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(Bloomberg) -- Alexander Höptner was leading the Börse Stuttgart when he jumped at the chance to take a top job with BitMEX, a pioneering cryptocurrency exchange known for its high-risk offerings.Just a few months later, the people who hired him found themselves fugitives wanted by the U.S. government. Federal prosecutors in New York charged outspoken co-founder Arthur Hayes and other senior officers at the company with failing to deploy an adequate anti-money laundering operation at the derivatives trading platform. Hayes, along with fellow owners and co-founders, resigned from his day-to-day leadership duty at the exchange’s holding company.Now Höptner is tasked with steering BitMEX out of its biggest-ever crisis and transforming a renegade crypto startup into something much more staid. His goal: amend relationships with global regulators while also expanding businesses ranging from spot trading to brokerage and custody services.“I was coming from the regulated and classical world. I have a lot of touch points with the regulators already,” the 50-year-old said in his first sit-down interview since starting the CEO role in January. “Now I’m working on the crypto side and bringing the crypto side to the regulated world,” said Höptner, currently in Hong Kong while he considers a permanent base in Asia.See the Bloomberg Television interview here.He declined to comment on the criminal charges against the BitMEX co-founders, or on a parallel civil action by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission alleging BitMEX illegally allowed Americans to trade on the platform. Hayes, who was in Singapore, discussed surrendering to U.S. authorities in April, according to a court filing unveiled this week.Read more: BitMEX Founders Charged With Failing to Prevent LaunderingBack in his native Germany, Höptner helmed the Börse Stuttgart when it became the country’s first regulated trading venue for digital tokens in 2019, and before that spent over a decade with the rival Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It didn’t take him long to accept the BitMEX job offer, he said, because he had been contemplating a move into crypto derivatives on the global stage.“Alex wants to move faster in the crypto economy. He knows it’s not possible for him to do that in Stuttgart,” said Thomas Munz, a former board member at the German exchange who retired in October.Already, there are some changes in the company’s tone and policies. In January BitMEX said it had verified the identities, locations, and credentials of all of its customers, a program it kicked off in August. Corporate customers now represent about 60% of volume -- totaling $1 trillion over the past year -- as the exchange expands beyond its core following of risk-loving retail traders. On average, users apply single-digit leverage to multiply their bets, it said. That’s far from the highest leverage of 100 times the platform allows, which also gives the name to its holding company, 100x Group.Höptner says he’s engaging with regulators globally to get to the point where BitMEX can provide services on a regulated basis, and also work to help shape government oversight.“We are approaching regulators where we are currently present, but we will also reach out to regulators where we are not,” he said.Just as rivals like Binance are chipping away at BitMEX’s market share in derivatives, Höptner is preparing to expand BitMEX’s offering into spot trading and adjacent areas like brokerage and custody, handling transactions and assets for clients.“We have to very fast make up our mind how we want to approach these aspects and then see whether we could find a partner or whether we build something or buy something,” he said.He also has to contend with the memory of Hayes, a poster boy for the early, more freewheeling days of cryptocurrencies. The 34-year-old trader-turned-entrepreneur recently broke a silence maintained since the indictment in a blog post championing crypto’s rally and meme stocks like GameStop Corp.On stepping into the shoes of the iconic founder, Höptner said: “I’m not trying to be somebody else. I am who I am.”(Updates with CEO exploring a permanent base in the fourth paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
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The alert says doctors should consider that shigellosis may be the cause of gastroenteritis if patients are “homeless, under-housed, or part of the social network of the Downtown Eastside.” Ward said many Downtown Eastside residents have very low incomes and are in poor health, and the health authority needs to do a better job of giving residents health information directly. “This is not a palliative care ward, this neighbourhood, and it’s not your laboratory either,” Ward said. People who live in the Downtown Eastside have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ripple effect of pandemic restrictions. Drug poisoning deaths and homelessness have both increased in the neighbourhood, and many residents struggle to access bathrooms and places to wash their hands with soap. Those challenges are not limited to people who are homeless: many residents live in single-room occupancy hotels with shared bathrooms. The Tyee previously reported on complaints that one SRO building, the Gastown Hotel, was not being cleaned properly and soap was not available in washrooms. A tenant who lives in the Hazelwood Hotel, where at least 20 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, also said cleanliness could be improved in her building. According to information Vancouver Coastal Health sent to Downtown Eastside housing providers this week, the health authority has identified several COVID-19 “trends” increasing the risk of transmission. Those include building staff smoking with clients or each other; residents and peer workers cleaning with limited training and personal protective equipment; staff double-masking but putting less effective cloth masks on the bottom; inadequate PPE and unsafe PPE removal; staff eating and travelling together; and poor ventilation. Jen St. Denis, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Tyee
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ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 56 - 4 MARCH 2021 Attached please find the full report as a PDF file as well as the full company announcement including Q4 2020 figures. Annual Report 2020 and Outlook 2021 Today, the Board of Directors approved the annual report for 2020. The full report in English is attached as PDF file and contains the following highlights: ResultsAdjusted result (“profit/loss for the period” adjusted for “profit from sale of vessels etc.”) for the year 2020: USD 106 million (2019: USD 23 million). Asset Management: USD 29 million (USD -3 million)Dry Operator: USD 59 million (USD 8 million)Tanker Operator: USD 18 million (USD 18 million) Asset Management: NORDEN has during 2020 adjusted the exposure from Tankers to Dry Cargo. Dry Operator: Outstanding result with record-high activity levels, underlining the unit’s ability to adapt its position and make use of volatile markets. Tanker Operator: Positive results in first half of 2020, while worst effects of second half 2020 were mitigated through active management of position. Guidance Following a very strong performance in 2020, NORDEN expects lower earnings in 2021 with an expected Adjusted Result for 2021 in the range of USD 20 to 60 million. NORDEN remains committed to returning cash to its shareholders through the Company’s dividend policy, paying out minimum 50% of the annual Adjusted Result. ”NORDEN delivered an outstanding performance in challenging and volatile markets, achieving an Adjusted Result of USD 106 million in 2020 – the best group result in 10 years. The result reflects the recent transformation of our business model and strategy to an asset-light platform based on trading opportunities, using data as an asset and strengthening our customer focus. The Board of Directors recommends a dividend payment of DKK 9 per share in line with our dividend policy of returning minimum 50% of the annual Adjusted Result to our shareholders.” CEO Jan Rindbo Conference call and audiocastA telephone conference as well as an audiocast will be held today at 10:30 a.m. (CET), where CEO Jan Rindbo and CFO Martin Badsted will comment on the annual report. Participants can join the audiocast to view and listen to the live presentation, while conference call participants have the ability to ask questions at the end of the call. The accompanying presentation will be available on NORDEN’s website prior to the conference call and audiocast. It is requested that all conference call participants have joined the call by latest 10:25 a.m. (CET): Danish participants: (+45) 3272 0417and international participants: UK: +44 (0) 2071 928338 or USA: +1 646 741 3167. Confirmation code: 5992705. The audiocast will be available on NORDEN’s website subsequently. Audiocast link: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/r8s4vixq For further information: Thomas France, Investor Communications Partner, +45 3315 0451. Key figures and financial ratios Amounts in USD million20202019201820172016Income statement Revenue2,597.82,583.92,451.41,808.61,251.2Contribution margin435.6295.0132.3116.876.1EBITDA342.5217.572.568.130.6Profit and loss from sale of vessels, etc.-18.2-3.68.80.9-45.5Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses-201.9-156.9-44.3-42.2-49.6EBIT119.456.839.423.3-64.5Financial items, net-26.7-32.7-6.9-0.9-12.2Profit/loss for the year86.019.228.824.6-45.6Adjusted results for the year 1105.722.820.028.4-34.6 Statement of financial position Total assets1,824.81,742.41,464.41,326.51,301.0Equity902.5859.0826.8834.4801.4Liabilities922.3883.4637.6492.1499.6Invested capital1,246.31,283.5970.2836.7753.8Net interest-bearing debts/assets-343.8-424.5-143.4-2.3-47.6Cash and securities331.6209.3188.6219.4263.9 Cash flows From operating activities396.0280.5-15.86.3-79.7From investing activities-45.1-90.9-78.4-0.2102.1- hereof investments in property, plant and equipment-27.1-102.7-202.7-75.4-36.8From financing activities-228.2-211.295.43.0-85.3 Environmental and social figures EEOI (gCO2/tonnes-mile) 28.88.78.68.89.0LTIF (million working hours) 30.61.50.31.60.9 Share-related key figures: No. of shares of DKK 1 each (including treasury shares)40,700,00042,200,00042,200,00042,200,00042,200,000No. of shares of DKK 1 each (excluding treasury shares)37,805,53339,311,53339,923,93340,467,61540,467,615No. of treasury shares2,894,4672,888,4672,276,0671,732,3851,732,385Earnings per share (EPS), DKK14344-8Diluted earnings per share (diluted EPS), DKK14344-8Dividend per share, DKK9.02.52.00.00.0Book value per share, DKK145146135128140Share price at year-end, per share DKK 1109.6106.792.4116.5110.5 Other key figures and financial ratios: EBITDA ratio13.2%8.4%3.0%3.8%2.4%ROIC9.4%5.0%4.4%2.9%-8.4%ROE9.8%2.3%3.5%3.0%-5.5%Payout ratio (excluding treasury shares) 465.3%76.6%41.7%0.0%0.0%Equity ratio49.5%49.3%56.5%62.9%61.6%Price/book value0.80.70.70.90.8Total no. of ship days153,195138,327122,85293,73879,060USD rate at year-end605.76667.59651.94620.77705.28Average USD rate653.43667.03631,74659.53673.27 Key figures for 2016-2018 are not restated to reflect IFRS 16. The ratios were computed in accordance with ”Recommendations and Financial Ratios” issued by the Danish Association of Financial Analysts. However, “Profit and loss from sale of vessels, etc.” is not included in EBITDA. Please see definitions in the section “Definitions of key figures and financial ratios”. The figures are adjusted for the Company’s holding of treasury shares. 1) “Adjusted result for the year” is computed as “Profit/loss for the period” adjusted for “Profit and loss from sale of vessels, etc.”, including adjustment from sale of vessels in joint ventures. 2) The Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator (EEOI) is a measurement of efficiency and is defined as the amount of CO2 emitted per tonne of cargo transported 1 mile. 3) Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) is the frequency a seafarer is unable to work for more than 24 hours per 1 million working hours due to work-related injury. 4) The payout ratio was computed based on proposed dividends for the year, including extraordinary dividends paid during the year. Attachments No. 56 Annual report 2020 and outlook 2021 (1) Annual Report 2020 Key figures and ratios
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