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SEC: Market Structure Updated Metrics

Date 26/08/2024

SEC Staff is pleased to provide you with the following updates:

• Updated Metrics. Data series containing daily cancel-to-trade ratios, trade-order volumes, hidden rates, and odd-lot rate metrics for Q2 2024 are now available. This data extends to 150 total months the data series you can view in the data visualization tool as well as download in CSV format. The visualization for quote-life data now defaults to Q2 2024.

CFTC Orders Wisconsin Man To Pay Civil Monetary Penalty For Acting As An Unregistered Commodity Trading Advisor

Date 26/08/2024

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it entered an order requiring Mark Hendershott, located in Wisconsin, to pay a $75,000 civil monetary penalty for acting as an unregistered commodity trading advisor (CTA).

SEC Charges Abra With Unregistered Offers And Sales Of Crypto Asset Securities - Abra Also Allegedly Operated As An Unregistered Investment Company

Date 26/08/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against Plutus Lending LLC, which does business as Abra, for failing to register the offers and sales of its retail crypto asset lending product, Abra Earn. The SEC also charged Abra with operating as an unregistered investment company.

SEC Issues $24 Million Awards To Two Whistleblowers

Date 26/08/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $24 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to an SEC enforcement action and an action brought by another agency.

CME Group Opens Registration For Its 21st Annual Global University Trading Challenge

Date 26/08/2024

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that registration is now open for the 21st annual CME Group University Trading Challenge, which will be held from Sunday, October 6, 2024 through Thursday, October 31, 2024. Interested students can register no later than 2 p.m. CT on Tuesday, October 2, where they can also familiarize themselves with the challenge rules and gain additional market knowledge through the wide range of resources available.

MIAX Exchange Group - Holiday Schedule - Labor Day 2024

Date 26/08/2024

Please be advised the MIAX Options Exchange, MIAX Pearl Options Exchange, MIAX Emerald Options Exchange, MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange and MIAX Pearl Equities Exchange will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024, in observance of Labor Day.

Rhoda Weeks-Brown To Retire As IMF General Counsel And Director Of The Legal Department

Date 26/08/2024

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today that Rhoda Weeks-Brown intends to retire as General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department on September 30, 2024.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Proposes Appointment Of Mr. Nigel Clarke As Deputy Managing Director

Date 26/08/2024

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today to the Executive Board her proposal to appoint Mr. Nigel Clarke to the position of Deputy Managing Director, effective October 31, 2024. He will succeed Ms. Antoinette Sayeh, who, as previously announced, steps down on September 12.

ETFGI Reports That Assets Invested In Actively Managed ETFs Listed Globally Reached A New Record Of 974.29 Billion US Dollars At The End Of July

Date 26/08/2024

ETFGI, a prominent independent research and consultancy firm specializing in providing subscription research on trends in the global ETFs industry, reported today that assets invested in actively managed ETFs listed globally reached a new record of US$974.29 billion at the end of July.  During July actively managed ETFs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$35.92 billion, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$189.96 billion, according to ETFGI's July 2024 Active ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Moscow Exchange Announces Results For The Second Quarter Of 2024

Date 26/08/2024

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results based on summary financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Q2 2024.