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CalPERS Announces Candidates For Spring 2022 Special Board Election

Date 17/12/2021

CalPERS is conducting an election in Spring 2022 for the Public Agency Member seat on the CalPERS Board of Administration.

The candidates for this seat are:

• Richard Fuentes - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Mullissa Willette - County of Santa Clara

A virtual random drawing will determine the order of the names on the ballot. The drawing will be held via Webex on January 11, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Notify us by email no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 4, 2022 if you're interested in viewing this event, so you may be sent an invitation.

The board seat to be elected by active public agency members was previously occupied by Jason Perez, who resigned in June 2021. His four-year term expires on January 15, 2023. The candidate who wins the seat will serve the remaining time on the current term, plus the full four years of the next term.

This board seat represents CalPERS public agency members, so active public agency members are eligible to vote online, by phone, and by mail in this election.

Ballots will be mailed April 15, 2022, and votes must be received by May 16, 2022. Votes will be processed beginning May 17, 2022.

To ensure election ballots are received timely, verify your address by logging into myCalPERS or contacting us by phone at 888 CalPERS (or 888-225-7377).

The 13-member CalPERS Board of Administration sets policy for retirement and health benefits on behalf of California public employers, and their active and retired employees. The board also oversees asset allocation of the pension fund's investments. Under the California Constitution, the CalPERS Board has exclusive authority to administer the CalPERS Pension Fund.

Information on the upcoming board election and resources for members and candidates are available at www.calpers.ca.gov/boardelection.

James E. Grimes Named Chief Administrative Law Judge At SEC

Date 17/12/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that James E. Grimes has been named the agency’s Chief Administrative Law Judge.

ISDA Statement On CARR And RBSL Announcements On CDOR

Date 17/12/2021

ISDA has published the following statement in response to yesterday’s announcements by the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate (CARR) working group and Refinitiv Benchmark Services (UK) Limited (RBSL), the administrator of the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR).

US Department Of Justice’s Antitrust Division Seeks Additional Public Comments On Bank Merger Competitive Analysis

Date 17/12/2021

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it is seeking additional public comments until Feb. 15, 2022, on whether and how the division should revise the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review Guidelines (Banking Guidelines). The division will use additional comments to ensure that the Banking Guidelines reflect current economic realities and empirical learning, ensure Americans have choices among financial institutions, and guard against the accumulation of market power. The division’s continued focus on the Banking Guidelines is part of an ongoing effort by the federal agencies responsible for banking regulation and supervision.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security MO-RM

Date 17/12/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 17.12.2021, 23-25 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 3764) and initial margins (up to 16.25 %) for the security MO-RM were changed. New values are available here

Acting Comptroller Of he Currency Issues Statement n Support Of The FSOC’s Climate-Related Financial Risk Committee

Date 17/12/2021

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today released the following statement in support of the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) new Climate-related Financial Risk Committee.

Nadex Extends Its $0 Minimum Deposit Promotion

Date 17/12/2021

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”) submitted to the Commission on December 17, 2021 its intent to extend its $0 Minimum Deposit Promotion through May 31, 2022.  All other Terms and Conditions will remain unchanged.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 17/12/2021

The current reports for the week of December 14, 2021 are now available.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 17/12/2021

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: 

• No GBP/JPY, EUR/JPY, or GBP/USD 5-Minute contacts were listed for the 6:05pm through 6:15pm ET expiration times on trade date December 13, 2021;

• No GBP/JPY or GBP/USD 5-Minute contacts were listed for the 6:05pm ET expiration time on trade date December 14, 2021;

• No GBP/JPY 5 Minute contacts were listed for the 6:05pm ET expiration time on trade date December 16, 2021; additionally, no GBP/USD 5 Minute contacts were listed for the 6:05pm through 6:10pm ET expiration times on this date;

• No GBP/JPY 5 Minute contacts were listed for the 6:05pm ET expiration time on trade date December 17, 2021.

CME Group: Micro Ether Futures Surpass 100,000 Contracts Traded

Date 17/12/2021

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that Micro Ether futures volume surpassed 100,000 contracts in the new contract's first two weeks of trading.