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UK must 'rebuild relations' with EU says Bank of England head

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UK must 'rebuild relations' with EU says Bank of England head

Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey stated that the UK must “rebuild relations” with the EU while respecting the decision of the British people to leave in his Mansion House speech to investors.

Tokenisation use cases to be excited about

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Tokenisation use cases to be excited about

At Sibos 2024, Angie Walker, Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs, explored the topics of blockchain and tokenisation and how they are transforming the existing world as well as how the technology creates opportunities for the future. While historically, across money market and fixed income funds, high quality liquid assets have not been able to be moved, with tokenisation, these funds can be migrated seamlessly and instantaneously on the ledger. By liberating assets to be used for other functions in trading operations, the world is a trader’s oyster and future developments in ESG instruments, structured finance, and infrastructure also opens up a way to create commercial assets and verify sequestration with smart contracts and data oracles, ensuring the integrity of the asset, cross chain interoperability and keep the asset in sync throughout it’s life journey.

Chainlink Unveils New Privacy and Interoperability Solutions for Blockchain Adoption

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Chainlink Unveils New Privacy and Interoperability Solutions for Blockchain Adoption

At Sibos 2024, Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink, highlighted the growing adoption of blockchain technology by asset managers, driven by efficiency gains in settlement, payments, and collateral management. Nazarov announced the launch of two key privacy-focused tools: the Blockchain Privacy Manager and CCIP Private Transactions, designed to ensure secure, private transactions across multiple blockchains. He also emphasised the importance of interoperability, introducing Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), which aims to enable seamless asset and system integration in the evolving digital assets landscape.

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Digital funds firm fundcraft appoints chief revenue officer

Fundcraft, a leading provider of digital fund operations, today announces the appointment of Craig Perrin as Chief Revenue Officer.

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BlackRock launches eFront Provider

BlackRock today announces the launch of eFront Provider, designed to enable asset servicers to offer asset managers a modern fund servicing experience, complete with real-time views into their private markets investor, fund and investment data.

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Digital private equity firm Moonfare appoints COO

Digital private equity manager Moonfare has appointed Magnus Grufman chief operating officer (COO).

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Scope Prime names chief commercial officer

Scope Prime – the award-winning institutional liquidity brand of Rostro Financial Group – has this morning announced the appointment of Lochlan White as Chief Commercial Officer.

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ISS ESG upgrades regtech offering

ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, today augmented its suite of Regulatory Solutions, with a new dedicated ESMA Fund Name Guidelines Solution, a new UK SDR Solution, plus enhancements to its existing EU Taxonomy Solution.

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Acuity Trading and Interactive Brokers collaborate on investment research platform

Acuity Trading, a leading provider of alternative data and analysis tools, is excited to announce its strategic collaboration with Interactive Brokers (IBKR), one of the world’s most prominent online brokerage firms.

Wealth managers failing to meet clients' tech expectations

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Wealth managers failing to meet clients' tech expectations

Investors are prepared to dump their wealth managers if they fail to embrace new technology, suggests recently published research.

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Investment platform Mintos secures €2m in debt funding

Mintos, the multi-asset investment platform offering a unique mix of alternative and traditional investment options, has successfully negotiated a deal with Latvian growth capital fund FlyCap for €2 million.

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Sucden Financial appoints derivatives head

Sucden Financial, the multi-asset execution, clearing and liquidity provider, has appointed Rob Noyce as Head of Exchange-Traded Derivatives.

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Gulf Capital and Avaloq partner for digital wealth management

Gulf Capital Investment Company “InvestGB,” the wholly owned investment arm of Gulf Bank, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Avaloq, a global leader in private banking, wealth, and investment management technology services.

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21X and Apex Group partner for tokenisation

21X – which will be the first Distribution Ledger Technology (DLT) exchange for European Securities Market Authority (ESMA)-regulated trading and settlement of tokenized securities - and Apex Group - the global provider of financial services – today announced a ground-breaking strategic partnership that will allow Apex Group’s customers to list tokenized securities on the first-of-its-kind exchange, 21X.

Hong Kong regulator launches tokenisation pilot

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Hong Kong regulator launches tokenisation pilot

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has started the second phase of its digital Hong Kong dollar pilot study.

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ABN Amro Investment Solutions names COO

ABN AMRO Investment Solutions (AAIS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurianne Melec as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).

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Axyon AI announces UK expansion plan

Axyon AI, which improves asset manager performance by delivering alpha opportunities via AI-powered asset rankings and AI strategies, has appointed Nicholas “Nick” Greenland as Senior Vice President, Business Development.

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Janus Henderson partners with Anemoy and Centrifuge on its first tokenised fund

Janus Henderson Investors is pleased to announce that it will be entering into an exciting new strategic partnership with Anemoy Limited and Centrifuge to manage Anemoy’s Liquid Treasury Fund (“LTF”), a fully on-chain, tokenized fund issued on Centrifuge’s public blockchain that provides investors with direct access to short-term US Treasury bills.

Communify Fincentric Unifies Financial Data with Acquisition from S&P Global

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Communify Fincentric Unifies Financial Data with Acquisition from S&P Global

John Wise, Chairman and CEO of Communify Fincentric, explains the backstory to the company's acquisition of Markit on Demand from S&P Global. Aimed at fixing the financial industry's persistent challenge of fragmented data, this strategic move unifies client and market information in a single platform, integrating over 4,000 global data feeds to enhance AI-driven insights for portfolio managers, advisors and self-directed investors. By merging these data sets, the business intends to set a new standard for the broking, wealth and asset sectors, enabling institutions to navigate complex data landscapes and drive growth in a digital world.

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BNP Paribas begins negotiations to acquire AXA Investment Managers

The BNP Paribas Group announces today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with AXA to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), representing close to €850bn1 assets under management, together with an agreement for a long-term partnership to manage a large part of AXA’s assets.

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