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  • ASIC’s First Greenwashing Case Results In Landmark $11.3 Million Penalty For Mercer

    Date 02/08/2024

    In a landmark case for ASIC, the Federal Court has ordered Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited to pay a $11.3 million penalty after it admitted it made misleading statements about the sustainable nature and characteristics of some of its superannuation investment options.

  • Montréal Exchange Interest Rate Derivative Trading Ceases At 13:30 Today, August 2, 2024 - Exchange's Markets Closed On August 5, 2024.

    Date 02/08/2024

    Interest rate derivative trading will cease at 1:30 p.m. today, August 2, 2024. Furthermore, the Exchange's markets will be closed on August 5, 2024.

  • New Zealand Financial Markets Authority: Du Val Group Placed Into Interim Receivership By High Court

    Date 02/08/2024

    The High Court has placed Du Val Capital Partners Limited together with a number of entities within the Du Val Group, into interim receivership, at the request of the Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko. The interim receivership orders were also made in respect of Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke.

  • CME Group Lithium Hydroxide And Lithium Carbonate Futures Hit New Open Interest Records

    Date 01/08/2024

    • OI Highs Indicate Growing Interest in Lithium Market as Participants Seek to Manage Risk Over the Long Term
    • Lithium Hydroxide H1 Volumes Already Surpass Total 2023 

    CHICAGOAug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its Lithium Hydroxide futures and Lithium Carbonate futures contracts reached record open interest on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Lithium Hydroxide futures open interest rose to 26,802 contracts, exceeding the previous record of 26,627 contracts set on July 30, 2024. Lithium Carbonate futures open interest grew to 1,092 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 1,062 contracts achieved on July 30, 2024.

    "A key component of small-device batteries used in phones, cars and more, lithium  demand is growing and creating an increased need to manage fluctuating price risk," said Jin Hennig, CME Group Managing Director and Global Head of Metals. "As a result, market participants are turning to our lithium futures market in record numbers driving up both open interest and volume. In just the first half of 2024, trading in our Lithium Hydroxide futures contract has already surpassed full-year 2023 totals."

    CME Group offers the widest range of benchmark metals products. Additional battery metals highlights from July 2024 include:

    • Record daily Lithium Hydroxide futures volume of 1,121 contracts on July 30, 2024
    • Record Lithium Hydroxide options open interest of 579 contracts on July 31, 2024
    • Average open interest for July 2024 was 24,775

  • Prepared Remarks Before The Strike Force On Unfair And Illegal Pricing, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Washington D.C., Aug. 1, 2024

    Date 01/08/2024

    Good afternoon. I’m honored to take part in the first meeting of the Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing. As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and I am not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the staff.