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NEWSLETTER | 16 Dec 2020

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

DeFi Exchange Leverj.io and liquidity providers are now launching futures products (Perpetual Swaps) for bitcoin and ethereum against USDt on Leverj, bringing DeFi derivatives to market for the first time.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

New research reveals that 38 per cent of consumers claim to have renewable energy tariffs for their homes, and just over half (51 per cent) expect to choose these the next time they change tariff.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

State Street Corporation has launched the State Street Alpha Data Platform, an end-to-end data management and warehouse solution for institutional investment and wealth managers.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) has added additional jurisdictions to the open-source relationship files provided through the certified ISIN-to-LEI mapping service.

Aberdeen Standard Investments adopts certified green financing for Canberra Metro public-private partnership

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Canberra Metro co-investment has become the first public private partnership project in Australia to use internationally certified green financing.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Jyske Capital, the asset management arm of Jyske Bank Group, Denmark’s third largest banking group, has announced a new agreement with SimCorp, a provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Vontobel Asset Management is opening a new Tokyo office and has appointed Goji Yoshino as Country Head Japan.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

BCS Global Markets (BCS GM), the investment banking services division of Russia’s largest independent broker, has appointed Kiti Pantskhava as the firm’s new Deputy Head of Research, Fixed Income.

SS&C launches new 'Blue Sky' portal

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

SS&C Technologies Holdings has launched the Blue Sky Portal, a dedicated cloud-based technology solution to help investment managers comply with US state Blue Sky anti-fraud laws.

Asteria IM partners with Amundi on portfolio management system

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Asteria IM has adopted Amundi Leading Technologies & Operations (ALTO), Amundi's portfolio management system for all of its assets under management. Amundi provides Asteria ALTO using cloud technology but also operational services such as order execution, middle office and data management.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Avelacom, a high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, is adding the Brazilian Stock Exchange's (B3) real-time market data to its service portfolio.

Capital Group joins Plato Partnership

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Capital Group, one of the largest and most experienced investment companies in the world, with assets under management of over USD2.1 trillion, has joined the Plato Partnership as a founding buy-side member.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Meketa Investment Group (Meketa), a global investment consulting and advisory firm, has joined CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion. Meketa joins more than 1,000 CEOs who, through this initiative, have committed to advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Electra Information Systems (Electra), a provider of award-winning post-trade solutions for the buy-side investment management industry, has introduced a unified application programming interface (API) for its Electra Data aggregation service to help investment managers meet their evolving data aggregation and normalisation requirements.

Ocorian acquires Newgate Compliance

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Ocorian, a diversified financial services group and provider of fund services, corporate services, capital markets and private client services, has acquired Newgate Compliance.

Wed | 16 Dec 2020, 11:48

Torstone Technology, an SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing, has continued to achieve significant growth throughout 2020, driven in part by volatile trading conditions leading to increased appetite among market participants for flexible and scalable automated post-trade solutions, as well as by accelerating industry adoption of cloud services.