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Global Giants And European Regional Specialists Shine In The Annual Broadridge Distribution Achievement Awards Presented Online At The ALFI Rentrée

Date 17/09/2020

BlackRock, JP Morgan Asset Management and Robeco were the major category winners of the 2020 Broadridge Distribution Achievement Awards. At this week’s ALFI Rentrée virtual conference, the winners of each category were announced via a daily video.

Mansour bin Zayed: The UAE Is A Land Of Opportunity And Success For All

Date 17/09/2020

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, affirmed that the UAE continues to provide various means of support to the business sector by providing flexible economic legislation to help the sector respond to the current challenges and overcome this exceptional period.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Hosts Capital Hotels Plc To Maiden Virtual Facts Behind The Figures Presentation

Date 17/09/2020

Capital Hotels Plc addressed capital market stakeholders with a Facts Behind the Figures presentation hosted by The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) on Wednesday, 16 September 2020. This marked the first virtual edition in the series since The Exchange transitioned to remote trading in March 2020.

Allica Bank Secures £26m Investment And Launches £100m Fundraise

Date 17/09/2020

• Allica Bank has secured £26m in follow-on funding from existing investors
• The bank has had over £1bn of loan enquiries in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic
• To build the leading SME challenger bank for the decade ahead and help meet surging demand, Allica Bank has announced the launch of a £100m funding round

Private Equity Employment Totalled 10.5 Million People - 4.5% Of The Total European Workforce - In 2018, Adding Jobs 5 Times Faster Than European Average

Date 17/09/2020

• Private equity backed firms added over 173,000 jobs in 2018, 5.5% employment growth
• First ever report underlines industry’s key role in employment and job creation

Deutsche Börse Acquires Majority Position In Quantitative Brokers, Strengthening Its Strategic Focus On The Buy Side

Date 17/09/2020

• Deutsche Börse to secure majority stake in Quantitative Brokers LLC, an independent provider of advanced execution algorithms and data-driven analytics for global futures, options, and interest rate markets
• The leading fintech company is well integrated into the buy side value chain. Its growing global client base will add further momentum to Deutsche Börse’s buy side focused initiatives
• Quantitative Brokers’ cofounders, Christian Hauff and Robert Almgren, will continue to lead the company and hold significant personal stakes

Push Technology Partners With Innova Solutions - Push Technology’s Diffusion® To Be Deployed At Financial Services And Healthcare Organizations Where Kafka Usage Is High

Date 17/09/2020

Push Technology, the pioneer and leader in real-time data streaming and messaging solutions, today announced a partnership with Innova Solutions, an ACS Solutions company, specializing in global information technology services. Innova Solutions provides a wide range of digital transformation services for their clients including: data lifecycle services such as analytics and Robotic Process Automation (RPA); real-time application development, and cloud enablement and migration. 

Moscow Exchange: More Than Half A Million Russian Residents Invest In ETFs

Date 17/09/2020

On 17 September 2020, MOEX celebrates the two-year anniversary of trading in Russian-law ETFs.

BidFX Releases Flagship FX Desktop Trading Application On OpenFin

Date 17/09/2020

BidFX, the leading cloud-based provider of electronic foreign exchange trading solutions, today announced a significant addition to its product range delivered via OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance. 

Vienna Stock Exchange: International Segment Global Market With Over 40 New European Blue Chips

Date 17/09/2020

As of today, the Vienna Stock Exchange's international segment global market is expanding by 42 European shares. Fans of international stocks will find companies from a wide range of sectors such as the multi-country stock exchange Euronext (which operates the stock exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Oslo and Paris), the German biotech CureVac (currently developing a Covid-19 vaccine), the French luxury goods manufacturer Christian Dior as well as the global expert in the water and waste sector Suez. In total, the global market now offers a selection of 717 securities from 26 countries. Both private and institutional investors respond positively to the offer. Sales have increased by half over the course of 2020 (01-08 2020: EUR 2.12 bn; 01-08 2019: EUR 1.43 bn). The most actively traded stock on the global market at the end of August 2020 is the Austrian ams (primary listing in Switzerland) with EUR 101.7 m, followed by Tesla (EUR 76.3 m) and Arcelormittal (EUR 50.6 m).