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InReg and Veneziano & Partners have released a new information paper, SFDR – Road Map to March 2021, which contains actionable intelligence and is a highly practical tool to help financial market participants with mapping out the steps required to comply with SFDR by March 2021. The European Commission has recently issued a letter to propose the postponement to 2022 of the applicability date of the second level regulation on the Sustainable Finance Disclosures, initially set for the end of December 2020. This announcement of the EU Commission seems to exhibit the concerns expressed immediately before by the Securities and Markets
Eze Castle Integration has launched Distributed Workforce Transformation Services to provide clients strategic planning, assessments and technology advisory services that deliver immediate advancements and future proof business operations. Covid-19 has altered the way businesses operate and started organisations on the path of digital transformation, yet most companies lack a true strategy that addresses security, employee connections and long-term business success. In fact, the rapid transition to work from home models has created significant security gaps and compliance deficiencies for financial organisations. Eze Castle’s Distributed Workforce Transformation Services address these challenges and provide a proven path forward through current state assessments, strategy,
Digital asset exchange Huobi Global is now supporting the Australian dollar (AUD), British pound sterling (GPB), and euro (EUR) through Banxa, an internationally compliant fiat-to-crypto gateway solution. The partnership allows users in Australia, UK, and the European Union to purchase cryptocurrencies with their official fiat currencies.
By integrating with Banxa’s payment solutions, Huobi is able to provide users with more flexibility and choice in payment methods, while also enabling a seamless user experience. Users can access the new fiat-to-crypto gateway directly from the Huobi OTC site and deposit AUD, GBP, or EUR to begin trading cryptocurrencies in just a few clicks.
Tether.to, the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalisation, has surpassed USD600 billion in cumulative transaction volume on Ethereum ERC 20 tokens, according to Glassnode, an on-chain blockchain analytics data provider.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The Supervisory Board of European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) has appointed Anja Kiessling as a member of its Management Board. Kiessling will take over the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect.In Anja Kiessling, the Supervisory Board has appointed a specialist for finance and group management to the Management Board, who already knows EEX Group from various areas. The 38-year-old joined EEX in 2008 in the Market Operations department. In 2010, she moved from the Operations business to the Controlling department, which she has managed since 2011. Before joining EEX, the Saxony-born, Business Administration graduate and certified
Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital tokens trading platform, has launched staking rewards for polkadot (DOT), the native token powering Polkadot, an open-source project enabling interoperability between different blockchains.DOT joins a suite of tokens available for staking on the Bitfinex platform, that includes cardano (ADA), EOS (EOS), cosmos (ATOM), v.systems (VSYS) and tezos (XTZ).
Designed to provide users with another avenue to increase the value of their holdings, staking will enable Bitfinex customers to earn rewards as high as 14 per cent per year by depositing and holding DOT tokens.
“We’re pleased to provide our customers with the opportunity to earn rewards
Investment managers “have to be able to cope” with prevailing market environments, and not blame central bank policies for fund performance, according to Man Group CEO Luke Ellis, who says investors also now want more from their portfolios than passive index strategies can deliver.
Man Group’s shares rose on Friday morning after the London-listed global hedge fund group’s latest quarterly results showed funds under management swelled 4 per cent in Q3 to USD113.1 billion – driven by what CEO Luke Ellis described as “strong growth” in performance and “robust net inflows” in its alternatives and long-only strategies.
Data and Analytics company BMLL Data has signed a data distribution deal with Crux Informatics (Crux), a data delivery and operations firm.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Merus Global Investments, a multi-strategy investment partnership, has opened a new trading facility in Miami’s financial district, and appointed two new partners, trading veterans Brook Bennett and Faraz Noorani. The Miami office, the firm’s second to open in Florida within the past 18 months, will be headed by Noorani. Bennett will be based out of Merus Global’s headquarters in New York City.
Both Bennett and Noorani join Merus from Aecor Capital Management, an investment management firm they co-founded in 2017. The two bring a combined 35-plus years of trading experience to Merus and will help the firm continue on its accelerated
