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CFTC To Hold A Commission Open Meeting On January 22

Date 12/01/2024

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam today announced the Commission will hold an open meeting on Monday, January 22 at 9:30 a.m. (EST) at the CFTC’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. Members of the public can attend the meeting in person, listen by phone, or view a live stream at CFTC.gov.

Nigerian Exchange Weekly Market Report For January 12th, 2024

Date 12/01/2024

A total turnover of 5.719 billion shares worth N88.828 billion in 80,064 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 3.320 billion shares valued at N41.755 billion that exchanged hands last week in 46,994 deals.

BIS Makes Changes To Its Executive Leadership Team

Date 12/01/2024

• Luis Bengoechea appointed as Head of the Banking Department, effective June 2024.
• Hyun Song Shin to assume role of Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, effective January 2025, upon the retirement of Claudio Borio at end-2024.

Cboe Digital Launches Margined Bitcoin And Ether Futures, Announces Successful First Trade

Date 12/01/2024

Cboe Digital announced it successfully launched margined Bitcoin and Ether futures and completed its first margined Bitcoin futures trade. With support from Blockfills, DV Trading LLC, Jump Trading Group, Marex, Toa Capital Partners and Wedbush in executing these trades, Cboe Digital becomes the first U.S. regulated crypto native exchange and clearinghouse to offer both spot and leveraged derivatives trading on a single platform.

Banks Remain Robust But Higher Interest Rates Could Impact Their Asset Quality, The EBA Finds

Date 12/01/2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Q3 2023 quarterly Risk Dashboard (RDB) together with the Risk Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ). The publication also includes information on minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL). EU/EEA’s banks remained highly profitable, well capitalised and maintained robust liquidity. Banks expect the asset quality to deteriorate as higher interest rates affect borrowers.

Spectrum Markets: European Retail Investors Were Quick To Respond To Wednesday Night’s Bitcoin ETF Announcement

Date 12/01/2024

Spectrum Markets, the pan-European trading venue for securities saw a surge in overnight activity on products linked to bitcoin, in the hours following the SEC’s announcement approving the first spot bitcoin ETF.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Summary, 12 January 2024

Date 12/01/2024

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly summary.

Corporate And Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Fall In December

Date 12/01/2024

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for December 2023. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a significant monthly decrease in request volume for new corporate and municipal identifiers.

SEC Charges Morgan Stanley And Former Executive Pawan Passi With Fraud In Block Trading Business - Firm Agrees To Pay More Than $249 Million To Settle Fraud Charges And For Failing To Enforce Information Barriers

Date 12/01/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investment banking giant Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and the former head of its equity syndicate desk, Pawan Passi, with a multi-year fraud involving the disclosure of confidential information about the sale of large quantities of stock known as “block trades.” The SEC also charged Morgan Stanley with failing to enforce its policies concerning the misuse of material non-public information related to block trades.

Liquidnet Reports A Surge In Electronic Trading Activity Amid A Record-Breaking Week For Europe’s Primary Market

Date 12/01/2024

Liquidnet, a leading technology-driven agency execution specialist, has reported a record-breaking week for electronic new issues trading for the week commencing 8th January.