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Spectrum Markets: European Retail Investors Lean Bearish On British Pound In March

Date 11/04/2024

• Spectrum's SERIX sentiment index for Euro against British Pound reached 117 points
• Meanwhile SERIX sentiment for the Pound against Japanese Yen hit 95 and remained close to neutral against US Dollar
• SERIX data reflects retail investor sentiment following recent Bank of England rates decisions

Metavault Deploys Mercuryo’s Intuitive On-Ramp Solution To Power DeFi Services

Date 11/04/2024

Global payments infrastructure provider Mercuryo has partnered with Metavault, a cross-chain decentralised finance (DeFi) hub, to provide a seamless on-ramp service, enabling the platform’s growing user base to convert fiat currency into digital tokens.

Liquidnet Announces Record Volume And Participation For New Issue Trading In Q1 - Fixed Income Business Sees New Issues Trading Volume Hit $3.5bn In First Three Months Of The Year

Date 11/04/2024

Liquidnet, a leading technology-driven agency execution specialist, today announced record trading volumes through its New Issue Trading (NIT) protocol and a record number of users trading fixed income primary markets electronically in Q1 2024.

Kathrein Privatbank Relies On The MiFID II Trade Reporting Service Of The Vienna Stock Exchange

Date 11/04/2024

Kathrein Privatbank AG, one of Austria's leading private banks, is now relying on the TTR® II reporting service developed by the Vienna Stock Exchange. The financial institution is already the 25th company to use the IT application. The standardised technical IT solution supports financial market participants in the regulation-compliant and efficient publication of over-the-counter (OTC) transactions and the reporting of orders and quotes for securities firms. Since 2018, the Vienna Stock Exchange has been the largest provider of a MiFID II-compliant Advanced Publication Agreement (APA) solution for all asset classes in German-speaking countries. Registered transactions are distributed to vendors worldwide via the existing data distribution infrastructure ADH of the Vienna Stock Exchange and thus published.

Appital Hires Former HSBC High Touch Sales Trader John Coules - Coules Joins The Business Development Team As Appital Continues To Gain Traction, Reaching $4.0bn Of Buyside Liquidity

Date 11/04/2024

Appital, the peer-to-peer price discovery and liquidity sourcing technology for asset managers, today announced the appointment of John Coules to the Appital business development team. A former HSBC high tough sales trader, John Coules joins Appital at a time when the business is experiencing significant growth, reaching $4.0bn of buyside liquidity since the launch of Appital Insights™ in September 2023.

Amplifying The Voice Of RegTechs: Encompass Corporation Joins RegTech Platform From Innovate Finance And City Of London Corporation

Date 11/04/2024

Innovate Finance, City of London Corporation and Encompass Corporation are among the industry-leading bodies and vendors that have formed a RegTech Platform to supercharge industry acceleration, tackle key challenges and give a strong voice to RegTech providers.

The Council Of Experts Concerning The Follow-Up Of Japan's Stewardship Code And Japan's Corporate Governance Code: Twenty-Ninth Meeting

Date 11/04/2024

Meeting material and minutes will be published on FSA website.

Publication Of JPX Working Paper, Vol.42 "Impact Of Optimization Of The Tick Size For TOPIX Mid 400 Constituents"

Date 11/04/2024

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) today published JPX Working Paper, Vol.42 "Impact of optimization of the tick size for TOPIX Mid 400 constituents".
* This Japanese version was released on January 31, 2024.

Japan Financial Services Agency: Twentieth Meeting Of The "Council For Cooperation On Financial Stability"

Date 11/04/2024

On April 11, 2024, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held the twentieth meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" to exchange views on the current situation of the financial system and the market among senior officials, including the Commissioner of the FSA and the Deputy Governors of the BOJ.

ASIC Consults On Misconduct Reporting Guidance For External Administrators And Controllers

Date 11/04/2024

ASIC has today released a consultation paper on proposed updates to its regulatory guidance for external administrators and controllers when reporting and lodging statutory reports about alleged misconduct.