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Worldline Partners With Gold Global SA To Launch The "Davinci Gold" Token - The Physical Gold Purchasing Solution Is Based On Worldline’s New Stablecoins Infrastructure

Date 19/01/2021

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transactional services, has announced a strategic co-operation with Gold Global Currency Corp. SA (“Gold Global”), to offer the DaVinci Gold token based on Worldline’s stablecoins management infrastructure. This initiative further expands the capability of Worldline’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform and will assist towards fulfilling the company’s goals to be in the forefront of stablecoins and Blockchain technology.

BMLL Delivers Data And Analytics Capabilities To Global Banks On Kx - Data Distribution Agreement Will Make BMLL Data Feed And Scalable Analytics Available To Sell-Side Participants On The Kx Platform

Date 19/01/2021

BMLL, the award-winning data and analytics company, today announced that BMLL Data Feed will be available to sell side participants on the Kx Streaming Analytics platform. Kx is a leading provider of streaming data analytics, serving the majority of the world’s Tier 1 global banks.

Nasdaq Announces Semi-Annual Changes To The OMX Helsinki 25 Index

Date 19/01/2021

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, (Nasdaq Helsinki: OMXH25), which will become effective at market open on Monday, February 1, 2021.

CoinShares Launches Its First Bitcoin ETP At SIX

Date 19/01/2021

Today, the Swiss Stock Exchange welcomes another new ETP issuer. CoinShares is already the second product issuer joining in 2021. CoinShares’ physical bitcoin ETP further enlarges the choice of products with a crypto-currency as underlying at SIX.

Big-Ticket Deals Take Back Seat As Caution Grips APAC VC Funding Landscape During Q4 2020, Finds GlobalData

Date 19/01/2021

Low value deals (investment <=US$10m) accounted for the majority of the venture capital (VC) investment volume in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region while billion-dollar deals remained mostly non-existent during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

ESAs Publish Final Draft Its On Reporting Templates For Intra-Group Transactions And Risk Concentration Under FICOD

Date 18/01/2021

The European Supervisory Authorities - ESAs (the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority) submitted today to the European Commission the final Report on the draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) under the Financial Conglomerates Directive (FICOD) on reporting templates for intra-group transactions (IGT) and risk concentration (RC). The draft ITS aim at further increasing comparability amongst conglomerates of different EU Member States thereby improving supervisory consistency.

CME Group Completes Migration Of BrokerTec EU Government Bond And EU Repo Trading Platform To CME Globex

Date 18/01/2021

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that BrokerTec, a leading provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, has successfully migrated its European government bonds and repo trading platform to CME Globex.

EACH Publishes Its New Paper "Carrots And Sticks: How The Skin In The Game Incentivises CCPs To Perform Robust Risk Management"

Date 18/01/2021

The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) published today an EACH paper entitled "Carrots and sticks: How the skin in the game incentivises CCPs to perform robust risk management". This document is part of series of papers produced in the context of the Online Workshop on CCP Risk Management that EACH organised jointly with the Journal for Financial Market Infrastructures (JFMI) on Tuesday 13th October 2020.

BIS - Investing Like Conglomerates: Is Diversification A Blessing Or Curse For China's Local Governments?

Date 18/01/2021

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China's local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) are often viewed as platforms that are used to evade borrowing constraints and make inefficient investments. They are even accused of harbouring potential fiscal and financial risks. By contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that some LGFVs contribute to local economic growth through successful investments.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Reminds Firms To Regularly Review Regulatory Permissions

Date 18/01/2021

We are reminding firms of their obligation to regularly review regulatory permissions to ensure they are up to date and removed where they are not needed. We expect firms to notify us of material changes and apply to make any necessary changes in a timely way. Please note that we have the power to cancel a firm’s Part 4A permission if it has not carried on a regulated activity for at least 12 months.