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Misery Loves [Investment] Company?: Remarks At The 2026 Investment Company Institute Investment Management Conference, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Palm Desert, CA, March 24, 2026

Date 24/03/2026

Thank you, Eric [Pan] for the kind introduction, and thank you to the Investment Company Institute for inviting me to deliver remarks this morning. Before I continue, I must remind you that my views are my own as a Commissioner and not necessarily those of the Commission or my fellow Commissioners.

I made my first speech as a Commissioner at this conference in 2018. Being back eight years later as my tenure on the Commission draws to a close is a nice bookend. As I reminisced in 2018, I first joined the Commission as a staff member in the Division of Investment Management, so these issues are near and dear to my heart.

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date March 13, 2026

Date 24/03/2026

At the end of the settlement date of March 13, 2026, short interest in 3,657 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 16,179,628,406 shares compared with 15,794,218,322 shares in 3,629 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 27, 2026. The mid-March short interest represents 2.42 days compared with 2.64 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 24/03/2026

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of March 13, 2026.

CFTC Staff Amends Brexit-Related No-Action Positions For Additional UK Trading Facilities

Date 24/03/2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight announced today it is amending no-action positions in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, known as Brexit.

MIAX Exchange Group - Options Markets - Market For Underlying Security Used For Openings On MIAX Options, MIAX Pearl Options, MIAX Emerald Options, And MIAX Sapphire Options For Newly Listed Symbols Effective Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Date 24/03/2026

Please refer to the Regulatory Circulars listed below for newly added symbols and the corresponding market for the underlying security used for openings on the MIAX Exchanges. The newly listed symbols will be available for trading beginning Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

Opening Remarks At The Digital Asset Summit 2026, Paul S. Atkins, SEC Chairman, New York, NY, March 24, 2026

Date 24/03/2026

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for the invitation to join you at this year’s Digital Asset Summit. I am delighted to be here, especially on the close heels of what was, by any measure, a historic week for America’s digital asset markets.

BMO Introduces Tokenized Cash And Deposit Platform With CME Group And Google Cloud

Date 24/03/2026

• First bank to offer CME Group’s tokenized cash solution on Google Cloud Universal Ledger 
• Enhanced digital financial infrastructure modernizes 24/7 institutional settlement, enabling clients to move value continuously for margin, collateral and settlement workflows 
• Establishes the groundwork for tokenized deposits that support broader payment and treasury use cases

smartTrade Launches Agentic Copilot: Governed, Sovereign AI In Trading & Payments

Date 24/03/2026

smartTrade Technologies, the global leader in AI-powered multi-asset electronic trading and payments solutions, today announced the launch of smartTrade Agentic Copilot (STAC). This major upgrade to smartTrade’s existing AI-enabled ecosystem introduces an “MCP-enabled Sovereign AI” architecture. This framework empowers banks to harness advanced Agentic AI technology while strictly adhering to the rigorous security, latency, and compliance requirements of modern financial institutions.

MIAX Exchange Group - Options Markets - New Listings Effective For March 25, 2026

Date 24/03/2026

The attached option classes will begin trading on the MIAX Options Exchange, MIAX Pearl Options Exchange, MIAX Emerald Options Exchange, and MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

Basel III Liquidity Indicators Increase Slightly While Risk-Based Capital And Leverage Ratios Are Stable For Large Internationally Active Banks, Latest Basel III Monitoring Exercise Shows

Date 24/03/2026

• Banks' liquidity ratios increased slightly while Basel III risk-based capital and leverage ratios are stable in the first half of 2025.
• The average impact of the Basel III framework on the Tier 1 minimum required capital (MRC) of Group 1 banks decreased, driven by implementation progress.
• The newly expanded cryptoasset exposures dashboard shows how banks are classifying their cryptoasset exposures.