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Exegy And Vela Join Forces To Become Global Leader In Low Latency Market Data, Trading Platforms, And Predictive Signals

Date 20/05/2021

Exegy Incorporated, the market leader in low-latency solutions for global market data, predictive trading signals, and hardware-acceleration technology, and Vela Trading Systems LLC (Vela), a leading provider of data and execution technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, announced today that they have merged business operations in an agreement backed by Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm with over $7.5 billion of capital commitments under management. Operating as Exegy Incorporated, the combined company creates a dominant provider of premier data and execution platforms, anaged services for electronic trading powered by proprietary hardware-acceleration, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and service automation technologies.
Investing In Space Technology – Vontobel Releases Index Certificate Tracking The Solactive Space Technology Index

Date 20/05/2021

In the middle of the 20th century, the “race to space” was nosed out between nations, and no investors were able to engage commercially in this highly sensitive political affair. Nowadays, space technology offers various ways for investors to invest their money, from satellite technology to space tourism, with the latter currently standing on the verge of a breakthrough. Investment pioneer Vontobel now launched an index certificate that tracks the performance of companies active in space technology. All companies are comprised in a passive and rules-based index, the Solactive Space Technology Index, which utilizes Solactive’s ARTIS® technology to pick the most suitable constituents for the index.
Customers Bank Partners With Tassat To Implement A Blockchain-Based B2B Payments Network To Meet Needs Of Business Clients - Customers Bank To Join The TassatPay® Network To Drive Client And Deposit Growth While Providing Frictionless, Instantaneous Payments And Improved User Experiences

Date 20/05/2021

Customers Bank, a subsidiary of Customers Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:CUBI) a bank holding company, and Tassat, a global provider of blockchain technologies for digital payments, today announced that Customers Bank will use Tassat’s proprietary platform TassatPay® Network, which features real-time B2B payments and integration of digital and legacy payment rails. The partnership will deliver enhanced payments functionality for the bank’s business clients and low-cost core deposit growth for the bank.
Federal Reserve Board Releases Results Of Survey Of Senior Financial Officers At Banks About Their Strategies And Practices For Managing Reserve Balances

Date 20/05/2021

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released results of a survey of senior financial officers at banks about their strategies and practices for managing reserve balances. The Senior Financial Officer Survey is used by the Board to obtain information about deposit pricing and behavior, bank liability management, the provision of financial services, and reserve management strategies and practices. The most recent survey was conducted in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York between March 19, 2021, and April 2, 2021, and includes responses from banks that held approximately three quarters of total banking system reserve balances at the time of the survey.
CME Group Foundation Awards Nearly $3 Million In Grants To Support Kindergarten Readiness And K-12 Programming In Chicago And Illinois

Date 20/05/2021

CME Group Foundation today announced that it has awarded nearly $3 million in grants to further support kindergarten readiness and K-12 programming across Chicago and Illinois.

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Deadline Extension For Strong Customer Authentication

Date 20/05/2021

The FCA has extended its deadline for implementing Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) for e-commerce transactions to 14 March 2022.
Antitrust: European Commission Fines Investment Banks € 371 Million For Participating In A European Governments Bonds Trading Cartel

Date 20/05/2021

The European Commission has found that Bank of America, Natixis, Nomura, RBS (now NatWest), UBS, UniCredit and WestLB (now Portigon) have breached EU antitrust rules through the participation of a group of traders in a cartel in the primary and secondary market for European Government Bonds (‘EGB').
EGX Welcomes Integrated Diagnostics Holding Company To Its Main Platform

Date 20/05/2021

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) welcomed the new listing of Integrated Diagnostics Holding Company (IDH), listed in London Stock Exchange under the code IDHC. A ringing of bell ceremony in celebration of the new listing was held at EGX’s trading floor today in the presence of leaders from EGX & IDH announcing the beginning of trading of 600 million shares of IDH in the Egyptian market in EGP.
Amman Stock Exchange: Tuesday 25 May A Public Holiday To Celebrate Independence Day

Date 20/05/2021

According to the announcement issued by Prime Minister on the occasion of the Jordan Independence Day, the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) will be off on Tuesday May 25, 2021, as it will resume its work on Wednesday May 26, 2021.
U.S. Digital Investment Management Market Monitor, 2020 In Review - U.S. Direct-To-Consumer Digital Investment AUM Grew 31% In 2020, Reaching A Total Of US$460 Billion And Exceeding 2019’s Growth Of 16%.

Date 20/05/2021

The growth in digital investment assets in 2020 was fueled partly by strong stock market growth; the S&P 500 grew 16% in 2020. But there were many other factors at play that doubled the asset growth on digital investment platforms. Investors are more comfortable using digital-only channels to manage their investments, and many new and existing investors entered the stock market after the crash of March 2020.