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US Treasury Sanctions Russians Bankrolling Putin And Russia-Backed Influence Actors

Date 03/03/2022

• United States and its Partners and Allies Continue Campaign Against Putin’s Affiliates in Response to the Premeditated and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine  
• Treasury to Share Financial Intelligence About Sanctioned Oligarchs with Department of Justice as Part of Effort to Freeze and Seize Assets

TMX Group Consolidated Trading Statistics – February 2022

Date 03/03/2022

TMX Group Limited today announced February 2022 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange and Montréal Exchange.

Annual Revision Of GPW Benchmark Indices

Date 03/03/2022

GPW Benchmark announces the annual revision of WIG20, mWIG40, sWIG80 and WIG30 indices portfolios. Changes will come into force after close of business on March 18, 2022.

Nodal Exchange Achieves Record Power Futures Trading In February With 49% Growth Rate

Date 03/03/2022

Nodal Exchange achieved record monthly power futures trading in February 2022 with traded volume of 325.2 million MWh ($55.7 billion per side) for a record 50% market share.  This represents Nodal Exchange’s highest volume month ever and a growth rate of 49% over February 2021. This follows a very strong January, in which Nodal achieved power futures trading volume of  221.9 million MWh, up 58% from the prior year. Nodal continues to be the market leader in North American power futures having the majority of the open interest with a record 1.186 billion MWh at the end of February (equivalent to the electricity usage of 108 million U.S. households for one year).

MGEX Reports Trading Results For February 2022 - Sets February And Year-To-Date Volume Records

Date 03/03/2022

Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX^TM), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today reported record February 2022 trading volume of 311,768 contracts, a 7.6% increase from February 2021 and representing the highest volume total for February in MGEX history. Total year-to-date volume reached a record 588,919 contracts, an increase of 11.4% from the same period in 2021.

NIST Report Gives Narrow Glimpse Of Complex Consumer Data-Sharing Picture

Date 03/03/2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released a draft report on cybersecurity considerations for open banking. While the NIST report rightly identifies the importance of cybersecurity and privacy safeguards when it comes to how companies share sensitive financial data about customers, it offers a wholly incomplete picture of the current consumer financial data-sharing ecosystem in the U.S., BPI, ABA and SIFMA said in a comment letter filed today. The draft report also endorses open banking without examining potential risks or recommending security and privacy measures to mitigate those risks.

Miami International Holdings Reports February 2022 Trading Results - MGEX Sets New Volume Records

Date 03/03/2022

Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported February 2022 trading results for its U.S. exchange subsidiaries – MIAX®, MIAX Pearl® and MIAX Emerald® (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™), and Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX™).

Former Redcentric CFO Sentenced To Five And A Half Years Imprisonment

Date 03/03/2022

Today, former Redcentric Plc CFO, Tim Coleman, was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment and disqualified from being a director for ten years having been found guilty of two offences of making false and misleading statements to the market, and three offences of false accounting. 

Where Next For UK Market Structure - Speech By Edwin Schooling Latter, Director Of Markets And Wholesale Policy And Wholesale Supervision At The FCA, Delivered At Rosenblatt's European Market Structure Conference On 3 March 2022

Date 03/03/2022

Highlights

• We will consult in 2022 H1 on changes to elements of UK equity market functioning 
• Areas of potential change include removing restrictions on reference price transactions, simplifying who can report trades, and leveraging industry standards to make trade reports more useful

Remarks At The IAA Investment Adviser Compliance Conference, William Birdthistle, SEC Director, Division Of Investment Management

Date 03/03/2022

Good morning. Thank you, Karen, for your kind introduction and for inviting me to speak today. I am delighted to join you for my first public address as the Director of the Division of Investment Management.