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Moscow Exchange Updates Its ESG Best Practice Guide For Issuers

Date 20/01/2023

On 19 January 2022, Moscow Exchange announced an updated version of its ESG Guide, "A Guide for Issuers: How to Comply with Best Sustainability Practices". The guide is aimed at companies that are committed to following the principles of sustainable development and being transparent to customers, counterparties and investors.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Warns The Public Against A Suspicious Website

Date 20/01/2023

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) wishes to alert members of the public that 新美銀行 (translation: Newstates Bank) (website: https://newstates.com/) is not licensed by or registered with the SFC under the Securities and Futures Ordinance to conduct any regulated activities in Hong Kong.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 20/01/2023

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (Morgan Stanley) as part of the second tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 7 October 2022:

JPX Publishes "Survey Of TCFD Disclosure In Japan (FY2022)"

Date 20/01/2023

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) has today published the "Survey of TCFD Disclosure in Japan (FY2022)," covering the constituent companies of the JPX-Nikkei Index 400.

CFFEX: Notice On Delivery Of Equity Index Futures And Options Contracts

Date 20/01/2023

The following equity index futures and options contracts are delivered on January 20, 2023 at their respective final settlement prices:

• IF2301 CSI 300 index futures contracts and the IO2301 series CSI 300 index options contracts are delivered at the final settlement price of 4180.27;
• IC2301 CSI 500 index futures contracts are delivered at the final settlement price of 6243.71;
• IM2301 CSI 1000 index futures contracts and the MO2301 series CSI 1000 index options contracts are delivered at the final settlement price of 6728.24;
• IH2301 SSE 50 index futures contracts and the HO2301 series SSE 50 index options contracts are delivered at the final settlement price of 2837.24.

Japan Financial Services Agency Memorandum Of Cooperation With The European Central Bank

Date 20/01/2023

On January 5, the Financial Services Agency and the European Central Bank(ECB) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision of entities that are supervised by each of the two authorities.

CFFEX: Notice On Listing Of New Equity Index Futures And Options Contracts

Date 20/01/2023

• The IF2309 CSI 300 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on January 30, 2023 at the listing benchmark price of 4204.2.
• The IC2309 CSI 500 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on January 30, 2023 at the listing benchmark price of 6191.8.
• The IM2309 CSI 1000 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on January 30, 2023 at the listing benchmark price of 6657.6.
• The IH2309 SSE 50 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on January 30, 2023 at the listing benchmark price of 2854.2.
• The IO2304 series CSI 300 index options contracts are scheduled to be listed on January 30, 2023.
• The MO2304 series CSI 1000 index options contracts are scheduled to be listed on January 30, 2023.
• The HO2304 series SSE 50 index options contracts are scheduled to be listed on January 30, 2023.

New York Attorney General James And Multistate Coalition Secure $24 Million From Cryptocurrency Platform Nexo For Operating Illegally - New York To Receive $1.9 Million From Nexo For Failing To Register And Misleading Investors

Date 19/01/2023

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a multistate coalition today secured up to $24 million from cryptocurrency companies Nexo Inc. and Nexo Capital Inc. (Nexo) for engaging in the unregistered offer and sale of securities and commodities and for lying to investors about their registration status. Today’s agreement will resolve a civil lawsuit brought by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) against Nexo in September 2022, as well as administrative actions by securities regulators in nine other states. Nexo will also be banned from the securities industry in New York for five years and must notify all its U.S. investors, including roughly 3,000 New Yorkers, to withdraw their assets from the platform. New York will receive more than $1.9 million from Nexo as part of today’s agreement.

Keynote Address By CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero At The Wharton School And The University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Crypto’s Crisis Of Trust: Lessons Learned From FTX’s Collapse

Date 19/01/2023

It’s great to be back at school.  I served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, teaching an advanced securities law and SEC class.  Over time, the focus of the class involved more cryptocurrency issues.  I then developed and taught a cryptocurrency regulation class at the University of Virginia Law School.

SEC: Nexo Agrees To Pay $45 Million In Penalties And Cease Unregistered Offering Of Crypto Asset Lending Product

Date 19/01/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Nexo Capital Inc. with failing to register the offer and sale of its retail crypto asset lending product, the Earn Interest Product (EIP). To settle the SEC’s charges, Nexo agreed to pay a $22.5 million penalty and cease its unregistered offer and sale of the EIP to U.S. investors. In parallel actions announced today, Nexo agreed to pay an additional $22.5 million in fines to settle similar charges by state regulatory authorities.