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Northern Trust has partnered with Saphyre to enhance and automate the account opening process for investment manager clients of Northern Trust’s Investment Operations Outsourcing business.
D2X, which is soon to be become the first regulated pan-European derivatives exchange for digital assets, is to integrate data from Block Scholes, an institutional grade crypto analytics, data and research platform, into its pricing tools and risk systems.
Cboe Global Markets, a provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, has named a group of thirteen firms as investor partners in the Cboe Digital business.
Euronext has launched the Euronext Equileap Gender Equality Eurozone 1001 and Euronext Equileap Gender Equality France 402 indices. These gender equality indices are the first pillars of a broader family of indices addressing challenges around gender balance in the workplace.
In response to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #5 “Gender Equality”, these indices have been developed by Euronext leveraging on Equileap’s Scorecard and Alarm Bell list to help market participants invest in listed companies committed to improving gender diversity and to respond to the increasing demand for Social thematic investments. The index methodology also applies activity-based exclusions, UNGC compliance
Alveo, a specialist in cloud-based market data integration, analytics and data-as-a-service solutions for financial services, has expanded its global data coverage and feed integrations by adding new content from SIX including Sentiment indicators, Tax, and Regulatory Risk data.
Reliable liquidity in FX markets is not as available as it once was. Consolidation in the industry is leading to a huge demand for scale and risks which were negligible are now becoming a priority. The space is also due to see a paradigm shift for EUR and GBP as corporates hedging activity is exploding, and funds or asset managers are also being drawn in by the volatility and macro implications of what is happening.
CIBC has launched a suite of five new Canadian Depositary Receipts (CDRs) on the NEO Exchange, expanding NEO’s existing lineup to 35 global companies.
CDRs are designed to make it easy to invest in some of the world’s largest companies – in Canadian dollars. Offered at a fraction of the price per share of the underlying reference share, and with a built-in notional currency hedge, CDRs provide investors with affordable access to foreign stocks while mitigating the currency risk associated with global investing.
The five new CDRs available for trading on the NEO Exchange are: Honeywell International Inc Canadian Depositary
The extended ramp up in regulation coupled with the challenging economic environment means hedge funds need to continue to look for ways of operating more efficiently in order to stay ahead.
Amid sustained economic upheaval and investment volatility, operations specialists discuss the major trends and themes that are reshaping hedge funds’ business infrastructure.
Digital-asset brokerage Genesis is looking to raise funds for its lending unit, having warned that it may have to file for bankruptcy if it fails secure additional financial backing, according to a report by Bloomberg.
