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NEWSLETTER | 23 Feb 2021

Dividend outlook remains “extremely uncertain” after year of slashed pay-outs

Global dividends fell by 12 per cent in 2020 to USD1.3 trillion in the full year of 2020, after cuts and cancellations reached USD220 billion between April and December.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

Over half of financial services firms worldwide plan to increase their spending over the next two years on next-generation technologies such as AI, blockchain, the cloud and digital, according to a new study surveying 1,000 global C-suite executives and their direct reports, by Broadridge Financial Solutions.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

Allianz Global Investors, one of the world’s leading active investment managers has published its annual analysis of how it voted on more than 100,000 shareholder and management proposals in 2020, with figures revealing a continued and stark disparity globally in corporate governance standards.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

Overbond’s fixed income artificial intelligence (AI) now offers protocol and system agnostic integration with venues and e-trading systems used by sell-side and buy-side trading desks thanks to a strategic alliance with electronic trading innovator, Rapid Addition.

SIX invests in Orenda

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

SIX is taking a majority stake via growth investment in Orenda Software Solutions (Orenda), a Canadian-based AI platform specialising in ESG and alternative data sets.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

SumRidge Partners (SumRidge) has selected SS&C's Risk & Compliance Intelligence Platform (RCI), a web-based account, portfolio and transaction monitoring compliance platform.

MSCI partners with Microsoft

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

MSCI Inc has developed Investment Solutions as a Service for the global investment industry in collaboration with Microsoft Corp.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has partnered with AxeTrading, a fixed income trading software company, and Integral, an FX technology provider, to deliver a trading solution for their bond trading clients by providing real-time streaming of FX prices into their bond trading workflow.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

US Bank has hired David Kubilus in the newly created role of chief commercial officer for Global Fund Services.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

Cobalt is now using 4OTC’s 1API to connect with market data in the digital Asset and FX Markets. This provides Cobalt with increased access to market data venues, whilst streamlining data management and reducing the time taken to connect with new venues.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

big xyt, an independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions to the global trading and investment community, has added Philip Barnes to the firm's executive team as Managing Director, Head of Business Development in Asia Pacific.

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

Aviva Investors, a global asset management business of Aviva (Aviva), has appointed Daniel McHugh as Chief Investment Officer of its GBP47.3 billion Real Assets business.

SASC adds to board

Tue | 23 Feb 2021, 12:00

Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has expanded its board with the appointment of two new trustees, Rachel Hardy who is Chief Executive at Foresters Friendly Society and Sonali Siriwardena, an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.