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FESE: Realising The Capital Markets Union Ambition

Date 13/04/2023

Improving European capital markets requires a holistic look at legislation to ensure they have the lowest cost of capital accompanied with the highest depth of liquidity. The major reforms currently being discussed by the co-legislators are a true opportunity to strengthen capital markets and increase their attractiveness and resilience, which are critical to fostering economic growth in an increasingly volatile and uncertain macroeconomic environment.

Global X Launches ETF In Australia Tracking Solactive Australia ex Financials Materials And Energy Capped Index

Date 13/04/2023

Solactive is pleased to announce another collaboration with Global X in Australia, providing the asset manager with the Solactive Australia ex Financials Materials and Energy Capped Index, which serves as underlying for the new Global X Australia ex Financials & Resources ETF. Traditionally, amongst the top 200 largest listed companies on the ASX, the most represented industries have been financial services, basic materials, and energy, with an average combined weight of almost 50%. The Solactive Australia ex Financials Materials and Energy Capped Index excludes these three sectors from its selection in order to provide greater exposure to relatively smaller companies with potentially higher growth perspectives. Accordingly, the new Global X ETF provides investors with a new solution to gain a different kind of market exposure with greater focus on other important  areas of the Australian economy, such as consumption, healthcare, or technology.   

Top US-Based Bank Selects Temenos For Core Banking Modernization In The Cloud - Regions Bank Adopting The Temenos Banking Cloud To Modernize Deposit System And Elevate The Customer Experience

Date 13/04/2023

Further to the press release issued on 29 March 2023 (link), Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced that Regions Bank, a top  bank in the US, has selected Temenos to modernize its legacy systems for customers’ records and deposits on the Temenos Banking Cloud. The move to software as a service (SaaS) will enable Regions Bank to deliver more seamless customer experiences and more personalized banking products and services designed to help consumers and businesses reach their financial goals.

Build A Communication Platform For State-Owned Capital And Support The Vigorous Development Of SOE Reform - “Shenzhen Stock Exchange Chuangxianghui” Becomes A New Model Of Capital Market Serving The Operation Of State-Owned Capital

Date 13/04/2023

On April 12, SZSE held the “Chuangxianghui” State-owned Capital Operation Management event. More than 40 people including officials of state-owned capital operation platforms, central state-owned enterprises (SOEs), local SOEs and local government departments, experts, scholars and representatives of intermediaries from Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen were invited to share views about how the capital market is serving the high-quality development of state-owned capital and SOEs.

Marex Announces Record FY 2022 Results - Successful Execution Of Growth Strategy And Proactive Risk Management Delivers Strong Growth In 2022, Marex Well-Positioned For 2023

Date 13/04/2023

Marex Group, the diversified global financial services platform, has today announced record full year results for the period to 31 December 2022. Strong growth in revenue and profit demonstrates the strength of the Group's global franchise, and ability to grow organically across all segments and geographies.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 13/04/2023

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange through its corporate stockbroker Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Citi) as part of the third tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 20 March 2023:

Physical Deliveries Of Oman Crude Oil On Dubai Mercantile Exchange Surge 18% During The First Quarter Of 2023

Date 13/04/2023

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the premier international energy futures exchange in the Middle East, delivered 63.77 million barrels of Omani crude via its exchange delivery mechanism in the first quarter of 2023. This was an increase of 18% from the 54.01 million barrels delivered in the same quarter of 2022.

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Notice On Adjustments To Margins And Price Limits For Some Contracts Of White Sugar Futures

Date 13/04/2023

According to Article 9 of the Measures for the Administration of Risk Control of Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange(ZCE) has decided upon discussion that from the settlement on April 19, 2023, the margins and price limits for White Sugar Futures 2307 and 2309 Contracts will be adjusted to 9% and ±8% respectively.

Statement By US Secretary Janet L. Yellen On Evolution Reforms By The World Bank Group Development Committee

Date 13/04/2023

"Six months ago during the Annual Meetings, I set forward a call to action to the multilateral development banks to evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities we face now. Today, the World Bank took an important step forward in that effort. Together, we are redoubling the World Bank’s work on global challenges like climate change, while advancing the Bank’s vital efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. The reforms affirmed by the Development Committee will sharpen the Bank’s mission, align its operations with our new goals, and help unlock as much as $50 billion in lending capacity over the coming decade to combat extreme poverty, boost economic growth, and build resilience in the face of global challenges like climate change, pandemics, and conflict and fragility."

Crypto Exchange Coinut Selects Coinbase Custody To Securely, Store And Insure Users’ Digital Assets

Date 13/04/2023

Security is one of the main fortes of Coinut as a cryptocurrency exchange. Following the recent high-profile incidents like the collapse of FTX and the crash of LUNA, the importance of having a robust security infrastructure has never been more evident. Having 9 years of being in the business, Coinut takes a step forward in keeping its clients’ digital assets or cryptocurrencies secured and ensured from cyber hacks and other causes of loss of funds by signing up with qualified and regulated cryptocurrency custodian, Coinbase Custody.