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London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 25/05/2023

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 through its corporate stockbroker Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Citi) as part of the third tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 20 March 2023:

Licence Applicant Convicted Of Providing False Information To The Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission

Date 25/05/2023

The Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today convicted Mr Sze Chun Wai after he pleaded guilty to making false and misleading representations in support of his licence application to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in January 2021.

ASX Enters Into Agreement To Sell Entire Investment In Yieldbroker

Date 25/05/2023

ASX is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell 100% of its interest in Yieldbroker Pty Limited (Yieldbroker) to a wholly owned subsidiary of Tradeweb Markets LLC (Tradeweb) (Proposed Transaction). 

Sustainable? Ethical? The Substance Must Back Up The Claims - Paul Gregory, Executive Director Response And Enforcement, New Zealand Financial Markets Authority

Date 25/05/2023

Regulators don’t decide ethics. From a regulatory perspective – and pending mandatory climate reporting requirements aside – it is acceptable for managed funds to do very little on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability provided they don’t pretend (or advertise) otherwise. But investors are different. Increasingly, they are looking for investments aligning with their values, or which at least don’t deliver an ethical shock. So, managed funds marketed as ethical or responsible are more attractive.

FINRA Foundation-CFA Institute Research Focuses On Gen Z Investors - Report Examines Attitudes, Behaviors Of Investors Ages 18 To 25

Date 24/05/2023

FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) and CFA Institute have released a new report, Gen Z and Investing: Social Media, Crypto, FOMO, and Family.

Remarks By US Under Secretary For International Affairs Jay Shambaugh At The Society For International Development Annual Conference

Date 24/05/2023

I. Global Outlook for Development

Thank you Leland, and thank you to the Society for International Development for welcoming me today to this conference.

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date May 15, 2023

Date 24/05/2023

At the end of the settlement date of May 15, 2023, short interest in 3,359 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 10,456,611,754 shares compared with 10,469,054,205 shares in 3,390 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of April 28, 2023. The mid-May short interest represents 2.97 days compared with 3.07 days for the prior reporting period.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson: Enforcement Action To Stop Bitcoin Fraud Targeting The Spanish-Speaking Community

Date 24/05/2023

Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against David Carmona (a/k/a/ David Segundo Carmona a/k/a Wuilver Segundo) (Carmona), Juan Arellano Parra (Arellano), Moses Valdez (Valdez), David Brend (Brend), and Marco A.  Ruiz Ochoa (Ruiz) (together, Defendants), charging the Defendants with defrauding more than 170 individuals—a group of predominantly Spanish-speaking investors—out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Speak At The Conference Of The World Forum Of Central Securities Depositories (Virtual)

Date 24/05/2023

CFTC Charges Five Defendants With Fraudulent Digital Assets Trading Scheme

Date 24/05/2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against David Carmona formerly of Elmhurst, New York, Juan Arellano Parra formerly of Chino, California, Moses Valdez of Hesperia, California, David Brend of Tampa, Florida and Marco A. Ruiz Ochoa of Nashua, New Hampshire, all jointly doing business as Icomtech.