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Janus Henderson is Excited to Announce New Hires to its Equities Team

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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Returning to Janus Henderson, the firm is delighted to welcome Marc Pinto back as Head of Americas Equities.

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  • Returning to Janus Henderson, the firm is delighted to welcome Marc Pinto back as Head of Americas Equities.
  • Marc Pinto said: “It is with great confidence about the recent direction of the firm that I rejoin Janus Henderson and its wonderful Americas Equities team.
  • Janus Henderson Investors is the name under which investment products and services are provided by Janus Henderson Investors International Limited (reg no.
  • Janus Henderson, Knowledge Shared and Knowledge Labs are trademarks of Janus Henderson Group plc or one of its subsidiaries.

Wedbush Securities Welcomes Diane Pejkovich as Its New SVP, Business Supervision of the Fixed Income, Currencies, Commodities, and Stock Lending Division

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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With over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry, Diane brings a wealth of expertise and leadership to her new role.

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  • With over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry, Diane brings a wealth of expertise and leadership to her new role.
  • Diane joined the Wedbush Futures division in Chicago over six years ago as a Senior Finance and Compliance Consultant and has since played a key role in the growth of the division.
  • In her new role, Diane will leverage her extensive industry and regulatory experience to lead the supervision and compliance efforts for the firm.
  • Diane is a Certified Public Accountant and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Loyola University of Chicago.

ABN AMRO Finds Smarter and Faster Digital Customer Experiences with NICE CXone

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Monday, July 17, 2023
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NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) has today announced that ABN AMRO , a leading eurozone financial institution located in the Netherlands, has deployed NICE CXone to expand its digital capabilities across all touchpoints and provide a smarter, faster customer experience across the entire journey.

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  • NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) has today announced that ABN AMRO , a leading eurozone financial institution located in the Netherlands, has deployed NICE CXone to expand its digital capabilities across all touchpoints and provide a smarter, faster customer experience across the entire journey.
  • Alongside reseller, Infosys, NICE helped ABN AMRO migrate from on-premise to cloud with CXone in a quick, easy and risk-free way, aiding the bank’s wider digital transformation ambitions.
  • ABN AMRO required an upgrade that would simplify its infrastructure and address customers’ new digital needs.
  • Wandana Jankie, Contract Owner and IT Lead Customer Interaction, ABN AMRO, said, “With NICE CXone we have a place where the remote customer journey is orchestrated and comes to life.

Janus Henderson Corporate Debt Index: Company Debts Reach New Record but Appetite to Borrow Is Waning

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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Verizon, the US telecoms company, became the most indebted non-financial company in the world in 2022/23 for the first time.

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  • Verizon, the US telecoms company, became the most indebted non-financial company in the world in 2022/23 for the first time.
  • Overall Janus Henderson expects net debt to decline by 1.9% this year, falling to $7.65 trillion.
  • Janus Henderson Investors is the name under which investment products and services are provided by Janus Henderson Investors International Limited (reg no.
  • Janus Henderson and Knowledge Shared are trademarks of Janus Henderson Group plc or one of its subsidiaries.

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Signing and Drawdown of a US$100 Million Term Loan Facility With DNB Bank ASA and a US$22.5 Million Term Loan Facility With Nordea Bank to Refinance Existing Loan Facilities

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Yesterday, it concluded the drawdown of US$100 million, secured by ten vessels.

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  • Yesterday, it concluded the drawdown of US$100 million, secured by ten vessels.
  • The remaining proceeds may be used to pay transaction costs and expenses incurred in connection with the loan agreement and/or general corporate purposes.
  • On June 20, 2023, The Company also signed a term loan facility with Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge for up to US$22.5 million with maturity date in June 2028.
  • The proceeds from the loan facility refinanced the existing loan facility with an outstanding amount of approximately US$20.9 million, with Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge (maturity date in March 2024) related to the same four vessels.

Press Release: KPN successfully issues € 600m Senior bond

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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Today, Koninklijke KPN N.V. (“KPN”) has successfully issued a € 600 million senior unsecured Eurobond with a 3.875% coupon maturing on 3 July 2031.

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  • Today, Koninklijke KPN N.V. (“KPN”) has successfully issued a € 600 million senior unsecured Eurobond with a 3.875% coupon maturing on 3 July 2031.
  • The new Eurobond increases the average maturity of KPN’s outstanding bonds and has been placed with a broad range of institutional investors.
  • The Eurobond is issued under KPN’s Global Medium Term Note programme and will be listed on the regulated market of Euronext Dublin.
  • KPN has a credit rating of Baa3 with stable outlook by Moody's, BBB with stable outlook by S&P and BBB with stable outlook by Fitch.

Fireblocks Expands Support for Banking & Financial Institutions with New HSM, Public & Private Cloud Capabilities

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain, expands its highly secure MPC-CMP wallet and key management technology to include support for HSMs and public and private cloud, including Thales, Securosys, AWS, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud. These flexible deployment models allow banks and financial institutions to leverage Fireblocks' industry-leading security and technology stack to quickly bring their digital asset initiatives into production while meeting their risk, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

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  • These institutions have leveraged Fireblocks to build new digital asset custody, trading, clearing and settlement services, tokenization of financial products such as tokenized fiat, central bank digital currencies (CBDC), carbon credits, and more.
  • Banks and financial institutions find success in bringing their digital asset products to production by leveraging key components of the Fireblocks platform.
  • Foundational to the ecosystem is the Fireblocks Network, which connects the largest consortium of regulated financial institutions that have implemented digital assets on the blockchain.
  • To learn more about Fireblocks' new offerings to support banks and financial institutions, visit www.fireblocks.com/customers/banks-and-fmis

Fireblocks Expands Support for Banking & Financial Institutions with New HSM, Public & Private Cloud Capabilities

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Securosys, Cloud, NAB, Blockchain, JPMorgan Chase, SECS/GEM, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, MPC, BNY Mellon, EVP, GCP, FIS, ABN, Alibaba Cloud, ABN AMRO, HSM, CBDC, Collateral management, Carbon, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, BTG Pactual, Digital asset, Risk, Ideation, Treasury services, CIO, Temenos, Ecosystem, System, Policy, API, AWS, ANZ (bank), Cryptocurrency, Bank, EU, Avaloq, Thales of Miletus

NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain, expands its highly secure MPC-CMP wallet and key management technology to include support for HSMs and public and private cloud, including Thales, Securosys, AWS, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud. These flexible deployment models allow banks and financial institutions to leverage Fireblocks' industry-leading security and technology stack to quickly bring their digital asset initiatives into production while meeting their risk, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

Key Points: 
  • These institutions have leveraged Fireblocks to build new digital asset custody, trading, clearing and settlement services, tokenization of financial products such as tokenized fiat, central bank digital currencies (CBDC), carbon credits, and more.
  • Banks and financial institutions find success in bringing their digital asset products to production by leveraging key components of the Fireblocks platform.
  • Foundational to the ecosystem is the Fireblocks Network, which connects the largest consortium of regulated financial institutions that have implemented digital assets on the blockchain.
  • To learn more about Fireblocks' new offerings to support banks and financial institutions, visit www.fireblocks.com/customers/banks-and-fmis

Cboe Clear Europe Plans to Introduce Clearing Service for Securities Financing Transactions

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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AMSTERDAM and LONDON, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced that Cboe Clear Europe, its Amsterdam-based clearing house, is planning to introduce a Central Counterparty (CCP) clearing service for securities financing transactions (SFT) in Q3 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.

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  • AMSTERDAM and LONDON, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced that Cboe Clear Europe, its Amsterdam-based clearing house, is planning to introduce a Central Counterparty (CCP) clearing service for securities financing transactions (SFT) in Q3 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.
  • Vikesh Patel, President, Cboe Clear Europe, said: "We are delighted to bring a CCP clearing service to Europe's SFT market, helping market participants improve their capital and operational efficiencies in relation to these products.
  • As a leading pan-European equities clearing house, Cboe Clear Europe currently offers clearing services to 47 trading venues.
  • Cboe Clear Europe operates as an independent subsidiary of the Cboe group, retaining a separate governance structure and management team.

Cboe Clear Europe Plans to Introduce Clearing Service for Securities Financing Transactions

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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AMSTERDAM and LONDON, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced that Cboe Clear Europe, its Amsterdam-based clearing house, is planning to introduce a Central Counterparty (CCP) clearing service for securities financing transactions (SFT) in Q3 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.

Key Points: 
  • AMSTERDAM and LONDON, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced that Cboe Clear Europe, its Amsterdam-based clearing house, is planning to introduce a Central Counterparty (CCP) clearing service for securities financing transactions (SFT) in Q3 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.
  • Vikesh Patel, President, Cboe Clear Europe, said: "We are delighted to bring a CCP clearing service to Europe's SFT market, helping market participants improve their capital and operational efficiencies in relation to these products.
  • As a leading pan-European equities clearing house, Cboe Clear Europe currently offers clearing services to 47 trading venues.
  • Cboe Clear Europe operates as an independent subsidiary of the Cboe group, retaining a separate governance structure and management team.