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  • SEC Proposes To Enhance Proxy Voting Disclosure By Investment Funds And Require Disclosure Of “Say-On-Pay” Votes For Institutional Investment Managers

    Date 29/09/2021

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to Form N-PX to enhance the information mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and certain other funds report about their proxy votes. The proposed rulemaking would require funds to tie the description of each voting matter to the issuer’s form of proxy and to categorize each matter by type to help investors identify votes of interest and compare voting records. The proposal also would prescribe how funds organize their reports and require them to use a structured data language to make the filings easier to analyze. Funds would also be required to disclose how their securities lending activity impacted their voting.

  • ESMA Publishes MiFID II Review Report On Algorithmic Trading

    Date 29/09/2021

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published the MiFID II/MiFIR review report on algorithmic trading. The Final Report concludes that no fundamental issues have emerged with respect to the MiFID II algorithmic trading regime which has overall delivered on its objectives. ESMA nevertheless makes in the report some recommendations which aim at both simplifying the regime and making it more efficient.

  • MIAX Options Exchange - October 1, 2021 Non-Transaction Fee Changes

    Date 29/09/2021

    Effective October 1, 2021, MIAX Options will reinstate fees for its Complex Top of Market (“cToM”) data feed and begin to charge a fee of $1,250 per month for internal distribution and $1,750 per month for external distribution (pending re-filing with the SEC).  

  • Statement On Proposal To Enhance Reporting Of Proxy Votes By Registered Management Investment Companies And Reporting Of Executive Compensation Votes By Institutional Investment Managers, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Sept. 29, 2021

    Date 29/09/2021

    Opening Statement and Thank Yous

    Good morning. This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2021. I want to welcome members of the public who are listening in.

    This is my first open meeting as Chair of this remarkable agency. While there will be times when we vote on rulemakings via seriatim, I like open Commission meetings. I think open meetings can bring greater transparency to our work, and the public benefits when we can open up our deliberations to them. I hope it will be the first of many during my tenure.

  • BIS: Big Tech Regulation: What Is Going On?

    Date 29/09/2021

    Several regulatory initiatives have emerged in China, the European Union and the United States to address new challenges presented by big techs. While each of these jurisdictions has focused on different policy areas, the greatest number of initiatives have been conducted in the area of competition. The initiatives generally seek to achieve a balance between addressing the different risks posed by big techs and preserving the benefits they bring in terms of market efficiency and financial inclusion. While recent initiatives constitute important steps in addressing risks posed by big techs, additional regulatory responses might be needed. These will include the development of entity-based rules to address the unique combination of risks posed by big techs.