The London Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it plans to allow investors to trade tokenized shares of existing listed companies continuously from Monday to Friday in order to take advantage of the boom in digital assets.
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London Plans Continuous Tokenized Share Trading

By Najiyya Budaly

The London Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it plans to allow investors to trade tokenized shares of existing listed companies continuously from Monday to Friday in order to take advantage of the boom in digital assets.

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FSB Warns G20 Of Frontier AI Threat To Global Finance

By Alex Davidson

A global stability standards setter has warned major economies that frontier artificial intelligence models pose the most immediate AI-related threat to the financial system.

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UK To Double OFSI's Maximum Sanctions Evasion Penalties

By Tom Fish

The government has announced a series of measures designed to strengthen sanctions enforcement, including a doubling of the maximum penalty available to the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation for breaches. 

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ENFORCEMENT

Brief

Man Gets Prison For ID Theft In 1st Known 'SMS Blaster' Case

By Tom Fish

A man has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison after he was convicted of using sophisticated technology to send fraudulent text messages directly to members of the public, City of London Police said Tuesday.

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LITIGATION

Alleged Iran Oil Ring Member Beats US Bail Challenge

By Ronan Barnard

A shipping businessman accused of evading U.S. sanctions to buy vessels for a multibillion-dollar Iranian oil network defeated prosecutors' bid Tuesday to overturn a London judge's decision granting him bail while he fights extradition on fraud charges.

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Santander Beats Sex Bias Claim Over Redundancy Scoring

By Hanna Vioque

A financial crime specialist has failed to persuade an employment tribunal that Santander's decision to make her redundant while she was on maternity leave was tainted by discrimination.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Ireland Proposes Retail Investment Accounts With Flat Tax

By Kevin Pinner

Ireland wants to create accounts for Irish retail investors with a flat-rate tax on the account value above an exempted threshold, which would simplify the investment tax system compared to current rules, the government said.

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Gov't Warned Against 'Upheaval' In Municipal Pension Scheme

By Joel Poultney

Policymakers should focus on implementing current reforms to the £400 billion ($541 billion) Local Government Pension Scheme and not "structural upheaval" of a plan that is working successfully, a trade body said Tuesday.

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DEALS

SocGen To Buy 50% Stake In Vodafone's German Fiber JV

By Dawood Fakhir

Telecommunications giant Vodafone said Tuesday that French lender Société Générale SA has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in its German fiber network joint venture OXG Glasfaser Beteiligungs-GmbH.

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Pinsent Steers Wood Group In £1.7B Pensions Deal With L&G

By Tom Fish

Engineering firm Wood Group has secured the retirement benefits for all 16,400 members of its pension plan with a £1.65 billion ($2.23 billion) buy-in, consultancy Lane Clark Peacock said Tuesday.

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Insurance Capital Markets Likely To Shift To Data Center Risk

By Joel Poultney

Risks linked to the projected $3 trillion financial investment in data centers over the coming years cannot be absorbed through traditional insurance capacity and will require a range of insurance-linked securities, a ratings agency said Tuesday.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Amazon.com Inc.

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Google LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

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Optimum

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City of London Police

Crown Prosecution Service

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Financial Stability Board

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts