(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has approved a new strategy for Bulgaria, focusing on the green transition, competitiveness, and resilience through 2030. The Bank’s investments in Bulgaria have grown significantly, with a focus on sustainable infrastructure and private sector development. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Bulgaria, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Bulgaria, competitiveness, EBRD, economic resilience, EU commitments, financial markets, green economy, green transition, infrastructure, investment, Manuela Naessl, partnership, private enterprise, private sector growth, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Lloyds Bank has entered into a strategic partnership with BNP Paribas to provide its clients with access to advanced FX Execution Algorithms. The collaboration will enhance Lloyds’ digital FX offering by offering clients sophisticated tools for executing large … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Financial, Investment, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged algorithmic execution, BNP Paribas, buy-side participants, client experience, digital FX strategy, financial institutions, financial markets, foreign exchange, FX Execution Algorithms, hedging, Lloyds Bank, market-leading FX solutions, real-time analytics, risk management, Transaction Cost Analysis
(IN BRIEF) SIX has successfully issued a CHF 250 million digital bond with a 1.00% coupon and maturity in 2032, demonstrating strong investor demand. The bond’s proceeds will help strengthen SIX’s financial flexibility, support its growth strategy, and potentially fund … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, International Trade, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, Aquis Exchange, bond issuance, CHF 250 million, corporate purposes, Credit Ratings, digital bond, Financial Flexibility, financial markets, Investor Demand, Raiffeisen Schweiz, SIX, SIX Swiss Exchange, UBS AG, Zürcher Kantonalbank
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has mandated Scope Ratings, a European Union-based credit rating agency, to perform a solicited creditworthiness rating. This addition to its existing agencies—Fitch, Moody’s, and S&P—was part of EIB’s regular triennial evaluation process for … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged AAA, Awards, capital markets, credit rating, DBRS, EIB, EU, European Investment Bank, financial markets, Fitch, investment, leadership, Moody's, regulatory compliance, S&P, Scope Ratings, Stable
(IN BRIEF) MAPFRE has appointed Alberto Matellán as the general manager of La Financière Responsable (LFR), a move that aligns with its strategy to enhance its asset management footprint. The appointment will help implement LFR’s new Strategic Plan, which focuses … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged Alberto Matellán, appointment, asset management, ESG, financial markets, global investment strategy, IESE, impact investing, investment strategy, Juan Bernal, La Financière Responsable, leadership, MAPFRE, MAPFRE AM Capital Responsible Fund, MAPFRE Inversión, Paris, Social Innovation Economics, Socially Responsible Investment, SRI, Strategic Plan 2025-2027, sustainable funds, Thierry Chesneau
(IN BRIEF) ABN AMRO has successfully completed its second use case in the Eurosystem Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) trials, marking a significant step in exploring digital asset innovations. The bank executed four repo trades using central bank money settled … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged ABN Amro, ABN AMRO Clearing, Banque de France, Blockchain, blockchain-based settlement, CBDC, central bank money, Clearstream, commercial offering, Commercial Paper, CP issuance, De Nederlandsche Bank, digital assets, digital currency, digital currency settlement, digital euro, Digital Green Bond, distributed ledger technology, DLT, ECB trials, Eurex Clearing, Eurosystem Central Bank Digital Currency, financial innovation, financial markets, future-ready institution., intraday liquidity management, public blockchain, Rabobank, repo pilot trades, reverse repo, Sander Wever, securities lifecycle, tokenization, tokenized commercial paper, tokenized securities
(IN BRIEF) Bloomberg has expanded its EU Women in Finance initiative, which aims to inspire and empower young women to pursue careers in finance, following a successful first year. The initiative offers specialized training on capital markets and mentoring from … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Education, European Union, Financial, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Non Profit, Poland, Spain, Switzerland
Tagged Ana Botin, banking executives, Bloomberg, central bankers, Corporate Philanthropy, educational NGOs, Employment, Entrepreneurship, equal opportunity, EU Women in Finance, European Commission, Evelyn Bourke, experience, female leaders, finance ecosystem, financial markets, Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, investors, Junior Achievement Europe, Magdalena Rzeczkowska, Magdalena Zmitrowicz, Mairead McGuinness, Peter T. Grauer, policymakers, Prof. Danuta Hübner, regulators, Salvatore Nigro, skills, Thuy-Tien Glück, training, Vocational Education, young women
New legal framework improves risk management for businesses in Kazakhstan (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 16-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral developmental investment bank, has announced that Kazakhstan‘s capital markets are set to receive … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Law
Tagged Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of Financial Market, Business, capital markets, Close-out netting, Currency exchange, derivatives, EBRD, economy, Financial development, financial markets, Foreign professional organisations, Interest-rate-related risks, Investment growth, Kazakhstan, legislation, Netting, Regulatory framework, Risk hedging, risk management, Technical Assistance
Caravel Capital Investments Inc. founding partner, Jeff Banfield travels to Copenhagen to present “The Alchemy of Risk, Opportunity, and Experience.” (PRESS RELEASE) NASSAU, Bahamas, 18-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Jeff Banfield, a founding partner of Caravel Capital Investments Inc., will be … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Economy, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Tagged alternative investment, and Experience, capital structure arbitrage, Caravel Capital, Caravel Capital Investments Inc., convertible arbitrage, Copenhagen, Denmark, distressed debt, economic cycle, financial markets, Glen Gibbons, hedge fund manager, hedge fund managers, Hedge Fund Seminar, hedge funds, investing, Jeff Banfield, Jeppe Blirup, liquidity, market-neutral hedge fund, merger arbitrage, Michelle Ross, multi-strategy hedge fund, offshore hedge fund, Opportunity, relative value arbitrage, Secure Hedge, secure spectrum, Secure Spectrum’s Hedge Fund Seminar, The Alchemy of Risk, transparency
(PRESS RELEASE) HELLERUP, Denmark, 8-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Danish investment bank Saxo Bank announces the release of its 10 Outrageous Predictions for 2021. The predictions focus on a series of unlikely but underappreciated events which, if they were to occur, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged 10 Outrageous Predictions for 2021, AI, algorithms, Alipay, Amazon, Blockchain tech, blockchain technology, Chinese capital markets, CNY, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, DCEP, debt, Digital Currency Electronic Payment, ETFs, fake news, financial markets, fusion energy, Green Energy, infotech giants, investment, investors, Outrageous Predictions, pandemic risks, PBOC, predictions, Saxo Bank, solar panel, Steen Jakobsen, super-trends, US Election, WeChat Pay, Yuan
BUCHAREST, Romania, 05-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 and art. 2 of the Commission Delegated Report (EU) 1052/2016, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market (Bucharest Stock Exchange “BVB”, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Law, Management, Media, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AFM, ASF, Bucharest Stock Exchange, buy back shares, buy-back program, BVB, Digi, Digi Communications, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., Digi Communications NV, DIGI symbol, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, financial markets, financial transactions, Hungary, Investor Relations, investors, IPO, market, mobile services, MVNO, RCS & RDS, RCS&RDS, regulared market, Regulation, Romania, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Romanian National Securities Commission, romanian telecommunications provider, Securities, Serghei Bulgac, shareholders, shares, shares buy-back, Spain, Telecom Market, TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDER, telecommunications, telecommunications services, transactions, tv
BUCHAREST, Romania, 02-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the Romanian National Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2018 and art. 2 of the Commission Delegated Report (EU) 1052/2016, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market (Bucharest Stock Exchange “BVB”, Romanian … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Management, Media, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AFM, ASF, Bucharest Stock Exchange, BVB, Digi, Digi Communications, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., Digi Communications NV, DIGI symbol, Digi website, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, financial markets, internet provider, RCS&RDS, regulated market, Romania, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Romanian National Securities Commission Regulation, romanian telecommunications provider, Serghei Bulgac, shares buy-back, stakeholders
Vilnius, 13-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurofi Financial Forum Mr. De Larosière, Ladies and Gentlemen, Five years ago, on 13 September 2008, some of you here in this room were probably in Nice for the informal Ecofin. It is precisely on that day in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Lithuania, Politics
Tagged CRD 4, cross-border derivatives, EMIR, Eurofi Financial Forum, financial markets, financial reforms, G20, Michel Barnier, OTC derivatives, Short-selling Regulation, Single Resolution Mechanism, Single Supervisory Mechanism, Vilnius
11-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In April 2013, a survey of foreign exchange and derivatives market activity was carried out by central banks in 53 countries, including all the major financial centres.In consultation with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), these surveys have … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged Bank for International Settlements, currency swaps, derivatives, derivatives transactions, Deutsche Bundesbank, financial markets, foreign exchange options, foreign exchange swaps, foreign exchange trading, forward contracts, global foreign exchange markets, OTC trading, outright forwards, spot contracts, spot transactions, traders
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