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CFTC Announces Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening

Date 11/05/2022

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam today announced the first-ever Voluntary Carbon Convening on June 2. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues related to the supply and demand for high qMarketsuality carbon offsets, including product standardization and the data necessary to support the integrity of carbon offsets’ greenhouse gas emissions avoidance and reduction claims. Panelists will also discuss issues related to the market structure for trading carbon offsets and carbon derivatives as well as perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in these markets.

Deutsche Börse Group: Business Indicators For April 2022

Date 11/05/2022

Click here to download a summary of Deutsche Börse Group's business indicators for April 2022.

“A ‘New’ New Era:” Prepared Remarks Before The International Swaps And Derivatives Association Annual Meeting, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Washington D.C., May 11, 2022

Date 11/05/2022

Thank you for the kind introduction. It’s good to be back with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) again.

LuxSE Reports Record Results For 2021 And Announces Alain Kinsch As New Chairman

Date 11/05/2022

At this morning’s annual general meeting of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE), the shareholders of the exchange appointed Alain Kinsch to LuxSE’s board of directors. Alain Kinsch was subsequently elected as Chairman by LuxSE’s board members and takes over from Frank Wagener as of today. Frank Wagener has acted as Chairman of the board of directors of LuxSE since 2011 and announced his plans to retire from this position last year.  

Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Decline, Certificate Of Deposit Volumes Surge - Short- And Long-Term CDs Continue Four-Month Growth Streak

Date 11/05/2022

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for April 2022. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a monthly decrease in request volume for new municipal identifiers, while requests for new corporate identifiers rose on a monthly basis.

BaFin Investigates Operator Of Trading Platform blokchains.de

Date 11/05/2022

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin would like to make clear that the operator of the trading platform blokchains.de does not hold authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin.

Comment By Matt Smith CEO, SteelEye, On Dutch Traders Manipulating The Markets

Date 11/05/2022

Commenting on the fines for Dutch traders using layering, Matt Smith CEO of SteelEye said:
“Layering is a market manipulation tactic used by traders to create a false impression of market liquidity by placing multiple orders at defined price levels (layers). The trader doesn't intend to execute the orders and will be cancel them once the price has moved to a favourable place and a real order has been placed on the opposite side to take advantage of the favourable price movement.”

SET, BOT And OVEC Jointly Promote Financial And Entrepreneurial Knowledge To Vocational Students And Personnel

Date 11/05/2022

The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to promote knowledge on the capital market and social & environmental sustainability, and signed another MoU with Bank of Thailand (BOT) to promote financial literacy. The collaboration with shared values aims to build financial immunity for the vocational students and personnel, and provide  entrepreneurship practical knowledge to groom the students to become quality personnel who are ready to enter the job market and ultimately benefit the country’s economic development. This project is expected to cover the target groups of over one million people.

New Document From SUBSTRATE AI About Its Listing On BME Growth

Date 11/05/2022

• It will become the third company to join this BME market in 2022
• The company will make its debut on BME Growth from the Pre-Market Environment, with an initial valuation of 95 million euros.

agora Advances Its Digital Capital Markets Vision With FCA Regulatory Authorisation And ISO Certifications

Date 11/05/2022

agora Digital Capital Markets (“agora”), today announced that the company has become authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.