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UK Financial Conduct Authority Issues Warning Letter To Banks Over Anti-Money Laundering Failings

Date 13/07/2021

Retail banks have been issued a warning by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about continuing weaknesses and failings surrounding their financial crime controls.

IQ-EQ Appoints Andy Mallet As New Head Of Operations

Date 13/07/2021

IQ-EQ is pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Mallet as IQ-EQ Jersey’s new Head of Operations, as it continues to strengthen its already significant Jersey industry presence.

Invesco Expands Its Responsible ETF Range To Capture Positive ESG Momentum In Emerging Markets

Date 13/07/2021

Today’s listing of the Invesco MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Universal Screened UCITS ETF is the latest addition to the firm’s range of passive ESG funds. Investors now have a wide choice of eight regional and global exposures that apply a consistent set of exclusions and are designed to increase holdings in companies that have robust and improving credentials around various ESG issues.

SIX Strengthens ETF And Managed Data Service Offering With Acquisition Of ULTUMUS

Date 13/07/2021

SIX is acquiring ULTUMUS LTD, the international London-based index and ETF data specialist. The acquisition aims at enhancing SIX’s data offering and to support its overall strategy to bring new data to its clients in a fast growing market, making trading in ETFs more transparent and efficient for customers. The transaction closed yesterday, 12 July 2021. Financial terms of the acquisition are not disclosed.

Spectrum Markets: Q2 Trading Volumes Grow 86% On Previous Year

Date 13/07/2021

• 182m securitised derivatives traded in Q2 2021 compared to 98m in Q2 2020
• First half volumes increased 146% year-on-year
• Most traded underlyings were OMX 30, DAX 30 and S&P 500

Shanghai Stock Exchange Amends Guidelines For Reviewing Issuance And Listing Of Specific Types Of Corporate Bonds

Date 13/07/2021

In order to implement the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on striving to achieve the goal of peak carbon dioxide emission and carbon neutralization, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and connect with the rural revitalization, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has amended the SSE No. 2 Guidelines for Review Rules on Issuance and Listing of Corporate Bonds -- Specific Types of Corporate Bonds (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines for Specific Bonds). The added items including "carbon-neutrality green corporate bonds", "blue bonds" and, "corporate bonds of rural revitalization" rationalized some regulatory requirements.

Exchange Data International Announces Partnership With XTAL Strategies - The Exclusive Partnership Aims To Launch New And Compliant Benchmarks On Unlisted Private Market Investments

Date 13/07/2021

Exchange Data International (EDI), a leading provider of global security corporate actions, pricing, and reference data services, has announced an exclusive partnership with XTAL Strategies, with the aim to support XTAL’s new regulated private market benchmark initiative.

Fully Implement Scientific Regulation And Classified Regulation And Focus On Cultivating A Group Of High-Quality Listed Companies -- Evaluation Results On Information Disclosure By Shenzhen Stock Exchange-Listed Companies Released

Date 13/07/2021

SZSE recently completed the evaluation of information disclosure by companies listed on the Main Board and the ChiNext Board in 2020. Among the 2,350 SZSE-listed companies evaluated, 417 received an A, accounting for 17.74%, 1,529 received a B, accounting for 65.06%, 308 received a C, accounting for 13.11%, and 96 received a D, accounting for 4.09%. Compared to the last evaluation period, the number of companies receiving an A or B rose by 1.43%, while that of companies obtaining a C or D declined by 1.43%, indicating a stable improvement in the overall quality of information disclosure by SZSE-listed companies.

Verafide Launches UK’s First Open Source Solution For Verifiable Credentials - Engineered By SETL, Verafide Allows Organisations, Networks And Individual Users To Simply And Securely Issue, Hold, Verify And Share Digital ID And Credentials

Date 13/07/2021

Verafide, a verifiable credentials technology provider for issuers, holders and verifiers of digital credentials and ID, today announced the launch of their platform on the SETL enterprise blockchain.  The open source solution enables any community, network or organisation to set up and maintain a digital credentials ecosystem.

Leading North American Stock Exchange Adopts Chronicle’s FIX Engine - High Performance Chronicle FIX Provides Markets’ Lowest Latency And Highest Throughput Connectivity To Exchange Clients

Date 13/07/2021

Chronicle Software (Chronicle), a specialist provider of low-latency technology solutions for the financial services industry, announced today that a prominent North American exchange has implemented their market leading FIX engine to provide low-latency connectivity to their clients.