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ISDA Appoints Head Of Solutions Adoption

Date 08/01/2024

ISDA has announced the appointment of Ankit Jain as Head of Solutions Adoption, a new role that will spearhead ISDA’s drive to encourage broad adoption of its suite of mutualized industry solutions.

ACER Publishes Its Programming Document 2024-2026

Date 08/01/2024

ACER publishes its multi-annual work Programming Document 2024-2026 which sets out:

• ACER’s strategic goals and priorities in upcoming years;
• ACER’s 2024 annual work programme.

MIAX Exchange Group - Holiday Schedule - Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024

Date 08/01/2024

Please be advised the MIAX Options Exchange, MIAX Pearl Options Exchange, MIAX Emerald Options Exchange and MIAX Pearl Equities Exchange will be closed on Monday, January 15, 2024 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

A Good Start To 2024, With US$151m Inflows - CoinShares: Fund Flows

Date 08/01/2024

• Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling US$151m in the first week of 2024, bringing the total inflows since the Grayscale vs SEC lawsuit to US$2.3bn.
• Bitcoin saw the largest share of inflows at US$113m with total inflows over the last 9 weeks representing 3.2% of AuM. Conversely, short-bitcoin saw outflows for the first week of the year totalling US$1m.
• Blockchain equites have also had a good start to the year, seeing US$24m inflows over the last week.

Identity Fraud: BaFin Warns Consumers About The Websites freedominvestment.us And freedominvestment.de

Date 08/01/2024

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the websites freedominvestment.us and freedominvestment.de and the services they are offering. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operator is providing financial and investment services on these websites without the required authorisation. The operator refers to itself using the names Freedom Investments, FIT, FIT Freedom Investments Inc. German Branch, X-Trade Brokers, FIT S.A. and FIT Financial Services Inc. On the website freedominvestment.us, the operator claims to be supervised by BaFin. This is not the case.

BaFin Warns Consumers About The Website conceptmarkets.pro

Date 08/01/2024

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website conceptmarkets.pro. According to information available to BaFin, the operator is providing financial and investment services on this website without the required authorisation. The website allegedly offers consumers the opportunity to trade in currencies and derivatives.

EEX Now Provides REMIT Disclosure Services To Baltic-Finnish Gas Markets

Date 08/01/2024

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has successfully launched REMIT Inside Information Disclosure Services for Baltic-Finnish natural gas markets, previously offered by GET Baltic. The integration of these services into the EEX Transparency Platform follows EEX’s acquisition of the majority shareholding in GET Baltic and is the first joint accomplishment in the framework of the planned integration of the Baltic-Finnish gas markets into EEX. To date, 23 customers have signed up to use EEX’s reporting services for the Baltic-Finnish gas markets.

Vienna Stock Exchange: Financial New Year's Resolutions Easier To Realise With The Wiener Börse Akademie

Date 08/01/2024

With the turn of the year, personal goals come back into focus: improving one's own financial situation is often high on the New Year's resolutions list. The Wiener Börse Akademie helps to realise this resolution and offers the opportunity to raise one's own financial knowledge to a new level with 30 subject areas in around 100 courses. A special treat is available right at the start of the year: from 8 to 22 January 2024, there is a 15% discount on numerous offers as a New Year's bonus. The seminars and workshops cover a wide range of knowledge and are aimed at both beginners and professionals. The full programme of courses (in German) can be downloaded from the Vienna Stock Exchange website.

Nasdaq European Markets Sustains Its Strong Position In The SME Listings And Sustainable Debt Market In 2023

Date 08/01/2024

• Nasdaq European Markets welcomed 33 listings, including 7 initial public offerings (IPOs), raising a total of EUR 431 million risk capital and EUR 11.6 bn in secondary offerings
• Nasdaq celebrated its 130th company to transfer from Nasdaq First North Growth Market to Main Market

ESAs Consult On Draft Implementing Technical Standards Specifying Certain Tasks Of Collection Bodies And Certain Functionalities Of The European Single Access Point

Date 08/01/2024

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today published a Consultation Paper on the draft implementing technical standards (ITSs) regarding the tasks of the collection bodies and the functionalities of the European Single Access Point (ESAP). These ITSs and the requirements they set out are designed to enable future users to be able to effectively harness the comprehensive financial and sustainability information centralised on the ESAP. Stakeholders are encouraged to provide their feedback to this consultation by 8 March 2024.