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Statement By The Bank Of England On Enhancing The UK Bank Resolution Regime

Date 11/01/2024

The Bank of England welcomes the consultation paper on Enhancing the Special Resolution Regime issued today by HM Treasury and supports measures to continue to enhance the UK bank resolution regime.

ESMA And NCAs To Coordinate Supervisory Activities On MiFID II Pre-Trade Controls

Date 11/01/2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has launched a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with National Competent Authorities (NCAs), with the objective of assessing the implementation of pre-trade controls (PTCs) by EU investment firms using algorithmic trading techniques.

Two Leading ESG Businesses Merge Under New Brand, Holtara To Serve Private Markets

Date 11/01/2024

• Holtara combines advisory and platform services to deliver world-class ESG solutions across the investment lifecycle  
• Holtara is backed by the strength of the global Apex Group with $3trn in assets serviced and circa 13,000 people globally
• The Holtara business already services over 400 GP's and LP's and has assessed over 3,000 companies globally. The team comprises 150+ ESG, climate, sustainability and impact specialists speaking 15+ languages
• Holtara goes beyond typical ESG reporting providers to help businesses improve sustainability performance year on year
• “We believe in driving real change, moving beyond the tick-box approach to ESG to transform and improve” says Holtara MD Emma Bickerstaffe

Anima Alternative SGR Deploys Kepler Cheuvreux Analytics Suite Via FlexTRADER EMS

Date 11/01/2024

• Sophisticated KCx analytics offering seamlessly available in FlexTRADER EMS.
• With its API Analytical Suite, KCx increases transparency and allows clients a direct look at the quantitative analysis that KCx incorporates into their own algorithmic strategies.

Securities Commission Malaysia Charges Pixelvest Director With Money Laundering Involving RM164.5 Mln

Date 11/01/2024

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today charged Chin Wai Lan (Sophia Chin), director of Pixelvest Sdn Bhd (Pixelvest), with money laundering offences involving more than RM164.5 million. 

Employment By FinTech Enterprises Grows By 24% Over Two Years As FinTech Scotland Reaches Its Sixth Anniversary

Date 11/01/2024

• 24% increase in FinTech SME jobs in the Scottish fintech cluster since 2021
• Fintech SMEs now employ in excess of 10,500 people across 226 enterprises
• Over 38% of fintech enterprises have reached scale-up stage creating more employment opportunities

Argentina’s CSD Caja de Valores Adopts Nasdaq Technology To Modernize The Country’s Post-Trade Infrastructure

Date 11/01/2024

• Argentina’s Central Securities Depository (CSD) has successfully launched its new technology platform
• Rapidly accelerated launch timetable secures the platform’s ability to meet significant increase in volumes

Broadridge And Boring Money Collaborate To Deliver Consumer Duty Solution For Asset Managers - Unparalleled, Holistic Insights Created For Asset Managers And Fund Boards From Combined Product And Consumer Data Sets

Date 11/01/2024

Boring Money, a financial data and insights business, has collaborated with global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) to provide a single source of data and insights for asset managers that combines product analysis with consumer perspective to holistically address the requirements of the UK's Consumer Duty regulation.

Temenos Launches End-To-End SaaS Services For Retail, Business And Corporate Banking For Faster Time To Value - New Temenos Enterprise Services With Over 120 Pre-Configured Products, Processes And 700 APIs Now Enable Banks To Drastically Reduce Modernization Cost, Complexity And Risk And Dramatically Accelerate Time To Value

Date 11/01/2024

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today launched end-to-end Temenos Enterprise Services on Temenos Banking Cloud to enable banks to deploy software solutions in just 24 hours and significantly reduce modernization costs. With these Enterprise Services with over 120 pre-packaged banking products, predefined customer journeys, and over 700 pre-configured APIs, Temenos brings a functional end-to-end system to banks enabling them to rapidly launch new business lines or progressively modernize their legacy systems. Temenos Enterprise Services offer banks a faster time to market, enable growth and quickly deliver value. 

Wilshire Indexes Adds Nikkei Inc. As Long-Term Strategic Investor

Date 11/01/2024

Wilshire Indexes, a leading global benchmark platform, and Nikkei Inc., a world-renowned media brand for Asian News and calculator of the Nikkei 225, today announced that Nikkei has made a strategic investment in Wilshire Indexes to accelerate the expansion and adoption of the global benchmark platform.