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  • Themis Appoints New Chairman Following Closure Of Pre-Series A Funding Round

    Date 06/02/2023

    Matthew Hurn OBE has been appointed as Chairman of award-winning digital financial crime platform Themis. This follows Themis’ announcement last week of successfully overfunding in their Pre-Series A round, raising a total of £3.1 million. Effective 1st February, Hurn succeeds Richard Reid, who retires after serving as Chairman for the past three years. Reid remains on the Advisory Board as a trusted Senior Advisor.

  • HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

    Date 06/02/2023

    Highlights

    - Securities Market

    • Market capitalisation was $39.0 trillion at the end of January 2023, an increase of 9 per cent from $35.7 trillion at the end of December 2022.
    • The average daily turnover in January 2023 was $140.0 billion, an increase of 3 per cent when compared with $135.5 billion in December 2022, and an increase of 9 per cent from $128.6 billion for the same period last year.
    • The average daily turnover of ETFs in January 2023 was $13.6 billion, an increase of 92 per cent when compared with $7.1 billion for the same period last year.
    • The average daily turnover of L&I Products in January 2023 was $2.5 billion, an increase of 108 per cent when compared with $1.2 billion for the same period last year.
    • There were 10 newly listed companies in January 2023, compared with 4 for the same period last year.

  • Year In Review 2022: Record-Breaking Year For Financial Sector Jobs In England And Wales

    Date 06/02/2023

    • Financial services vacancies in London were up 27.4% on 2021
    • Q1 2022 was the peak quarter for jobs in the Fintech sector
    • Vacancies for IT professionals sought-after despite decrease of -9.3%
    • Radius Payment Solutions was the busiest Fintech firm in 2022

  • Time Running Out For Buy-Side On SEC MiFID II No-Action Letter Expiry - Latest Substantive Research Survey Shows The Markets Are Unprepared For Iminent Structural Changes Impacting The Investment Research Industry From Summer 2023

    Date 06/02/2023

    • Asset managers are increasingly doubtful that brokers will solve research payment challenges by becoming Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) - 73% now do not expect US brokers to register as RIAs (vs. 33% in Aug 2022).
    • On the likelihood of European asset managers solving the issue by creating structures to generate commissions from trading, the number of firms that will ‘definitely not adapt their processes’ rose to 43% from 36% last year.
    • On US brokers being paid via their European business units as a solution to the problem, 60% of respondents thought this the most likely outcome (unchanged from last year), but the number saying this would not work grew from 11% to 23%. 

  • Cryptoasset Firms Marketing To UK Consumers Must Get Ready For Financial Promotions Regime

    Date 06/02/2023

    All cryptoasset firms marketing to UK consumers, including firms based overseas, will soon need to comply with the new UK financial promotions regime. Firms must start preparing now for this regime. We will take robust action against firms breaching these requirements.