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Thatcham Research Selects LexisNexis Risk Solutions To Deliver Transformational Automotive Risk Intelligence To The U.K. Insurance Industry

Date 05/03/2024

In a major development for the U.K. insurance industry, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the data, advanced analytics and technology provider, has secured an exclusive strategic relationship with Thatcham Research, in the first contract of its kind with the insurer-funded automotive risk intelligence company. The strategic relationship is set to transform the accessibility, consistency and analytical power of Thatcham Vehicle Risk Data (VRD)i which is used to assign an industry-standard ABI Code and Group Rating score to vehicles. The VRD is integral to how insurers assess and rate risk for all wheels-based insurance products.

Securities And Futures Bureau And Taiwan Stock Exchange Shine Spotlight On Taiwan's Capital Market With Highly-Anticipated "Taiwan Day" In London

Date 05/03/2024

In early March, Chen-Shan Chang, Director-General of the Securities and Futures Bureau (the "SFB") and Sherman Lin, Chairman and CEO of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (the "TWSE") led a team to Europe, marking the first foreign investment attraction trip of the year. The visit included meetings with dozens of influential European institutions, ranging from exchanges, index companies, investment institutions, and large asset management firms. A much-anticipated highlight was the "Taiwan Day" event held on 5 March, which brought together over 50 prominent investors from the UK to gain insights into the latest market reform measures and the outlook for Taiwan's stock market.

PIMFA WealthTech And Morningstar Invite FinTechs To Showcase ESG Solutions At Morningstar Conference

Date 05/03/2024

• FinTechs invited to provide solutions around Sustainable Finance Reporting, verification and disclosure requirements.

Nasdaq Outlines Strategy To Deliver Next Phase Of Resilient And Scalable Growth

Date 05/03/2024

• Highlights enhanced value-creation opportunity following strategic pivot to a platform business with a more scalable, recurring, and profitable revenue profile
• Reaffirms medium-term outlook and provides 2024 priorities, including progress made to achieve synergy and deleveraging targets associated with Adenza integration
• Expects to action approximately 70% of targeted $80 million in net expense synergies ahead of plan, by the end of 2024
• Details accelerated deleveraging plan with intent to reach a 4.0x leverage ratio nine to twelve months before – and a 3.3x leverage ratio at least six months before – previously announced targets

ACER: Dutch And Norwegian Energy Regulators Request More Time To Agree On Electricity Cross-Zonal Risk Hedging Opportunities

Date 05/03/2024

On 18 February 2024, the Dutch National Regulatory Authority (NRA), Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), requested a six-month extension from ACER to adopt coordinated decisions with the Norwegian NRA, NVE-RME, on electricity cross-zonal risk hedging opportunities.

UK Financial Conduct Authority To Investigate Use Of Personal Guarantees In Certain Small Business Lending

Date 05/03/2024

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today committed to investigate the use of personal guarantees by lenders to support loans to certain small businesses. The steps come in response to a super complaint from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Borsa İstanbul Announces The Constituent Changes To The BIST Buyback Index For The March Of 2024

Date 05/03/2024

Borsa İstanbul announces the constituent changes to the BIST Buyback Index for the March of 2024

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Partners With Profidata To Grant Its Institutional Clients First-Time Ever Access To Trading And Custody Of Crypto Assets

Date 05/03/2024

• For the first time, institutional clients of Profidata shall gain access to easy, seamless and fully regulated crypto asset trading through Boerse Stuttgart Digital’s infrastructure
• This cooperation involves the solutions of Boerse Stuttgart Digital’s integrated portfolio: institutional brokerage and custody
• Profidata manages a total portfolio of +4.5 trillion euros for its clients with its investment management solution XENTIS

JP Jenkins Automates Broker Integration - Now Digital-First, Fully Scalable Venue - 46 UK Brokers Now Accessing Unlisted Assets

Date 05/03/2024

JP Jenkins (www.jpjenkins.com), the liquidity venue for unlisted assets, has this morning announced that more than 40 UK brokers are now accessing the platform, including 16 who have completed a full digital integration, allowing for buy and sell orders to now be lodged on a fully automated basis. This coincides with a move by the company to now prioritise electronic dealing to ensure maximum liquidity, transparency and scalability for the venue as it looks to harness a significant uptick in both issuer numbers and volumes traded. This coincides with a move by the company to now prioritise electronic dealing to ensure maximum liquidity, transparency and scalability for the venue as it looks to harness a significant uptick in both issuer numbers and volumes traded.

Deutsche Börse Launches Regulated Spot Platform For Crypto Assets

Date 05/03/2024

• Crypto trading on the new Deutsche Börse Digital Exchange (DBDX) for crypto assets goes live
• Regulated spot crypto asset trading platform is targeted at institutional clients 
• Crypto Finance and DBDX provide a complete crypto ecosystem and value chain for institutional trading, settlement, and custody of crypto assets