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Vontobel Wins CIO 2023 Industry Innovation Award

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

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Vontobel was named a winner at the CIO Asset Management & Servicing Industry Innovation Awards in the category of emerging markets.

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Vontobel was named a winner at the CIO Asset Management & Servicing Industry Innovation Awards in the category of emerging markets.
“On behalf of Vontobel, it is an honor to accept this award in recognition of our high-conviction, contrarian approach to emerging markets debt” said Sergey Goncharov, Head of Fixed Income Boutique Americas.
Winners were announced at a dinner ceremony at Chelsea Piers in New York City on December 5, 2023.
Vontobel has established its global success through differentiated investment expertise, bringing long-term solutions to investors in North America since 1984.

EQS-News: New app, new design and improved conditions: SMARTBROKER+ is now available

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

New app, new design and improved conditions: SMARTBROKER+ is now available

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New app, new design and improved conditions: SMARTBROKER+ is now available
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
New app, new design and improved conditions: SMARTBROKER+ is now available
SMARTBROKER+ launches today.
The two brands are among the largest issuers in the ETF marketplace, and will be available free of charge via gettex [6] .
Now, we're further reducing our fees, are introducing additional products, and are launching an app that's simply a delight to use.

EQS-News: Smartbroker Holding AG: Smartbroker 2.0 project progresses according to plan; New derivatives partnerships with BNP Paribas and Citi offer additional client benefits

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Friday, June 2, 2023

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Smartbroker Holding AG: Smartbroker 2.0 project progresses according to plan; New derivatives partnerships with BNP Paribas and Citi offer additional client benefits

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Smartbroker Holding AG: Smartbroker 2.0 project progresses according to plan; New derivatives partnerships with BNP Paribas and Citi offer additional client benefits
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
All the approximately 390,000 derivatives currently issued by BNP Paribas and Citi can be traded at a preferential price of just €2.00 [3] per order.
With BNP Paribas and Citi, two well-known issuers are now joining the ranks, adding their broad product ranges and attractive conditions.
Through the cooperation with BNP Paribas and Citi, more derivatives are now available to our clients at particularly favorable prices.

Vontobel Extends the Use of NICE Actimize SURVEIL-X Markets Surveillance to Foster Market Expansion In a Digital World

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

A long-time customer of NICE Actimize, Vontobel extended its contract with NICE Actimize’s holistic conduct surveillance cloud platform which provides the potential to add additional functions in the future.

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A long-time customer of NICE Actimize, Vontobel extended its contract with NICE Actimize’s holistic conduct surveillance cloud platform which provides the potential to add additional functions in the future.
Largely focused on Investment and Asset Management capabilities and enhancing Vontobel’s strategic direction for its global investment capabilities, NICE Actimize SURVEIL-X solutions will provide additional sector coverage as needed.
NICE Actimize brings next level markets surveillance and risk detection capabilities at scale, with even better detection coverage and the ability to monitor unified communications,” said Chris Wooten, EVP, NICE Vertical Markets.
To download Quadrant Knowledge Solutions (QKS) recently released market report “SPARK Matrix™: Trade Surveillance and Monitoring, 2022” please click here .

Precisely Empowers Customers to Unlock Business Value from ESG Reporting with Trusted Data

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Precisely , the global leader in data integrity, today announced that it is partnering with customers worldwide to build trust in data for effective ESG reporting processes.

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Precisely , the global leader in data integrity, today announced that it is partnering with customers worldwide to build trust in data for effective ESG reporting processes.
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230425005089/en/
The powerful combination of the Precisely Data Integrity Suite and expert strategic services allows customers to easily combine multiple sources of ESG data for real-time insights, improve confidence in the data quality of ESG metrics, ensure data governance while maintaining compliance with industry regulations, and enrich data with additional datasets to help reveal hidden context.
With new research from IDC showing that data management concerns are the leading driver for ESG investment, there is no better time for businesses to leverage trusted data to drive accurate reporting processes, achieve meaningful outcomes, and unlock true business value from ESG-focused initiatives.
“Using proper tools to automate data quality checks in the data cleansing process is very important to handle and control the immense amount of ESG data.

Taurus raises USD 65 million to further develop its digital asset platform and fuel international expansion

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Taurus will continue to invest in its platform to service the world's largest banks on any type of digital assets: crypto-currencies, tokenized securities and digital currencies.

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Taurus will continue to invest in its platform to service the world's largest banks on any type of digital assets: crypto-currencies, tokenized securities and digital currencies.
GENEVA, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Taurus SA ("Taurus"), the leading digital asset infrastructure provider for financial institutions in Europe, is pleased to announce a USD 65 million Series B capital raise from strategic investors.
These achievements allowed Taurus to establish itself as the #1 digital asset infrastructure provider for Tier 1 banks in Europe.
This will form a key part of our digital asset custody platform and will make it easier for us to develop and roll out our digital asset custody offering.

Taurus raises USD 65 million to further develop its digital asset platform and fuel international expansion

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Taurus will continue to invest in its platform to service the world's largest banks on any type of digital assets: crypto-currencies, tokenized securities and digital currencies.

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Taurus will continue to invest in its platform to service the world's largest banks on any type of digital assets: crypto-currencies, tokenized securities and digital currencies.
GENEVA, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Taurus SA ("Taurus"), the leading digital asset infrastructure provider for financial institutions in Europe, is pleased to announce a USD 65 million Series B capital raise from strategic investors.
These achievements allowed Taurus to establish itself as the #1 digital asset infrastructure provider for Tier 1 banks in Europe.
This will form a key part of our digital asset custody platform and will make it easier for us to develop and roll out our digital asset custody offering.

BX Swiss lays the technical foundation for the future of regulated trading of tokenized securities

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Sunday, December 18, 2022

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Together with major Swiss banks, the Swiss stock exchange BX Swiss is taking the financial market infrastructure for tokenized securities to the next level.

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Together with major Swiss banks, the Swiss stock exchange BX Swiss is taking the financial market infrastructure for tokenized securities to the next level.
In a test, trades on BX Swiss were settled for the first time directly in Swiss francs via a decentralized public-blockchain.
In the process, structured products were issued by the Swiss banks Credit Suisse, Pictet and Vontobel in tokenized form as ledger-based securities on the Ethereum test blockchain and subsequently traded via the BX Swiss trading platform.
With the proof of concept, BX Swiss was already able to successfully test the technical basis for the settlement of trades in tokenized securities against Swiss francs with various banks.

EQS-News: Smartbroker Holding AG substantiates plans for the relaunch of its Next Generation Broker

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Sunday, December 18, 2022

Low-fee trading of more than 20 cryptocurrencies & additional securities account classes (business, junior and joint custody accounts) to be added soon

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Low-fee trading of more than 20 cryptocurrencies & additional securities account classes (business, junior and joint custody accounts) to be added soon
Under the project name "Smartbroker 2.0", the Smartbroker Group is working on the relaunch of its next generation broker.
In order to complete the development work, management plans to make further investments of approximately €5 million.
Smartbroker customers will benefit from low-cost access to more than 20 cryptocurrencies following the relaunch.
Oliver Riedel, Board Member at Baader Bank AG: "We are very much looking forward to working with Smartbroker, the multiple award-winning online broker.

The Swiss financial industry has successfully traded and settled tokenized investment products

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

The CMTA's proof of concept marks a milestone for the Swiss financial industry.

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The CMTA's proof of concept marks a milestone for the Swiss financial industry.
The proof of concept involves:
the issuance of tokenized investment products recorded on an Ethereum test blockchain,
the trading of these products in Swiss francs on a regulated Swiss securities exchange, and
the settlement of trades through a smart contract developed by the CMTA.
These three distinct operations - issuance, trading and settlement - all happened within hours, when they take days to unfold in a traditional financial environment.
These securities were then traded on the platform of BX Swiss, a FINMA regulated Swiss securities exchange.