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SEC: ICO “Listing” Website Charged With Unlawfully Touting Digital Asset Securities

Date 14/07/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against the operator of Coinschedule.com, a once-popular website that profiled offerings of digital asset securities.  The SEC’s order finds that United Kingdom-based Blotics Ltd. violated the anti-touting provisions of the federal securities laws by failing to disclose the compensation it received from issuers of the digital asset securities it profiled.

Global X ETFs US Releases Three Thematic ETFs On A Single Day Giving Investors Exposure To Future Technologies

Date 14/07/2021

Popularity amongst investors for thematic investment strategies remains high. According to CNBC, assets in thematic ETFs have hit $133 billion, up from $27 billion before the pandemic. As one of the key players in the field of thematic investing, Global X ETFs US releases three new ETFs on one single day, all of which track companies operating on technologies that are expected to shape the planet’s future. The three ETFs are the Global X Hydrogen ETF, the Global X AgTech & Food Innovation ETF, and the Global X Blockchain ETF. All ETFs track Solactive indices as their underlying, respectively, and started trading at NASDAQ on July 14th, 2021.

MOEX To Launch Quarterly Options On US Stock Index Futures

Date 14/07/2021

On 20 July 2021 MOEX will launch trading in options on US stock index futures.

BIS: Stress-Testing Banks For Climate Change – A Comparison Of Practices

Date 14/07/2021

Global and national financial authorities are increasingly taking action to require the financial industry to assess and manage climate risks. To this end, they have launched stress tests for banks and more exercises are planned for the near future. The use of stress tests is an important step forward in dealing with climate risks as these tests are useful for sizing, even if only approximately, potential impacts of climate risks.

Europex: ‘Fit For 55’ Package: A Coherent, Competitive And Innovation-Friendly Market Framework Needed To Drive 2030 Decarbonisation Efforts

Date 14/07/2021

Europex welcomes the publication of the ‘Fit for 55’ package as an important step to align European climate and energy legislation with the agreed target of at least 55% net emission reductions by 2030. The legislative proposals published today underline the common understanding that competitive energy and emissions markets must drive decarbonisation efforts at least cost to the energy system and consumers while ensuring a high level of competition and innovation. We therefore welcome proposals to strengthen the EU ETS and bolster its role as the central instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. Coherence is needed across the entire package, for example ensuring that national support schemes do not undermine the efficient functioning of energy and emissions markets. We comment below on selected proposals.

GreenVolt Lists On Euronext Lisbon

Date 14/07/2021

• €150 million raised

• Market capitalisation of over €500 million

• 35th listing of a cleantech company on Euronext in 2021

• 118th listing on Euronext in 2021

Navigating The Economy Through The Covid Crisis - Speech By Dave Ramsden, Bank Of England, Deputy Governor, Markets and Bank - Given At The Strand Group, King’s Business School

Date 14/07/2021

Dave Ramsden looks at the impact of Covid on the UK economy and how it has affected our forecasts. Then he talks about what might happen next and the path for future policy.

Vitesse Selects Alessa By Tier1 Financial Solutions To Enable Secure Real-Time Global Transactions

Date 14/07/2021

Alessa by Tier1 Financial Solutions, a leading provider of client relationship management (“CRM”), AML compliance and fraud prevention solutions, has been selected by Vitesse, a FCA and European (DNB) regulated provider of seamless international payments and innovative treasury management solutions.

ETFGI Reports Assets Are A Record US$9.35 Trillion And Net Inflows A Record US$660.73 Billion For The Global ETFs Industry At End Of First Half 2021

Date 14/07/2021

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reports that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a record US$9.35 trillion at the end of first half of 2021. ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$88.50 billion during June, bringing year-to-date net inflows to record US$660.73 billion which is higher than the prior record of US$293.69 billion gathered at this point last year.  US$1.028 trillion in net inflows have been gathered in the past 12 months.  Assets invested in the global ETFs/ETPs industry grew by 17% in the first half of 2021 going from US$7.99 trillion at the end of 2020, to US$9.35 trillion at the end of June, according to ETFGI's June 2021 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, a monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Mercury Derivatives Trading Renews Contract With Trading Technologies And Expands Use Of TT® Platform Services

Date 14/07/2021

Mercury Derivatives Trading (Mercury), a Hertshten Group portfolio company, and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, today announced Mercury has renewed its contract with TT for use of the TT trading platform.