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Verhofstadt On Future EU-UK Relations: “We Should Be Ambitious”

Date 27/01/2020

Ahead of Wednesday’s vote on the withdrawal agreement, we talked to Parliament’s Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt (Renew Europe, Belgium).

OCC Receives SEC Approval Of New Capital Management Policy

Date 27/01/2020

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced that it received regulatory approval of its new capital management policy by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Broadridge Brings Together Wealth Business Under Michael Alexander

Date 27/01/2020

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader and part of the S&P 500® Index, today announced that Michael Alexander has been appointed President, Wealth Management. In this newly created position, he will be responsible for bringing together Broadridge’s Wealth solutions into an integrated, market-leading Wealth Management business that will uniquely address Wealth Management firms’ need to transform their technology and business models. Mr. Alexander will report directly to Tom Carey, President of Global Technology and Operations.

PwC Luxembourg And Tokeny Solutions Join Forces In JBR To Bring New And Innovative Services Linked With Tokenisation To The Financial And Non-Financial Markets

Date 27/01/2020

• JBR offers one-stop shop solution for tokenisation projects.
  
• PwC Luxembourg’s Blockchain and Crypto-Assets Team, combined with Tokeny’s state-of the art platform, will support market players tackling disruption of the financial and non-financial markets.
  
• This collaboration demonstrates PwC Luxembourg’s commitment to blockchain technology and sustains its leadership position in the Luxembourg market.

Florentine Hopmeier To Head EBRD Brussels Office - Bank’s New EU Representative Starts On 27 January

Date 27/01/2020

Florentine Hopmeier has been appointed head of the EBRD’s office in Brussels and will take up her new role today.

Vertical Knowledge Launches RPA Framework At BattleFin Miami 2020 - Applying Robotic Process Automation To Alternative Data

Date 27/01/2020

Vertical Knowledge, a leader in the Alternative Data industry and provider of an end-to-end public data platform, today launched their latest Robotic Process Automation (RPA) framework for automating internet-based tasks that support accurate, reliable and compliant alternative data. The Vertical Knowledge RPA framework platform is unique in offering the full range of RPA, Intelligent Automated Software (IAS) and Intelligent Automated Workflow (IAW) solutions to discover, connect, collect, enrich and integrate data from outside of the enterprise.

SIX Swiss Stock Exchange: Your Crypto Search Is Over

Date 27/01/2020

PIMFA Welcomes IRSG Report On ‘Architecture For Regulating Finance After Brexit’

Date 27/01/2020

PIMFA – the UK’s trade body for the personal investment services and financial advice profession –welcomes the International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) report on ‘The Architecture for RegulatingFinance after Brexit: Phase II’. v

FESE: European Capital Markets Fact Sheet Q4 2019

Date 27/01/2020

European capital markets had a relatively positive 2019 but a mixed fourth quarter as an uncertain economic outlook dominated the picture.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Announcement On Adjusting Arrangements For Market Closure During 2020 Spring Festival Holiday

Date 27/01/2020

According to the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Extending the 2020 Spring Festival Holiday", with the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) decides to extend the market closure during the 2020 Spring Festival holiday, and adjusts the schedule in the “Announcement on the Arrangements for the Market Closure During the 2020 Spring Festival Holiday” (SSE Announcement [2020] No. 3 Document) as follows:

1. The market closure during the 2020 Spring Festival holiday will be extended until February 2 (Sunday), and the market will be open as usual on February 3 (Monday).