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Nadex Extends Initial Deposit Bonus Program

Date 14/05/2022

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(a) 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 it plans to extend its Initial Deposit Bonus Program through July 31, 2022.
Readout : US Deputy Secretary Of The Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Meeting With Foreign Financial Institutions

Date 14/05/2022

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo met with representatives from several foreign financial institutions at the Institute of International Bankers’ (IIB) New York offices today to discuss the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia for its war against Ukraine. Deputy Secretary Adeyemo highlighted the important work to date of financial institutions in implementing U.S. sanctions and emphasized Treasury’s focus on stopping sanctions evasion. He conveyed the risks of facilitating sanctions evasion, including the risk of sanctions exposure for providing material support to a sanctioned entity. As part of a risk-based approach to compliance, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) expects all financial institutions to do their own due diligence to ensure they are not transacting with a sanctioned person. The Deputy Secretary heard about IIB Members’ efforts to improve sanctions implementation and ways in which they are adapting their business and compliance operations in response to the effects of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 14/05/2022

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 May 9, 2022 as indicated in the Weekly Notice.
ISDA AGM Studio: Purvi Maniar And Nicola White - Importance Of Standard Contractual Framework For OTC Derivatives Linked To Crypto assets

Date 13/05/2022

ISDA’s CEO Scott O’Malia talks with Purvi Maniar, deputy general counsel at FalconX, and Nicola White, president of B2C2 USA, about the importance of a standard contractual framework for over-the-counter derivatives linked to crypto assets.
Candidates Announced For Special Retiree Board Election; School And State CalPERS Board Seats Unopposed - Retired Members May Vote Beginning August 26

Date 13/05/2022

Three candidates will vie for the vacant retired member board seat on the CalPERS Board of Administration in a special election this fall.

CFTC Settles Enforcement Action Against Kraft And Mondelēz

Date 13/05/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that a federal court entered a consent order resolving the CFTC’s action against defendants Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelēz Global LLC. The consent order includes an injunction and requires payment of a $16 million penalty. The order, entered today, by the Honorable Judge John Robert Blakey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, stems from a complaint filed by the CFTC in 2015 (See CFTC Press Release No. 7150-15).
Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 13/05/2022

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 Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 13/05/2022

The current reports for the week of May 10, 2022 are now available.
US Treasury Announces 2022 National Illicit Finance Strategy - Strategy Provides Roadmap To Close Loopholes Exploited By Criminals And Illicit Actors - Recommendations Include Increasing Transparency, Leveraging Partnerships, And Addressing Technological Risks

Date 13/05/2022

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2022 National Strategy for Combatting Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2022 Strategy), which identifies measures to increase transparency in the U.S. financial system and strengthen the U.S. anti-money laundering/counter the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. The 2022 Strategy, prepared pursuant to Sections 261 and 262 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), addresses the key risks from the 2022 National Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing risk assessments and reflects the complex challenges posed by a world remade by the Covid-19 pandemic, the increasing digitization of financial services, and rising levels of corruption and fraud.
CFTC Charges Long Island Resident And His Firm In Ongoing $59 Million Fraud Scheme

Date 13/05/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Eddy Alexandre of Valley Stream, New York, and his company, EminiFX, Inc., of Valley Stream and Manhattan, New York, charging them with fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation in connection with soliciting clients to trade foreign currency exchange (forex), commodity futures contracts, and cryptocurrencies.