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Liquidnet Makes Strategic Additions To Its Data Science Team - Company Appoints Head Of NLP And Unstructured Data And Hires Three New Data Scientists, Signaling Further Investment In Developing AI-Centric Tools Designed To Alert Users To Key Factors Influencing Their Investments

Date 19/11/2020

Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, today announced the appointment of Steven Nichols as its Head of NLP (Natural Language Processing) and Unstructured Data. Additionally, the company has added three new data scientists – Dr. Nicholas Burtch, Dr. Anthony Schramm and Yusong Liu - to its fast-growing team.

Fiserv Announces 60 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

Date 19/11/2020

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, announced that its Board of Directors has authorized it to repurchase 60 million shares of the company’s common stock, which is in addition to the shares remaining available under the company’s existing authorization.

G.H. Financials Selects Eventus Systems For Global Trade Surveillance - Validus Platform Also To Help Firm Comply With MiFID II Algorithmic Monitoring Requirements

Date 19/11/2020

Eventus Systems, Inc.<http://www.eventussystems.com/>, an award-winning global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that G.H. Financials<https://www.ghfinancials.com/en> (GHF) has selected Eventus to meet its trade surveillance needs worldwide. The London-based exchange-traded derivatives clearing firm will deploy the cloud-based version of the Eventus Validus platform beginning in early 2021.

Nasdaq to Acquire Verafin, Creating A Global Leader In The Fight Against Financial Crime

Date 19/11/2020

• Accelerates Nasdaq’s ongoing evolution into a leading SaaS technology provider.
• Combines Nasdaq’s global reach and established regulatory technology leadership with Verafin’s innovative anti-money laundering and fraud platform and client breadth.
• Enhances Nasdaq’s performance and potential, with Verafin’s cloud products delivering ~30% compound annual recurring revenue growth, or ARR1, within a US$13 billion addressable market.
• Strengthens Verafin as a center of innovation and technology within the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and an economic leader in St. John’s.

The European Central Bank Chooses SIA And Colt To Connect To Eurosystem Market Infrastructures

Date 19/11/2020

• The two companies will provide the ECB with connectivity services
• To the payments (TARGET2 and TIPS) and securities (TARGET2-Securities) settlement platforms and the ECMS via a single access interface 
• The Eurosystem Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG)

LME Chairman Gay Huey Evans And CSO Georgina Hallett Recognised As “Global Inspirational Women In Mining”

Date 19/11/2020

The London Metal Exchange (LME) Chairman, Gay Huey Evans OBE, and Chief Sustainability Officer, Georgina Hallett, have been selected to feature in the 2020 edition of “100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining” (WIM100).

Fintech Convergence Council (FCC) Partners With Monetary Authority Of Singapore (MAS) To Host Singapore Fintech Festival In December 2020

Date 19/11/2020

Fintech Convergence Council (FCC) after successfully hosting the largest Virtual Fintech Conference - Global Fintech Fest in the month of July 2020, has now partnered with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) as Global Satellite Event Partner for Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) to host the India leg of   Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), in December 2020 for the second edition of its SFF x SWITCH event in collaboration with Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology.

Eurex: Trading EURO STOXX 50 Dividend And Total Return Futures In Uncertain Times

Date 19/11/2020

As investors sought to hedge income returns amid widespread cuts in company payouts trading in listed derivatives tied to index dividends in the Eurozone reached records this year – to this conclusion comes a current Qontigo blog post.

Shanghai International Energy Exchange Has Released Its Announcement Of Market Makers For Bonded Copper Futures

Date 19/11/2020

Shanghai International Energy Exchange has released its Announcement of Market Makers for Bonded Copper Futures as follows:

In accordance with the Market-Making Management Rules of Shanghai International Energy Exchange, Shanghai International Energy Exchange announces 15 market makers for bonded copper futures as follows:

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: SFF x SWITCH 2020 To Feature 40 Global Satellite Events And 24-Hour Online Experience

Date 19/11/2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Enterprise Singapore (ESG) announced today that more than 40 global satellite events will take place across the world as part of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) x Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology (SWITCH) 2020.