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Apex Group Issues New Holdco PIK Notes With An Incremental $1.1bn From Carlyle And Goldman Sachs

Date 24/06/2024

Apex Group Ltd. (“Apex”) has announced global investment firm Carlyle’s Global Credit business (“Carlyle”) and Goldman Sachs Private Credit (“Goldman Sachs”), have jointly committed in excess of $1.1bn into the global financial services provider. This commitment endorses Apex’s sustainable growth strategy, following the successful integration of a number of previous acquisitions, continued strong organic growth and technological innovations.

ICE To Launch Treasury Clearing Service To Increase Transparency And Enhance Resilience In The U.S. Treasury Market

Date 24/06/2024

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced it will leverage its proven track record and expertise in central clearing and the fixed income market to launch a clearing service for all U.S. Treasury securities and repurchasing agreements. This follows the recent announcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandating for the expansion of U.S. Treasury securities clearing to enhance resilience in the market.

Eurex Clearing Also Joins Second Wave Of ECB Trials On New Technologies For Settlement

Date 24/06/2024

Eurex Clearing is actively participating in the second wave of the Eurosystem’s exploratory work on new technologies for wholesale central bank digital money settlement. These trials aim to explore the potential of distributed ledger technology (DLT).

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In The ETFs Industry In Asia Pacific (Ex-Japan) Reached A New Record High Of 899.65 Billion US Dollars At The End Of May

Date 24/06/2024

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFsecosystem, reported today that assets invested in the ETFs industry in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) reached a new record high of US$899.65 billion at the end of May. ETFs industry in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) gathered net inflows of US$8.61 billion during May, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$118.00 billion, according to ETFGI's May 2024 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

BME Launches Three New Analytics Products With Information On Market Participant Activity

Date 24/06/2024

•  Flow Analytics & HHI Insights provides metrics that allow clients to better understand the behaviour of BME's markets at the order level
•  The Broker Own Ranking service will provide each market member with metrics such as the daily ranking of their trading against the rest of the market

UK Financial Conduct Authority Takes Action Against Three Individuals From SVS Securities For Mistreatment Of Pension Funds

Date 24/06/2024

Demetrios Hadjigeorgiou and David Stephen have referred their Decision Notices to the Upper Tribunal where they will each present their respective cases. Any findings in these individuals’ Decision Notices and the descriptions of those findings in this press release are therefore provisional and reflect the FCA’s belief as to what occurred and how it considers their behaviour is to be characterised.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In Actively Managed ETFs Listed Globally Reached A New Record High Of 889.03 Billion US Dollars At The End Of May

Date 24/06/2024

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in actively managed ETFs listed globally reached a new record high of US$889.03 billion at the end of May. Actively managed ETFs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$27.53 billion during May, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$125.11 billion, according to ETFGI's May 2024 Active ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Delta Capita Appoints Nick Frost As Global Chief Financial Officer

Date 24/06/2024

Delta Capita, a leading global financial services consulting, managed services, and technology provider, today announces the appointment of Nick Frost as Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO). 

REGnosys Contributes Regulatory Reporting Language Rune To FINOS, The Fintech Open Source Foundation

Date 24/06/2024

REGnosys, the collaboration platform for regulatory reporting, has successfully contributed the language underpinning its digital regulatory reporting solution to the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the financial services umbrella of the Linux Foundation. 

Welcoming Remarks, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller, At The 2024 International Journal Of Central Banking Conference, Rome, Italy

Date 24/06/2024

Thank you, Stefano, and thank you to the Central Bank of Italy (CBI) for hosting this year's conference.

When it is in the news, central banking often looks like the work of individual policymakers handing down their decisions. In fact, it is a team effort of many people working together, and that is also the case for editing the International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) and planning this conference. I have a long list of people to thank who did the lion's share of that work during the year that I have served as managing editor. But for those who may not know it, let me first review the history of the journal and then discuss what this conference will address.