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Refinitiv has launched Country Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Scores as a data-metric in the transition to sustainable investing – providing comparisons at the country level for fund managers, advisors and investors.
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…
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
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…
Securitize, a primary issuance and lifecycle management platform for digital securities, and an SEC-registered transfer agent, is to acquire Distributed Technology Markets (DTM), an SEC and FINRA registered broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS). DTM received approval in 2020 for the primary issuance and secondary trading of private placement securities, including digital asset securities. As part of the acquisition, Securitize will also acquire Velocity Platform, a money services business with money transmitter licenses in several states. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
Carlos Domingo, Securitize CEO and co-founder, says:, “The acquisition
SpiderRock Advisors (SRA), a USD1.5 billion asset management firm focused on providing customised option overlay strategies to advisers and institutions, is to begin offering option overlay strategies to clients via the Envestnet platform. Eight customisable option-based overlay strategies from SpiderRock Advisors are now available through an Envestnet custom SMA offering. SRA will offer strategies to hedge concentrated stock positions and broadly diversified portfolios, as well as income-generation strategies using put writing and call writing.
“We are pleased to have SpiderRock’s option overlay strategies on our platform,” says Jean Heath, CIMA, Head of Asset Manager Network for Envestnet. “We have seen an
The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT and its clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) have launched new local Intraday auctions in four countries: Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The first trading day was 14 October 2020. Market results are available here. These products complement the already existing local 15 minute Intraday auction in Germany, the coupled 30 minute Intraday auctions in Great Britain as well as the coupled 60 minute Intraday auctions in Switzerland.
Ralph Danielski, Chief Executive Officer of EPEX SPOT, says: “These contracts have been among the most requested innovations in our annual customer survey. Intraday auctions play
