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Circle Names Heath Tarbert Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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BOSTON, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Circle Internet Financial, a global fintech firm and issuer of USDC, announced that Heath Tarbert has been named chief legal officer and head of corporate affairs effective July 1, 2023. Tarbert will join the executive leadership team as the company continues pursuing its global growth strategy.

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  • Tarbert brings decades of experience from all three branches of U.S. government, international leadership posts and private sector firms to Circle
    BOSTON, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Circle Internet Financial , a global fintech firm and issuer of USDC, announced that Heath Tarbert has been named chief legal officer and head of corporate affairs effective July 1, 2023.
  • Tarbert will join the executive leadership team as the company continues pursuing its global growth strategy.
  • Tarbert was previously chief legal officer at Citadel Securities and succeeds Flavia Naves, general counsel at Circle.
  • Circle is among several of Tarbert's esteemed private sector posts, including as head of the bank regulatory practice of international law firm Allen & Overy.

Lukka Announces IOSCO Statement of Adherence for Lukka Prime Following Big 4 Accounting Firm Review

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Thursday, May 4, 2023
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NAPLES, Fla., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lukka, the leading institutional crypto data and data management provider, has published its IOSCO Statement of Adherence, for Lukka Prime, which is supported by a review performed by an independent Big 4 accounting firm. Lukka's IOSCO Statement of Adherence describes the governance, quality, and accountability policies, procedures, and controls implemented for Lukka Prime (the "Benchmark").

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  • NAPLES, Fla., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lukka, the leading institutional crypto data and data management provider, has published its IOSCO Statement of Adherence, for Lukka Prime, which is supported by a review performed by an independent Big 4 accounting firm.
  • Lukka's IOSCO Statement of Adherence describes the governance, quality, and accountability policies, procedures, and controls implemented for Lukka Prime (the "Benchmark").
  • With the addition of IOSCO, Lukka further emphasizes its commitment to ensuring customer trust to establish financial transparency for their customers.
  • Lukka is, and will continue to be, adherent to the IOSCO Principles to support and accelerate innovation in building the infrastructure for the future of global commerce.

Fastmarkets successfully completes IOSCO assurance review of its key forest products prices

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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LONDON, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), has successfully completed another external assurance review of its key forest products prices.

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  • LONDON, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), has successfully completed another external assurance review of its key forest products prices.
  • The IOSCO principles create an overarching framework for benchmarks, articulating guidance and principles ensuring transparency and openness.
  • The assurance review process examines a firm's governance and controls framework, policies, and methodologies in scope to verify their adherence to the PRA Principles.
  • To obtain a copy of the independent assurance reports and to view Fastmarkets' price methodology/specifications, click here .

GBBC Digital Finance Joins IOSCO

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
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LONDON, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GBBC Digital Finance (GDF), the largest industry body championing the adoption of best practices for digital finance, has joined IOSCO as an Affiliate Member.

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  • LONDON, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GBBC Digital Finance (GDF), the largest industry body championing the adoption of best practices for digital finance, has joined IOSCO as an Affiliate Member.
  • Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chair of GBBC Digital Finance and member of the GBBC Group board, said, "This is an important milestone for GBBC Digital Finance, our members, and the wider digital finance industry.
  • Emma Joyce, CEO, GBBC Digital Finance, commented, "We are proud to be an affiliate member of such an esteemed membership organization.
  • We also believe there are opportunities to collaborate with the IOSCO regional hub on roundtables, given GBBC Digital Finance's global team and membership."

Morrison Foerster Strengthens Financial Services and FinTech Capabilities in London with Addition of Bank of England Senior Adviser and Manager Sam Riley

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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LONDON, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Sam Riley, who joins as a partner in the Transactions Department, enhancing the firm's financial services and FinTech offering in London. Riley brings sophisticated, cross-practice, and multijurisdictional experience across financial services, banking, digital payments, and securities regulation, with a particular focus on digital assets (including stablecoins/crypto), and emerging technology.

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  • Riley brings sophisticated, cross-practice, and multijurisdictional experience across financial services, banking, digital payments, and securities regulation, with a particular focus on digital assets (including stablecoins/crypto), and emerging technology.
  • Riley has a broad regulatory and transactional practice, built around financial regulation, FinTech, digital innovation, emerging technology in financial services, as well as derivatives.
  • While at the Bank of England, Riley also worked on the impact of, and response to, the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
  • At the Bank of England, Sam has been right in the middle of the development of the regulatory response to emerging financial technologies.

EQS-News: BEX Mauritius Block Exchange receives the world’s first-ever Security Token Trading License from the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Mauritius

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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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BEX Chairman and CEO Pascal Niedermann with FSC CEO Dhanesswurnath Vikas Thakoor, Cyber City, Republic of Mauritius, November 2022

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  • BEX Chairman and CEO Pascal Niedermann with FSC CEO Dhanesswurnath Vikas Thakoor, Cyber City, Republic of Mauritius, November 2022
    [Cyber City, 12/06/22] BEX Mauritius Block Exchange (“BEX”) announced today that the Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) Mauritius has granted its first-ever Securities Trading Systems License under the Mauritius Securities Act of 2005 to BEX to operate a security token trading platform.
  • BEX Mauritius Block Exchange is the world's first regulated operational security token trading platform that provides retail users and corporate issuers from around the world with 24/7 direct access to security token trading without intermediaries.
  • BEX Mauritius Block Exchange (“BEX”), with company registration number C187066, is regulated by the Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) Mauritius.
  • Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) Mauritius is the integrated regulator of the Republic of Mauritius for the non-bank financial services sector and global business.

ICE Benchmark Administration Launches the ICE Carbon Reference Entity Data Service

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has launched the ICE Carbon Reference Entity Data Service (ICE CRED) to facilitate the management of carbon credits through the trade lifecycle.

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  • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has launched the ICE Carbon Reference Entity Data Service (ICE CRED) to facilitate the management of carbon credits through the trade lifecycle.
  • ICE CRED normalises, standardises, aggregates and supplements carbon credit reference data from global registries and assigns a unique ICE Carbon Credit Reference Identifier (ICE CREF) to carbon credits for each project and vintage, providing a universal reference code to facilitate their use.
  • ICE CRED is designed to help reduce operational risk and cost by giving buyers and sellers of carbon credits the enhanced reference data necessary to manage their carbon credit trading processes.
  • IBA designed ICE CRED to provide carbon credit markets with a reliable and rigorous reference data service that aims to significantly improve the practicalities of analysing, trading, risk-managing and valuing carbon credits.

SOFR Academy Welcomes Completion of PwC Review of Invesco Indexing Alignment With IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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PwC assessed whether Invesco Indexing has implemented policies, processes, and control activities aligned with the IOSCO Principles.

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  • PwC assessed whether Invesco Indexing has implemented policies, processes, and control activities aligned with the IOSCO Principles.
  • Invesco Indexing LLC is an independent index provider owned by global asset management firm Invesco Ltd (NYSE: IVZ).
  • Invesco Indexing was also one of the first third-country benchmark administrators to be approved under the EU Benchmarks Regulation and, since January 2021, the UK Benchmarks Regulation.
  • Invesco Indexing LLC is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd.
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BEX Mauritius Block Exchange Receives the World’s First Ever Security Token Trading License from the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Mauritius

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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BEX Mauritius Block Exchange (BEX) announced today that the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Mauritius has granted its first-ever Securities Trading Systems License under the Mauritius Securities Act of 2005 to BEX to operate a security token trading platform.

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  • BEX Mauritius Block Exchange (BEX) announced today that the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Mauritius has granted its first-ever Securities Trading Systems License under the Mauritius Securities Act of 2005 to BEX to operate a security token trading platform.
  • BEX Mauritius Block Exchange is the world's first regulated operational security token trading platform that provides retail users and corporate issuers from around the world with 24/7 direct access to security token trading without intermediaries.
  • BEX Mauritius Block Exchange (BEX), with company registration number C187066, is regulated by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Mauritius.
  • Financial Services Commission (FSC) Mauritius is the integrated regulator of the Republic of Mauritius for the non-bank financial services sector and global business.

SEC's Emily Pierce Joins Persefoni as Associate General Counsel and VP of Global Regulatory Climate Disclosure

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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She is formerly the Assistant Director in the Office of International Affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she was responsible for engaging on international regulatory issues

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  • She is formerly the Assistant Director in the Office of International Affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she was responsible for engaging on international regulatory issues
    TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Persefoni, a global leader in climate data disclosure and management, today announces that Emily Pierce has joined the company as Associate General Counsel and VP of Global Regulatory Climate Disclosure.
  • Emily Pierce will support Persefoni to respond to rapidly evolving global climate disclosure regulations.
  • Pierce joins Persefoni from the U.S. SEC, where she served as Assistant Director in the Office of International Affairs.
  • "Emily joins us during what continues to be a defining period globally for climate and sustainability transparency and disclosure," said Kentaro Kawamori, CEO & Co-Founder of Persefoni.