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Cboe To Re-Open Floor Trading Of VIX Options On Wednesday

Date 27/12/2022

• Cboe Volatility Index Options (VIX) Trading Pit Relocated to Alternate Space on Trading Floor
• VIX and VIXW Options Available for Both Electronic and Open Outcry Trading Beginning Wednesday
• VIX Trading Pit Sustained Water Damage from Burst Pipe Above Trading Floor
• Cboe Trading Floor Remains Open and Available for All Other Cboe Options Exchange Products

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date December 15, 2022

Date 27/12/2022

At the end of the settlement date of December 15, 2022, short interest in 3,476 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 10,247,653,483 shares compared with 10,154,992,155 shares in 3,471 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of November 30, 2022. The mid-December short interest represents 2.84 days compared with 3.21 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 27/12/2022

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 15, 2022.

US Treasury Issues Initial Guidance On Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax, Stock Buybacks Tax

Date 27/12/2022

Today, the U.S. Treasury Department released initial guidance on two key tax provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax and the excise tax on stock buybacks.

Antonia Apps Named Director Of New York Regional Office

Date 27/12/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that former federal prosecutor Antonia M. Apps will become Regional Director of the New York Regional Office next month. Thomas Smith and Maurya Keating, who have served as Acting Co-Directors, remain as Associate Regional Directors of the Enforcement and Examinations programs, respectively.

fintegral.fund: BaFin Investigates Ethereal Group LLC

Date 27/12/2022

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin would like to make clear that Ethereal Group LLC does not have authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin. The information provided on the company’s website, fintegral.fund, gives reasonable grounds to suspect that Ethereal Group LLC is conducting banking business and providing financial services in Germany without the required authorisation.

Cboe VIX Options To Trade Electronic-Only On Tuesday Due To Temporary Trading Pit Closure Resulting From Burst Pipe

Date 27/12/2022

• All Cboe Options Exchange Products are Available for Trading Today
• Cboe Trading Floor is Open, With Exception of Cboe Volatility Index Options (VIX) Trading Pit
• VIX and VIXW Options to Trade Electronic-Only on Tuesday  
• Exchange Intends to Relocate VIX Pit to Alternate Space and Re-Open VIX Floor Trading on Wednesday

BME: MARF Admits A New 30-Million-Euro Commercial Paper Programme From Eurofirms

Date 27/12/2022

BME's fixed income market, MARF, has admitted to trading today a new 30-million-euro Commercial Paper (CP) Programme from Eurofirms Group. This programme is the first registered by the company on the MARF and will allow it to access qualified investors to diversify its short-term sources of financing. The CPs to be issued under the programme will have maturities ranging from three days to a maximum of two years and will have unit notional amounts of 100,000 euro.

CryptoCompare Digital Asset Management Review - December 2022: Crypto AUM & Product Volumes Experience Significant Decline In 2022

Date 27/12/2022

In December, the total assets under management (AUM) for digital asset investment products saw a slight increase of 0.35% to $19.7bn (as of December 20th), however, AUM is currently down 55.2% from its peak in January 2022. This marks the second consecutive month that AUM has hovered around levels not seen since December 2020.

Shanghai Gold Exchange: Notice On Transaction Fee Rates Adjustment In 2023

Date 27/12/2022

In order to implement the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, the State Council and the Party committee of the People's Bank of China on financial support for the real economy, Shanghai Gold Exchange will continue to take various measures in 2023 to reduce the transaction cost of investors, effectively improve the market liquidity, implement the purpose of serving the industry, the market and the members, and ensure the sustainable and healthy development of market.