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OTCXN, a blockchain-powered capital markets infrastructure company, has launched its OTC Block Trading venue for Crypto trading. This is the first of several trading venues that will be launched for institutional-only digital asset trading.
After a period of successful testing, the venue is now open to all clients with accounts at custodians on the OTCXN network, including Kingdom Trust and Prime Trust, both of whom are regulated US entities that offer custody services for Fiat and Cryptocurrencies. Trading on the venue includes Fiat-for-Crypto, Crypto-for-Crypto and Fiat-for-Fiat.
“We are extremely pleased to announce that our institutional clients are now trading
Citco has launched Æxeo Treasury, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that allows alternative fund managers to manage treasury functions through a new tool running on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Citco says Æxeo Treasury adds value by improving operational efficiencies and workflows, and provides a secure, centralised module for treasury operations.
Æxeo Treasury is a stand-alone solution that enables firms to centralise their treasury functions, including funding investments, settling OTC trades and margin, making transfers between accounts or paying invoices, and other transactions through Citco’s SWIFT Service Bureau functionality.
Additionally, this new platform offers unprecedented flexibility and utility by:
RSRCHXchange, a research marketplace and aggregator, has launched a new ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) initiative with dedicated functionality on its RSRCHX platform focusing on specialist ESG research.
RSRCHXchange says that with concerns around responsible investing becoming increasingly prevalent, ESG research has seen a large rise in popularity, helping investors ensure they are able to direct their funds into sustainable opportunities which take the long-term picture into account.
With issues such as climate change and company management recently being brought into stark focus, many are turning to ESG research to ensure their portfolios continue to comply and attract a
B2BX Exchange, a digital asset trading platform, has received approval for a regulatory licence from the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
The licence means that B2BX will be able to operate as a completely regulated exchange for trading cryptocurrencies and makes it one of the first exchanges in Europe to secure this form of recognition.
B2BX Exchange, part of the B2Broker group of companies, applied for its licence in Estonia due to the country’s reputation for being highly innovative and technology-friendly. Furthermore, the EU-member country continues to take a leading stance in the advancement of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency
Benguela Global Fund Managers, a fundamental research-driven and quality-focused investment manager, has selected Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as the UCITS Management Company (ManCo) and Fund Administrator for its latest fund, the Benguela Global Equity Fund, which launched last month.


The Benguela Global Equity Fund, which is a sub-fund of Prescient Global Funds, seeks to outperform the MSCI All Country World Index over the long-term through investment in high-quality listed shares and other UCITS-eligible investments. Benguela believes that investing in attractively priced, high-quality securities as determined by Benguela’s rigorous investment process (also incorporating ESG factors), substantially enhances investment outcomes and
The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an exclusive investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, has opened applications for the first class of its new professional due diligence designation.
The IMDDA’s Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) will be an internationally recognised designation developed to ISO 17024 and ANSI accreditation standards that rigorously tests for aptitude and expertise in due diligence. Each person who passes the exam becomes a Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA), a designation that denotes one as an authority in the due diligence field.
Registration for the first class of CDDA
Corlytics, a specialist in calculating and analysing regulation as a risk, has added a new free Regulatory Event Data (RED) app, which filters global, real-time, regulatory data to its RiskFusion software offering.
Corlytics says this is the first-time global regulatory updates and notices have been centrally collated via an app and made available for free, offering one of the most disruptive changes to the regulatory industry.
This regulatory data is otherwise paid for via a subscription service, or by accessing a regulator’s website directly and manually searching for enforcement activity or policy changes. By giving compliance officers and financial
BCS Global Markets (BCS GM) has partnered with Tigress Financial Partners LLC, to provide proprietary US equity market research to its clients, as part of their recently-announced strategic partnership.
Tigress, a leading women-owned institutional FINRA registered broker-dealer, was founded in 2011. Tigress currently provides strategic capital markets and M&A advisory services globally to emerging and mid-sized companies, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and state and local governments.
The firm is a recognised authority on US equity markets, offering tailored global wealth management services for domestic and international high-net-worth individuals. Ivan Feinseth, Tigress Financial Partners’ award-winning Chief Investment Officer and
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have successfully developed Delivery versus Payment (DVP) capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms.
This will help simplify post-trade processes and further shorten settlement cycles.
The DVP prototypes, developed with technology partners Anquan, Deloitte and Nasdaq, demonstrated that financial institutions and corporate investors are able to carry out the simultaneous exchange and final settlement of tokenised digital currencies and securities assets on different blockchain platforms. The ability to perform these activities simultaneously improves operational efficiency and reduces settlement risks.
The collaboration also demonstrated that
Coleman Research, a provider of primary research, has launched Coleman Exchange, a cloud-based software platform that helps research providers and the buy-side manage key aspects of the research interactions life-cycle.
With Coleman Exchange, users can use the platform for marketing availability, scheduling, managing subscriptions, and invoicing for analyst access and meetings. The platform also provides entitlements management and produces real-time reports which fully capture the consumption of subscription terms.
Coleman Exchange enables users to meet compliance, audit and reporting requirements and ensures analysts only interact with approved counterparts, delivering full control over access to research interactions. It is based on
