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Versana Launches Digital Data Platform, Delivering The Modern Foundation To Transform The $5T Syndicated Loan Market

Date 13/12/2022

Versana today announced the launch of its industry-backed syndicated loan platform, bringing to market a new centralized solution that digitally captures agent banks’ deal data on a real-time basis, providing the modern foundation for future market innovation and collaboration. Versana connects banks, institutional lenders and their service providers to deliver transparency, efficiency and velocity to this $5 trillion market.

The EBA Publishes Its Roadmap On Sustainable Finance

Date 13/12/2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its roadmap outlining the objectives and timeline for delivering mandates and tasks in the area of sustainable finance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. The roadmap explains the EBA’s sequenced and comprehensive approach over the next three years to integrate ESG risks considerations in the banking framework and support the EU’s efforts to achieve the transition to a more sustainable economy.

CryptoCompare Exchange Review - November 2022: Binance Market Dominance Reaches New Highs Following FTX Collapse

Date 13/12/2022

In November, the crypto markets fell significantly after the collapse of one of its largest centralised exchanges, FTX. This resulted in a market wide sell-off, with Bitcoin falling 16.3% to $16,978. As a result, trading activity across centralised exchanges rose sharply, with spot and derivatives trading volume increasing by 13.7% and 10.1%, respectively in November.

BIS - Energy Markets: Shock, Economic Fallout And Policy Response

Date 13/12/2022

Key takeaways

• Commodity price increases this year have been larger, more persistent and more broad-based than similar past episodes of commodity price rises.
• The recent commodity price surge has exerted an overall stagflationary effect on the global economy, lowering growth and raising inflation.
• Given already high levels of inflation and of government debt, a coherent monetary and fiscal policy mix is needed even more than usual to navigate the policy challenges.

Amman Stock Exchange: Signing A Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) With Jerash University

Date 13/12/2022

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Jerash University that aims to improve the cooperative activities in various areas of mutual interest. The ASE's CEO Mr. Mazen Wathaifi, signed the agreement with Prof. Zyad AL-Rabie, Vice President for Jerash University.

NinjaTrader Wins Best Brokerage For Trading Futures At Benzinga Global Fintech Awards For Third Consecutive Year - Firm Also Honored For Most Transformative M&A

Date 13/12/2022

NinjaTrader Group, LLC, a global leader in futures brokerage for active traders, was named Best Brokerage for Trading Futures for the third consecutive year at the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards. The firm also took the honor for Most Transformative M&A following its acquisitions over the past two years of TransAct Futures, a futures commission merchant (FCM), and Tradovate Holdings, LLC, an online futures brokerage and technology firm dedicated to meeting the needs of active retail traders.

DTCC’S Alternative Investment Product Reaches New Milestone, Processing Over 500 Million Transactions Since Inception - AIP Has Been Building Momentum In The Industry With 8,000 Unique Funds Now Leveraging The Service

Date 13/12/2022

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that its Alternative Investment Product (AIP) service has reached a new milestone, successfully processing over 500 million transactions since its inception as service adoption continues to increase. Today, AIP has over 8,000 unique funds leveraging the automated service to modernize trading and post-trade reporting of alternative investment products.

Deutsche Börse Reaches New Milestone With 2,000 ETFs

Date 13/12/2022

As of today, 2,000 ETFs are tradable on Xetra for the first time. Deutsche Börse’s ETF segment has thus reached a new milestone. Back on 22 August 2012, Deutsche Börse was the first exchange in Europe to exceed the 1,000 listed ETF mark. Ten years later, the ETF product offering on Xetra still remains the largest among all European exchanges.

SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried With Defrauding Investors In Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX - Defendant Concealed His Diversion Of FTX Customers’ Funds To Crypto Trading Firm Alameda Research While Raising More Than $1.8 Billion From Investors

Date 13/12/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Samuel Bankman-Fried with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), the crypto trading platform of which he was the CEO and co-founder. Investigations as to other securities law violations and into other entities and persons relating to the alleged misconduct are ongoing.

ESMA Publishes Latest Edition Of Its Newsletter

Date 13/12/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published the November edition of its Spotlight on Markets Newsletter.