Formulate And Test Trade Ideas With Exclusive Alternative Datasets, Award-Winning Research And Latest Market Commentary From State Street’s Macro Strategists

Date 18/02/2021

State Street Corporation has announced the launch of Insights, a new research platform that offers clients proprietary research, exclusive data-driven indicators and the latest market commentary from the firm’s team of global macro strategists. Insights gives investors access to State Street Global Markets’ multi-asset research offerings in an intuitive and interactive format tailored to their interests.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Issues Restriction Notices To 13 Brokers To Freeze Client Accounts Linked To Suspected Social Media Ramp-And-Dump Scam

Date 18/02/2021

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued restriction notices to 13 brokers, prohibiting them from dealing with or processing certain assets held in 54 trading accounts, which are related to a suspected social media ramp-and-dump scam involving the manipulation of the market in the shares of a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited between September 2020 and November 2020.

Bloomberg Intelligence: Rapid Increase In ESG ETF Flow Suggests Long-Term Switch

Date 18/02/2021

• ESG ETFs saw net inflows of US$89 billion in 2020 – three times higher than 2019
• Climate-focused ETFs could see inflows accelerate record pace in 2021

Securities Commission Malaysia Seeks Public Help To Locate Uzir Abdul Samad

Date 18/02/2021

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is seeking information from members of the public to locate Uzir Abdul Samad (Uzir), otherwise known as Haji Uzir, who is a suspect in SC’s investigation into activities of an unlicensed investment adviser. 

Cowen Outsourced Trading Adds To Boston Office - Seasoned Trader Adam Strout Joins Company

Date 18/02/2021

Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) (“Cowen” or the “Company”) announced that Adam Strout has joined the Company’s Outsourced Trading division as a Director. In his new position, Mr. Strout brings decades of experience in trading global equities for institutional clients at large brokerages as well as directly for portfolio managers at well-known investment management firms. A long-time resident of Massachusetts, Mr. Strout will be based in Cowen’s Boston office and work with the firms’ global team of 38 traders, across the US, Europe and Asia, to bring our differentiated Outsourced Trading solution to clients in his local market. Mr. Strout will report to Bobby Croswell, Head of US Equity Outsourced Trading.

SGX And Euroclear Bank To Launch Orchid Bond Structure

Date 18/02/2021

Asia’s leading international fixed income marketplace Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Euroclear Bank (Euroclear), the Brussels-based international central securities depositary (ICSD), today announced the launch of the Orchid bond structure in Singapore, combining domestic bond issuance with global distribution channels.