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NEWSLETTER | 11 Nov 2020

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

BlackRock has launched the iShares Developed World Fossil Fuel Screened Equity Index Fund in close collaboration with Oxford University Endowment Management (OUem) to realise Oxford University’s commitment to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies.

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

Global energy infrastructure specialist Victory Hill Capital Group is to float VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc (“the Company” or “GSEO”) on the London Stock Exchange in January 2021.

SimCorp expands partnerships ecosystem with WTax

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

SimCorp, a provider of integrated, front-to-back, multi-asset investment management solutions and services to the world’s largest buy-side institutions, has announced a new collaboration, with WTax, a specialist in withholding tax recovery services, to respond to the buy-side struggle for efficient recovery of withheld tax, across borders.

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

TraditionDATA, the data arm of Compagnie Financiere Tradition (Tradition), announces has made its various Interest Rate Swap and FX data products available on AWS Data Exchange, a service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that makes it easy for customers to find, subscribe to, and use third-party data in the cloud.

Smarsh acquires Digital Reasoning

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

Smarsh, a provider of electronic communications archiving solutions for regulated organisations, has acquired Digital Reasoning, a specialist in natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML).

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

London based third-party fund marketing firm Daymer Bay Capital has announced Calamos Investments as a partner fund manager.

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

K3 Advisory, the pension market’s only specialist independent bulk annuity and consolidator advisory business, has completed a GBP22 million buy-in across two schemes.

Crypto firm SFOX appoints Head of Execution Services

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

SFOX, an independent crypto prime broker, providing global liquidity and best price execution from a single account, has appointed Shawn Egger as Head of Execution Services.

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

UMB Bank, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation has added another industry veteran to its Institutional Custody division amid impressive year-over-year growth in assets under custody (22 per cent) for the group.

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

Tori Weir, who represents institutional investors in US and cross-border debt financings with a focus on secured and unsecured private placements, has rejoined Morgan Lewis from Akin Gump as a partner resident in London.

Wed | 11 Nov 2020, 12:03

BTIG Limited has appointed Hugo Clark as a Managing Director and the Head of European Trading and Distribution.