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CFTC Commissioner Pham To Participate On A Panel At The Bloomberg Asia Wealth Summit

Date 29/07/2022

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 29/07/2022

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) hereby provides notice that due to increased or decreased volatility, as the case may be, in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, Nadex made changes to the strike widths of various contracts during the week of July 25, 2022 as indicated in the Weekly Notice.

Nigerian Exchange Weekly Market Report For The Week Ended 29 July 2022

Date 29/07/2022

A total turnover of 1.546 billion shares worth N16.289 billion in 23,873 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 917.190 million shares valued at N14.803 billion that exchanged hands last week in 19,513 deals

MIAX Options Exchange - August 1 2022, SPIKES Options Fee Changes

Date 29/07/2022

Effective August 1, 2022, MIAX Options will change SPIKES Options fees to a) introduce a new Routing EEM Rebate Program, b) bifurcate and adjust Simple and Complex fees, and c) adjust PRIME and cPRIME fees

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 29/07/2022

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:

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson in Support Of Proposed Order On Japanese Capital Comparability Determination

Date 29/07/2022

I support the Commission’s issuance of the proposed capital comparability order for comment (Proposed Order).  I commend staff’s hard work on this matter and their meticulous review of the capital and financial reporting requirements in Japan, as well as their outstanding cooperation with the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA).  I also appreciate the JFSA’s sustained and meaningful engagement of Commission staff during the entirety of the review process. 

Federal Reserve Annual Report

Date 29/07/2022

This report covers the calendar-year operations and activities carried out by the Board in its five key functional areas: (1) monetary policy, (2) financial stability, (3) supervision and regulation, (4) payment system and Reserve Bank oversight, and (5) consumer and community affairs.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson In Support Of Proposed Rulemaking To Strengthen DCO Governance

Date 29/07/2022

I support the Commission’s consideration of the proposed derivatives clearing organization (DCO) governance measures that establish structural and procedural mechanisms designed to improve efforts to identify and mitigate material risks, strengthen DCO resilience, and foster the integrity of our markets.

US Treasury Targets The Kremlin’s Continued Malign Political Influence Operations In The U.S. And Globally

Date 29/07/2022

Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), as part of a joint action with the Department of Justice, sanctioned two individuals and four entities that support the Kremlin’s global malign influence operations and election interference activities. The individuals and entities designated today played various roles in Russia’s attempts to manipulate and destabilize the United States and its allies and partners, including Ukraine. This action follows a series of OFAC designations that have highlighted and disrupted Russia’s persistent election interference operations and destabilization efforts against Ukraine.

FESE Views On The ECON Draft Report On The MiFIR Review - Proposals To Include Pre-Trade Data In An Equity Consolidated Tape, Along With Insufficient Market Structure Protections, Threaten To Fragment Markets Further Brussels, 29th July 2022

Date 29/07/2022

FESE endorses the guiding principles of the draft parliamentary report on the MiFIR review – to reduce fragmentation, level the playing field between venues, bolster the EU’s international competitiveness, and promote retail participation. Such guiding principles need to be interpreted and implemented in the context of the specificities of a fragmented EU capital market with no single dominant financial centre. The solutions proposed, however, risk the integrity of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), would further deteriorate price formation and continue to fuel the concentration of equity trading among large players.