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Marco Polo and Rosenblatt Ally to Offer Foreign Brokers Enhanced Trading Services and Distribution to US Institutional Customers

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marco Polo Exchange ("MPX") is delighted to announce an agreement with Rosenblatt Securities to expand the distribution and execution services available to MPX's client base of foreign securities firms accessing US markets under SEC Exchange Act Rule 15a-6.   As part of the collaboration, MPX will offer its industry-leading chaperone and distribution automation solution to Rosenblatt's existing universe of chaperoned brokers.  In turn, Rosenblatt will offer MPX's customers privileged access to Rosenblatt's US and international equity trading services and extensive buy-side relationships. "We have long been an advocate of expanding US institutional investor access to the universe of international investment opportunities and have offered bespoke services to a dozen or so leading foreign brokers for the past several years to foster that," said Joe Gawronski, CEO of Rosenblatt Securities.  "MPX has invested heavily in technology and created the industry-leading compliance and distribution solution for foreign brokers.  With the scale its portal has achieved through onboarding dozens of clients already, offering our foreign broker partners the opportunity to leverage MPX's centralized distribution and agile compliance platform is a no-brainer." Rosenblatt's Head of Execution Services, Jourdain Frain, added: "And it's a perfect match as we can continue to serve our foreign broker partners' US and international equity execution needs, as well as open up Marco Polo's existing roster of broker offerings to our large US buy-side [...]

By |2022-11-14T20:33:55+00:00November 14th, 2022|Comments Off on Marco Polo and Rosenblatt Ally to Offer Foreign Brokers Enhanced Trading Services and Distribution to US Institutional Customers
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SC Lowy

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China will launch a real estate fund to help property developers resolve a crippling debt crisis, aiming for a warchest of up to 300 billion yuan ($44 billion) in a bid to restore confidence in the industry, according to a state bank official with direct knowledge of the matter. The move would mark the first major step by the state to rescue the beleaguered property sector since the debt troubles became public last year. The size of the fund would initially be set at 80 billion yuan through support from the central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the person, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, told Reuters. He said state-owned China Construction Bank (OTC:CICHF) will contribute 50 billion yuan into the 80 billion yuan fund, but the money will come from PBOC's relending facility. If the model works, other banks will follow suit with a target to raise up to 200 to 300 billion yuan, he added. A key pillar of the world's second-largest economy, China's property sector has been lurching from one crisis to another, and has been a major drag on growth over the past year. A revolt by homebuyers this month heaped more headache for authorities. Some analysts said a fund would only provide part of [...]

By |2022-08-17T21:50:28+00:00August 10th, 2022|0 Comments
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The Long and Winding Road to Financial Reporting Standards

H1 2022 Review of Shareholder Activism Posted by Mary Ann Deignan, Rich Thomas, and Christopher Couvelier, Lazard, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Boards of Directors, Institutional Investors, International governance, Mergers & acquisitions, Proxy contests, Shareholder activism More from: Christopher Couvelier, Mary Ann Deignan, Rich Thomas, Lazard Mary Ann Deignan is Managing Director; Rich Thomas is Managing Director and Head of European Shareholder Advisory; and Christopher Couvelier is Managing Director at Lazard. This post is based on a Lazard memorandum by Ms. Deignan, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Couvelier, Emel Kayihan, Antonin Deslandes, and Leah Friedman. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism (discussed on the Forum here) by Lucian Bebchuk, Alon Brav, and Wei Jiang; Dancing with Activists (discussed on the Forum here) by Lucian Bebchuk, Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Thomas Keusch; and Who Bleeds When the Wolves Bite? A Flesh-and-Blood Perspective on Hedge Fund Activism and Our Strange Corporate Governance System (discussed on the Forum here) by Leo E. Strine, Jr. Observations on Global Activism Environment H1 2022 Activity Slows vs. Q1 but Remains Robust Despite a challenging investing environment in 2022, activity remains elevated—Q2 was the second most active quarter in the past five quarters Global campaign activity for Q2 (53 campaigns) down 27% vs. Q1, in line with Q1/Q2 pattern of recent years Regionally, the decline was most acute in the U.S., where activity materially declined by [...]

By |2022-08-17T21:56:11+00:00July 27th, 2022|0 Comments
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Martin Hakker joins Marco Polo Exchange as Chief Revenue Officer

Martin Hakker joins Marco Polo Exchange as Chief Revenue Officer NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Marco Polo Exchange (MPX), a US-headquartered financial services and technology firm dedicated to breaking down the barriers to cross-border investment and capital raising, with a special focus on catering to the ESG marketplace, today announces the appointment of Martin Hakker as Chief Revenue Officer. Martin joins MPX with over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services industry. Prior to MPX, Martin spent 25 years at Fidessa, holding roles of Executive Vice President, Head of Americas, and Chief Executive Officer at Fidessa Canada. During his tenure at Fidessa, Martin used his entrepreneurial skills to lead Fidessa’s growth to the industry-leading standard in the US, Canada, and LATAM. Before Fidessa, Martin was a principal at TCAM Systems, where he and TCAM were at the forefront of automating stock exchanges throughout the globe. His roots in capital formation, lowering entry barriers through cutting-edge technology, and automation led to important disruption across products and solutions for the industry. Martin’s leadership and expertise will be essential in building long-term partnerships with MPX’s growing client base, developing new cross-functional partnerships, and promoting a culture of engagement, collaboration, and innovation with the growing talent at MPX. “I am excited to be part of such a fantastic team at MPX, executing the vision of lowering the [...]

By |2022-07-25T01:41:52+00:00July 20th, 2022|0 Comments
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Venture Forward

While Canada’s public venture market has delivered on its promise of growth over the last several decades, markets are not static. TSX Venture Exchange is focused on identifying and seizing opportunities to build from our position of strength to ensure that Canada's public venture market remains a critical driver of economic prosperity, and maintaining our competitive edge on the global stage. In this white paper, we outline three broad areas where TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian public venture ecosystem can take action to innovate, adapt and evolve over the coming years: DOWNLOAD NOW REDUCE barriers and burdens to access public venture capital EXPAND the global base of investors and capital that support and finance issuers GROW empower and strengthen the public venture capital ecosystem and its participants Over the coming months, we aim to engage with representatives from across our stakeholder community to gain a full understanding of how our markets can better support early-stage companies. As we embark together on this journey, we will also share progress updates and our plans. Read More

By |2022-08-17T21:47:55+00:00July 3rd, 2022|0 Comments
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DFC

Helping Women in Brazil Access Affordable Healthcare Challenge Brazil has one of the highest rates of preventable death of any OECD country, partly due to high rates of breast and cervical cancer. Each year, millions of women in Brazil miss or delay routine health screenings due to an overburdened public healthcare system and an underdeveloped private healthcare market. Solution and Impact A DFC loan is helping GIP Medicina Diagnóstica S.A. expand its chain of women’s health diagnostic centers that provide diagnostic testing, imaging, blood work, and pathology testing services. The company, which is known as Femme in the local market, currently operates 14 centers in São Paulo and will use the DFC financing to expand, adding more than 27 centers over the next six years, serving low and middle-income women. With the additional diagnostic centers, the company projects its annual patient consultations will increase from approximately 300,000 currently to more than 4.5 million. Femme plans to place new locations in underserved areas to help increase access for low-income households. The project is projected to increase more than 1,000 permanent professional and technical jobs as well as support staff in the next five years. Eighty percent of the new jobs are expected to be filled by women. Read More

By |2022-07-03T13:54:35+00:00June 27th, 2022|0 Comments
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Project Syndicate

Can Nuclear Energy Come Back from the Grave? Jun 8, 2022NICK BUTLER From China to the United Kingdom, policymakers regard nuclear power as part of the solution to the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. But it remains to be seen whether the industry will finally establish itself as a major global electricity supplier, or again fail to live up to its promise. LONDON – Nuclear power has been in decline since the Fukushima disaster in Japan more than a decade ago, but it may be poised for a comeback. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and soaring natural-gas prices have led some to argue that nuclear energy can help solve the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. Is the industry back in business, or will this prove to be another false dawn? Until recently, nuclear power’s prospects seemed poor. Plants built in the 1970s and 1980s are nearing the end of their working lives, while Germany and Japan decided to shut down theirs for political reasons. Of the relatively few new nuclear plants currently being built, many have been blighted by management failures and technical faults. The flagship EPR pressurized water reactors at Flamanville in northern France and Olkiluoto in Finland are, respectively, 13 and 12 years behind schedule. Hinkley Point in southwest England, which was supposed to have provided the power to cook Britain’s Christmas turkeys in 2023, [...]

By |2022-07-03T13:57:06+00:00June 27th, 2022|0 Comments
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