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Nodal Exchange Achieves May Records In Power (83% Growth), Natural Gas (35x Growth) And Environmental Futures (230% Growth)

Date 02/06/2022

Nodal Exchange today announced new calendar month records for May in power, natural gas and environmental futures.  In power, Nodal set a calendar month record for May with traded power futures volume of 220 million MWh, up 83% from 120 million MWh in May 2021.  The majority of U.S. power futures open interest is on Nodal Exchange with 1.210 billion MWh representing $180 Billion of notional value based on both sides as of the end of May 2022.

Readout: US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting With Irish Finance Minister And Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe

Date 02/06/2022

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met today with Irish Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe. Secretary Yellen welcomed the European Union’s strong partnership in holding Russia accountable for its illegal and unprovoked war against Ukraine and noted appreciation for the Irish government’s commitment to sanctions implementation. The Secretary also welcomed the European Union’s Marco-Financial Assistance package of up to EUR 9.5 billion for Ukraine. Minister Donohoe and Secretary Yellen also discussed the importance of continued progress on the OECD global tax reform agreement. Secretary Yellen underscored the United States’ strong commitment to the Good Friday

CFTC Charges Gemini Trust Company For Making Material False Or Misleading Statements And Omissions To The Commission

Date 02/06/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), based in New York, N.Y., for making false or misleading statements of material facts or omitting to state material facts to the CFTC in connection with the self-certification of a bitcoin futures product. The CFTC seeks disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, civil monetary penalties, injunctions relating to registration and trading, and an injunction against further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as charged.

Sterling Trading Tech Introduces Upcoming Enhancements To Its Order Management System - OMS Enhancements Include Increased Scalability And Throughput, A New Rules Engine, And Support For Trading Of Fractional Shares

Date 02/06/2022

Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a leader in multi-asset class technology solutions for the capital markets, today announced enhanced functionality for its order management system (OMS). With advanced features that include a risk-based rules engine and the ability to trade fractional shares, the system offers broker-dealers and their traders unprecedented power and flexibility. Designed for high-throughput specifications, the upgrades place the Sterling OMS among the fastest and most robust OMS solutions on the market today.

SEC Charges Louisiana Town And Former Mayor With Fraud In Two Municipal Bond Deals - Town’s Municipal Advisor And Its Owner Also Charged

Date 02/06/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the town of Sterlington, Louisiana and its former mayor, Vern A. Breland, as well as the town’s unregistered municipal advisor, Twin Spires Financial LLC, and its owner, Aaron B. Fletcher, with misleading investors in the sale of $5.8 million in municipal bonds across two offerings in 2017 and 2018.

ACER Initiates The Drafting Of New Framework Guidelines On Demand Response

Date 02/06/2022

On 1st June 2022, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has been asked by the European Commission to submit non-binding framework guidelines setting out clear and objective principles for the development of a network code on demand response. The network code will aim at enabling market access for demand response, including load, storage and distributed generation (aggregated or not), as well at facilitating the market based procurement of services by distribution and transmission system operators.

Opening Statement of Chairman Rostin Behnam at the CFTC Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening, Washington, DC

Date 02/06/2022

Introduction

Good morning and welcome to the Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening.  I want to thank Commissioners Johnson, Goldsmith Romero, Mersinger, and Pham for joining today’s meeting.  I also want to thank and acknowledge the members of the Climate Risk Unit (CRU), our distinguished keynote speakers, moderators, and panelists.  Finally, I want to extend my gratitude to David Gillers, the CFTC’s Chief of Staff and CRU Director, Abigail Knauff, a Special Counsel in my office and CRU Deputy, and all of the CRU staff for their work in initiating this Convening.

Toronto Stock Exchange Announces Launch Of S&P/TSX Battery Metals Index - TSX To Host Market Open Ceremony On June 7 To Celebrate The Launch

Date 02/06/2022

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) announced today the launch of the S&P/TSX Battery Metals Index. The new index measures the performance of TSX and TSX Venture Exchange listed companies that are focused on the production and exploration of select metals, which are significant inputs in the decarbonization of the transportation sector.

Cboe Global Markets Becomes Morningstar's Preferred Index Distributor

Date 02/06/2022

• Cboe to become the preferred third-party distributor of all Morningstar-branded indices
• Agreement expected to help broaden access to Morningstar indices for investors globally
• Cboe Global Indices Feed is publishing an initial 50 Morningstar-branded indices beginning July 1, with plans to offer the full index suite in the fourth quarter

Nasdaq To Acquire Metrio, A Leader In Sustainability Software

Date 02/06/2022

• Metrio’s data collection, analytics and reporting solutions to bolster Nasdaq’s portfolio of IR & ESG services
• Expected to improve corporates’ ability to manage and unlock value from their data so they can make better decisions
• Nasdaq plans to maintain Metrio’s headquarters in Montreal