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Registration Opens Today For A CFTC Financial Education Event As Part Of World Investor Week – October 3-9 - Panel Discussions Explore Future Of Money And Meeting The Demand For Financial Education

Date 23/09/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach (OCEO) and Office of Technology Innovation (OTI) today opened registration for financial educators, innovators, and regulators to participate in a two-panel virtual event featuring discussions about the future of money and how educators can help investors avoid fraud and other harmful investment mistakes. The discussions are presented as part of World Investor Week, a global effort to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection, recognized October 3-9. 

Ontario Securities Commission Contacts Audit Firms For Information About Internal Policies And Procedures

Date 23/09/2022

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today it will be making targeted inquiries to certain public accounting firms that conduct audits of Ontario reporting issuers.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 23/09/2022

The current reports for the week of September 20, 2022 are now available.

Nigerian Exchange Weekly Market Report For Week Ended September 23rd, 2022

Date 23/09/2022

A total turnover of 562.856 million shares worth N9.438 billion in 16,013 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 719.398 million shares valued at N8.004 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,444 deals.

Federal Reserve Board Invites Comment On Updates To Operational Risk-Management Requirements For Certain Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities (FMUs) Supervised By The Board

Date 23/09/2022

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday invited comment on updates to operational risk-management requirements for certain systemically important financial market utilities (FMUs) supervised by the Board. FMUs provide essential infrastructure to clear and settle payments and other financial transactions upon which the financial markets and the broader economy rely to function effectively. The proposed updates generally provide more specificity to the existing requirements.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 23/09/2022

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions:

CFTC Orders Two Chinese Companies To Pay $720,000 For Wash Trading, Position Limit Violations, And Reporting Failures

Date 23/09/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Beijing-based COFCO Corp. and Chinatex Corp., Ltd., for wash trading, position limit violations, and reporting failures.

Bitfinex Enables Deposits And Withdrawals For Tether Tokens (USDt) On Polkadot

Date 23/09/2022

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has enabled its customers to deposit and withdraw Tether tokens pegged to the U.S. dollar (USDt) on Polkadot, a blockchain that connects several chains together in a single network.

EBA Launches 2022 EU-Wide Transparency Exercise

Date 23/09/2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today its annual EU-wide transparency exercise, as part of its efforts to monitor risks and vulnerabilities and to reinforce market discipline. As in the past, the exercise is exclusively based on supervisory reporting data, which will keep the burden for the banks to a minimum. Results are expected to be published at the beginning of December.

BIS: Quantifying The Role Of Interest Rates, The Dollar And Covid In Oil Prices

Date 23/09/2022

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Which are the key determinants of oil prices, and what role do financial factors play in Brent price formation? This paper sheds a new light on these fundamental questions relying on a widely used machine learning technique (random forests, based on 1,000 regression trees). As the article shows, the use of this technique leads to very large gains in oil price forecasting performance.