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NEWSLETTER | 4 Jan 2021

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Eighty three per cent of institutional investors believe that a global financial crisis is a possibility, with 60 per cent expecting the next severe crisis to occur in the next one-to-three years, according to Block-Builders.net.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

London-head-quartered asset management consultancy, MJ Hudson, has acquired fund and portfolio performance specialist PERACS.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

The GBP47 billion money market fund sector in the UK is “at risk” from negative interest rates, according to AXA Investment Managers’ Nicolas Trindade.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Binance has launched “European-style” Vanilla Bitcoin Options contracts. The options are priced and settled in USDT, and offer users more choices to diversify their portfolio and manage their market exposure. Users can both buy the options for hedging and trading, as well as write and sell options as an issuer.

Link Group to acquire Casa4Funds

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Link Group is to acquire Casa4Funds from Banor Capital, subject to regulatory approval.

GPW and BondSpot simplify Catalyst

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

The Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) and the Management Board of BondSpot have taken regulatory measures in order to initiate the transformation of the currently dispersed Catalyst market and the simplification of its structure.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has signed a testing and trialing agreement with CLS for its confirmation, matching and netting service ‘CLSNet’.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Premia Holdings (Premia) has formed Elevation Re (SPC) Ltd (Elevation Re), a sidecar vehicle which will provide collateralised reinsurance support for Premia’s activities in the global P&C run-off market.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4, is to sell its 69.4 per cent interest in Società Gasdotti Italia (SGI) to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers).

Apex Group to acquire GFin Corporate Services

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, has acquired GFin Corporate Services Ltd (GFin), a Mauritius based and licensed management company, providing fund administration services to institutional clients.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Epazz, a provider of blockchain cryptocurrency mobile apps and cloud-based business software solutions, is working with Greenheart CBD Hemp company to develop smart contracts for the company's IEO (Initial Exchange Offering).

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Digital asset data infrastructure company Brave New Coin has launched two new indices on the multi-currency spot and futures trading platform BTSE – the Maker Vault Index and the Blockchain Interoperability Index. Both institutional-grade products are available on BTSE starting 23 December, 2020 and will be made available on additional BNC partner exchanges in the near future.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Moneybrain, one of only four FCA authorised firms in the UK trading cryptocurrency, has welcomed the news that the FCA will still enforce its January 2021 deadline on hundreds of firms and sole traders that make the industry a ‘wild west’.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has strengthened its investment team with the additions of convertible bond fund managers David Clott, Shawn Mato and Brendan Ryan.

IS Prime offers liquidity via FDCTech’s Condor FX Pro Platform

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has partnered with FDCTech to extend its liquidity distribution to the innovative Condor FX Pro trading platform.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, has appointed Antoine Onfray as Group Chief Financial Officer.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Luiz Sorge as Head of Latin America, with effect from 1 January 2020.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 12:03

London-based Heptagon Capital (Heptagon), a USD11.5 billion asset management firm, has marked the tenth anniversary of it UCITS platform.