National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has appointed Viktor Zhidkov as Chairman of the Executive Board. Mr. Zhidkov's candidacy has been approved by the Bank of Russia and by NSD’s Supervisory Board.

NSD headed by the new Executive Board Chairman will continue to implement its development strategy until 2024: developing its core depository business and additional innovative products for Moscow Exchange Group clients focusing on reliability, effectiveness, and business growth.

OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management Corporation, on behalf of certain of its clients (“AIMCo”), today announced that they have signed an agreement to sell their majority stake in Environmental Resources Management (“ERM,” or “the Company”) to KKR.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading financial institution, has partnered with FIS, a leading global provider of technology solutions, to modernize its digital payment services and to provide instant payment to its customers.

Kidbrooke, a leading provider of financial analytics APIs, confirmed today that they are making their range of holistic financial planning and analytics solutions available to additiv customers on both their Software-as-a-Service and Embedded Finance models. 

 Leading issuer processor, Global Processing Services (GPS), announces that it has wrapped up its 2020 awards season with a 12^th major award win in 12 months, scooping the highly coveted title of Best Processing Programme at the recent Card and Payments Awards.

Spectrum Markets, the pan-European trading venue for securitized derivatives, has introduced a Stop Order functionality with customised features.

As we enter the next phase out of lockdown, research from  Nucleus Commercial Finance reveals nearly a third (31%) of SME leaders are optimistic about all restrictions lifting on June 21st, however they also fear future lockdowns and the impact this will have on their business. 

EFA, a leading Assets Servicing company in Luxembourg, is proud to announce that  it has signed the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment. 

Temenos , the banking software company, today announced the integration of Taurus SA (“Taurus”), the Swiss digital asset and blockchain infrastructure fintech, with Temenos Transact, the next generation core banking software. Following a thorough landscape review and evaluation process, Temenos selected Taurus as a partner to deliver simplified access to digital assets for its banking clients.