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NEWSLETTER | 1 Jul 2020

Industry bodies call for tougher regulation to address “excessive” market data fees

Asset managers are calling for stricter rules on market data pricing and licensing, calling it an “essential economic infrastructure” for market participants that ought to be regulated similarly to privatised railways and telecoms grids.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

Major developed nations including the UK could start issuing 100-year bonds to help pay for their spiralling coronavirus debt piles, Sandra Holdsworth of Kames Capital says.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

The coronavirus crisis has triggered some ESG rebalancing in the sustainable fixed income space in favour of social bonds, according to NN Investment Partners. In the past, green bonds have dominated, but the firm says that a heightened focus on the social implications of the pandemic has shifted the emphasis from E to S in the last couple of months, and led to an increase in bonds that raise funds for social projects.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

Traders in the investment management and banking industries have continued their call for a reduction to market trading hours, making the case to the pan-European exchange, Euronext.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

Banks, investors and insurers need to understand their impact and dependency on nature, and start setting targets such as ‘net positive impact' to achieve international policy goals on biodiversity, finds new research by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA).

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

FX volumes dropped by between 10 and 25 per cent across all currency groups last week (22-26 June), according to data from FXLIQUIDITY, provided by Mosaic Smart Data, CLS and MUFG.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

Any UK business conducting crypto asset related activities will have to register with the FCA by today (30 June, 2020)or cease trading in 2021.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

Boutique FX broker consultancy SugarCane Capital has partnered with Just (www.gojust.com), a provider of automated FX market analytics.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

TISA, the UK’s cross-industry financial services membership body, has appointed Atos, a digital transformation firm, to build a digital utility for the asset management industry, called the TISA Universal Reporting Network (TURN).

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

Amundi has finalised the acquisition of 100 per cent of Sabadell Asset Management, following the announcement made on 21 January 2020.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

Specialist fund management company Liontrust has agreed to acquire the Architas UK investment business - Architas Multi-Manager Limited (AMML) and Architas Advisory Services Limited (AASL) – from AXA.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

PGIM Investments has expanded its environmental, social and governance (ESG) offering with the launch of the PGIM Global Corporate ESG Bond Fund.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:58

National specialist pensions law firm, Arc Pensions Law has promoted Partner Rosalind Connor to Managing Partner.

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