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Turquoise International Appointed To Manage New Fund

Date 13/08/2019

Turquoise International, a specialist merchant bank focusing on energy, environment and efficiency, has been appointed as fund manager for Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2). Following the success of the first Low Carbon Innovation Fund, also managed by Turquoise, LCIF2 will invest venture capital alongside private sector investors in a range of businesses delivering low carbon technologies.

Bloomberg Acquires RegTek.Solutions To Expand Regulatory Reporting Services

Date 13/08/2019

Bloomberg today announced that it has acquired RegTek.Solutions, a leading provider of global regulatory reporting software solutions. The acquisition will expand the range of regulatory reporting services offered by Bloomberg, and deliver a fully integrated and comprehensive service that supports compliance with current and upcoming regulatory reporting requirements across multiple jurisdictions around the world. 

UK Financial Conduct Authority Agrees Plan For A Phased Implementation Of Strong Customer Authentication

Date 13/08/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today agreed a plan that gives the payments and e-commerce industry extra time to implement Strong Customer Authentication (SCA).

Visible Alpha Appoints Chief Product Officer To Executive Team

Date 13/08/2019

Visible Alpha today announced the appointment of Samantha Miller to the firm’s newly created role of Chief Product Officer. Miller joins during a high-growth year for the investment research technology company, which helps investment managers discover ideas through its flagship deep consensus platform and track and value research for MiFID II compliance.

The World Federation Of Exchanges Responds To CPMI-IOSCO Paper On CCP Default Management Auctions

Date 13/08/2019

The World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has responded to the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) & International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) discussion paper on central counterparty default management auctions.

Capitolis Promotes Justin Klug To President

Date 13/08/2019

Capitolis, the pioneering technology provider for capital markets, announced today that it has appointed Justin Klug President of Capitolis. Justin had most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of the company.

GPW Launches The WIG-ESG Index

Date 13/08/2019

• GPW begins publishing WIG-ESG, an index comprising WIG20 and mWIG40 stocks
• Weighting of WIG-ESG participants will be based on free-float shares adjusted for ESG ratings provided by Sustainalytics and an assessment of compliance with GPW’s corporate governance principles
• WIG-ESG will be the underlying of a passive fund managed by NN Investment Partners TFI

Moscow Exchange To Establish Sustainability Sector With Support From Russian Ministry Of Economic Development

Date 13/08/2019

Updates to the Moscow Exchange Listing Rules taking effect on 12 August 2019 will create a Sustainability Sector for financing projects in the fields of environmental and social sustainability.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange July 2019 Market Summary - TOCOM July Daily Volume Averaged 85,667 Contracts, Down 14.6% M-o-M

Date 13/08/2019

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that July 2019 average daily volume was 85,667 contracts, down 14.6% from June and down 0.1% from July 2018. Volume increased for some of TOCOM’s most active contracts, such as Platinum Standard, which grew 11.8% from the prior month to 12,616 contracts, while RSS3 Rubber increased 9.7% to 5,513 contracts. Other contracts saw declines, such as Gold Standard, which was down 20.0% to 43,172, Gold Rolling Spot, which decreased 27.8% to 6,430 and Dubai Crude Oil, which fell 11.6% to 9,751 contracts.

FlexTrade Partners With ACA Technology To Provide Data On-Demand For Trade Surveillance - Integrates ACA's Trade Surveillance Technology Into FlexNOW EMS

Date 13/08/2019

FlexTrade (@FlexTrade) today announced it has partnered with ACA Technology Solutions (@ACACompliance) to help mutual clients manage their trade surveillance and compliance needs using ACA’s Decryptex® surveillance technology and FlexNOW.