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PSA Group, the French auto manufacturer, has appointed advisory banks to aid it in its all-share merger with Fiat Chrysler. -
CME Group has reported a strong set of third quarter results, with double digit growth in the trading of rates, equity and commodity products.
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Euroclear Finland will join European securities settlement platform TARGET2-Securities in 2022, in time to also lock into the European Collateral Management System.
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Distressed loans using US documentation are some of the slow trades to settle in the capital markets, with an average time of 67 days, reflecting onerous legal requirements under the Loan Syndication and Trading Association standard terms. A new tool released by IHS Markit as part of its ClearPar loan settlement platform has the potential to slash this delay, with a recent trade by Deutsche Bank taking just 10 days to settle.
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Chinese president Xi Jinping triggered a jump in the prices of blockchain-related stocks this week after hailing blockchain as the centrepiece of the country’s technology innovation in a Politburo study session. Xi's comments came as the People’s Bank of China plans to roll out its central bank digital currency.
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The inertia dragging on financial markets’ response to climate change is brought home by an opinion poll in the UK, published on Wednesday. When asked questions in the survey, about 60% of people say financial institutions and banks should no longer invest in fossil fuels. Yet Shell and BP are still the first and third biggest stocks in the FTSE 100.
