Fidelity International appoints Collado to fixed income team. Fabien Collado's remit will centre on European Bonds 29 October 2026 Fidelity International has appointed Fabien Collado as portfolio manager within its investment grade fixed income team. The role follows Collado's experience at Insight Investment, where he spent five years managing euro corporate bond portfolios, impact investing strategies, and net-zero investment. Prior to this, Collado spent 12 years at AXA Investment Managers, where he worked across portfolio engineering, euro credit-focused active fixed income management, and management of ESG-oriented global buy-and-maintain strategies. Collado, who is scheduled to start on 16 November, will operate from London. From 1 January 2027, he will assume portfolio management responsibility for three Fidelity funds: Euro Corporate Bond, Euro Short Term Bond, and Euro Bond. Marion Le Morhedec, Fidelity's global chief investment officer for fixed income, said: "Fabien brings extensive experience across investment grade credit markets and a strong track record of managing fixed income portfolios. "Fabien's arrival adds further depth to our euro credit expertise. I look forward to welcoming him to Fidelity as we continue to develop our fixed income offering for clients." MORE ARTICLES ON

Digital Asset Clearing Center at HK Fintech Week and Digital Asset Summit with AegisClear Taiwan co-host Kaohsiung asia Asset Management Center Forum. Promote Digital Asset Distribution Alliance (DADA) for retail digital bond adoptions HONG KONG, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Digital Asset Clearing Center "DACC.HK" (https://dacc.hk), an open FMI (Financial Market Infrastructure) built on permissionless ledger with CIPS and e-CNY settlement capabilities, today announced that co-founder Serra Wei is speaking at four events over the next several weeks. Ms. Wei is speaking on Digital Asset Distribution Alliance (DADA), a cross-industry alliance that connects participants across the digital asset value chain, including asset owners, tokenisation platforms, financial institutions, licensed distributors, technology providers, and industry experts to foster trust, transparency and meaningful cooperation to promote the retail adoption of digital bonds using CIPS and e-CNY settlements. During Hong Kong FinTech Week, DACC.HK and Amazon Web Services present "Digital Bond Retail Market & Secondary Trading Forum" along with Futu Securities, Hong Kong Securities Association, OpenFIGI, OpenZeppelin, Ethereum Institutional and Jun He Law Offices. This panel discussion is about building the next phase of digital asset bonds for Hong Kong and to answer the essential question: What will it take to move digital bonds beyond issuance - and towards a market that is more connected, accessible and tradeable? The panel takes place on Wednesday, November 4 at the AWS office in Hong Kong starting at 3:00pm HKT. In addition, DACC.HK is exhibiting at booth 5BC-SU55 in Hong Kong on November 2 and 3. On Thursday, November 5 at Digital Assets Summit, Ms. Wei is speaking for DACC.HK on the main stage panel "Tokenised Funds Are Here" along with Franklin Templeton, BlackRock and Fidelity International. The panel is from 11:15am to 12:00pm HKT at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong. During the Taiwan Asian Asset Management Center ("AAMC") Forum, co-organized by AegisClear (http://aegisclear.com) and the Kaohsiung FinTech Innovation Park, Ms. Wei is presenting on the next chapter of wealth management, The "AI-Powered Wealth Management in the Digital Economy: From RWA Tokenization to Legacy Preservation." This discussion explores how traditional financial assets, digital assets and stablecoin-related technologies can be connected to provide institutions with efficient, transparent and interoperable infrastructure for custody and settlement. The discussion is from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on November 6 in the Kaohsiung FinTech Innovation Park, 2F, No. 1, Fuxing 4th Road, Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City. AegisClear Taiwan is also exhibiting at the Kaohsiung Financial Exhibition from November 6 to 8 and Taipei Fintech Week from December 18 to 19. At Taipei Fintech Week, Ms. Wei is sharing insights on "Connecting Assets, Enabling Trust" at the Taipei World Trade Center, 1/F, Hall 1, Startup Stage. The session highlights the developments in financial tokenization, stablecoin technology, and digital asset custody and settlement infrastructure, exploring how financial technology can connect traditional assets with digital assets to enable more secure, transparent, and efficient financial markets infrastructure. About Digital Asset Clearing Center (DACC.HK) Digital Asset Clearing Center (https://dacc.hk) is a fintech and payment award-winning open financial market infrastructure built on permissionless ledger Conflux Network, audited by CertiK aiming to establish Hong Kong's first bank grade Web3 global independent clearing ecosystem with CIPS/e-CNY integrations and digital RMB settlement capabilities. Through a unified dual-core clearing rail, bank-grade hybrid custody, AI automated back office and a Delivery-vs-Payment and cross border stablecoin liquidity hub, DACC creates an institutional cross-border bridge that routes traditional CIPS/e-CNY fiat flows into RWA tokenised assets. DACC provides authorised institutional participants with real-time, secure, and regulatory-compliant services. As the direct regulatory interface for tokenised assets from inception to distributions, DACC follows the Core Criteria of Circulars announced by the SFC and HKMA. Where CIPS Meets Tokenisation About AegisClear Taiwan AegisClear Taiwan believes the next era of finance is about more than simply putting assets on chain. It is about connecting assets, capital, financial institutions, and global markets in a way that creates greater trust, efficiency, and accessibility. By connecting traditional financial assets, digital assets and stablecoin technologies, AegisClear offers institutions an efficient, transparent and interoperable infrastructure for custody and settlement payments. SOURCE Digital Asset Clearing Center

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