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RBC Investor & Treasury Services Appoints Erik Morgan As Head Of Global Due Diligence

Date 29/01/2018

RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS), part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), today announced the appointment of Erik Morgan as Managing Director, Head of Global Due Diligence.

European Commission: Press Statement By Michel Barnier Following The General Affairs Council (Article 50) On The Adoption Of Negotiating Directives On Transitional Arrangements

Date 29/01/2018

Ladies and gentlemen,

Allow me to say a few words on these new negotiation directives:

The EU position is very clear: the transition will last for 21 months, until 31 December 2020.

Brexit: European Commission Receives Mandate To Begin Negotiations With The United Kingdom On Transitional Arrangements

Date 29/01/2018

The European Commission welcomes today's decision by the General Affairs Council (Article 50) to allow negotiations to begin on possible transitional arrangements following the United Kingdom's orderly withdrawal from the European Union.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Warns Of Increased Risk Of Online Investment Fraud, As Investors Lose £87k A Day To Binary Options Scams

Date 29/01/2018

• Over £87,000 lost to binary options scams every day in the UK
• Under 25s are six times more likely to trust an investment offer made via social media, compared to those aged 55+
• Online overtakes phone as most common contact method for investment fraudsters

Volante Technologies And BNY Mellon Collaborate On Payments Technology Innovation

Date 29/01/2018

Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of payments and financial messages, announced today that it has been collaborating with BNY Mellon on creating and deploying technology to enable real-time payments in the US and internationally.

12 Solactive Benchmarks Used As The Basis For 12 New ETFs Issued By Mackenzie Investments

Date 29/01/2018

Mackenzie Investments, a leading investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, announced the launch of 12 ETFs this week, all of which will be tracking Solactive benchmark indices. These indices are part of a growing range of Solactive benchmarks aimed at providing broad-based access to different segments of the equity and fixed-income markets with country, regional, and global exposure through market- cap-weighted strategies.

OpenDoor $10M Funding Round To Support Platform Innovation

Date 29/01/2018

OpenDoor Securities LLC (“OpenDoor”), the first all-to-all marketplace for illiquid US Treasuries, has completed a third $10 million investment round. The funds will help to accelerate its rapid business expansion by hiring additional experienced sales and marketing executives and introducing a series of major enhancements to the award-winning platform.

CloudMargin Named To List Of 100 Most Influential FinTech Companies For 2018

Date 29/01/2018

CloudMargin <https://cloudmargin.com/#utm_source=Press&utm_medium=Release>, the multi-award winning creator of the world's first web-based collateral and margin management solution, announced today that the firm has been named to Harrington Starr's Definitive List of the 100 Most Influential FinTech Companies for 2018. The list includes a mix of start-ups and well-known companies in the financial technology space. The full list of financial technology companies expected to create a significant impact in 2018 was just published in the first quarter issue of The Financial Technologist <https://oliver-dev.s3.amazonaws.com/2018/01/22/13/40/08/764/TFT%20Q1%202018%20FINAL%20LOW.pdf> magazine.

TASE Launches 6 New Tel-Bond Indices - Four Indices Are Rating-Based And Two Are Sector-Based: Tel Bond-Shekel Banks & Insurance Index And Tel Bond-CPI Linked Real Estate Index

Date 29/01/2018

S&P Global Ratings: Global Green Bond Issuance Is Expected To Shoot Up Further, Report Says

Date 29/01/2018

S&P Global Ratings said today that strengthening green bond market fundamentals are likely to fuel about a 30% increase in self-labeled instruments globally in 2018, in a report published 

today, "Green Bond Issuance Is Expected To Shoot Up Further."