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Readout: US Deputy Secretary Of The Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Roundtable Discussion With Bank Policy Institute Members

Date 20/04/2021

Today, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo met virtually with 20 CEOs who are members of the Bank Policy Institute (BPI) for a roundtable discussion focused on the importance of forging strong partnerships between the public and private sectors to tackle challenges facing Americans. BPI is a nonpartisan public policy, research, and advocacy group that represents the nation’s leading banks which collectively employ nearly two million Americans.

CFTC Orders Florida Man And His Company To Pay Over $397,000 In Connection With A Digital Assets Solicitation Scheme

Date 20/04/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that it has issued an order filing and settling charges against Jozef Gherman of Florida and J Squared LLC, a Florida limited liability company, for making misleading statements or omitting material facts in connection with soliciting more than $300,000 from over 40 individuals to invest in digital assets. Gherman was an employee and one of the founders of J Squared and was its principal owner and CEO.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters On Securities market

Date 20/04/2021

CCP NCC sets the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from April 21, 2021:

US Department Of Justice: Two Senior Managers In Italy Charged With Conspiracy To Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests And Defraud U.S. Consumers

Date 20/04/2021

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Releases CRA Evaluations For 15 National Banks And Federal Savings Associations

Date 20/04/2021

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of March 1, 2021 through March 31, 2021. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Business Plan 2021/22

Date 20/04/2021

The Financial Conduct Authority will publish its 2021/22 Business Plan in July, rather than April.

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

Date 20/04/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 20.04.2021, 17-23 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 11156) and initial margins (up to 16.25 %) for the security IBM-RM were changed. New values are available here

New Micro Futures From Eurex - A Cost-Efficient Way To Access European Markets

Date 20/04/2021

In response to increasing interests from market participants for smaller-sized futures contracts, Eurex has launched a new micro product suite – Micro-DAX®, Micro-EURO STOXX 50® and Micro-SMI® Futures. The new micro futures have low daily margin rates and are a cost-efficient way for global investors to access the European equity index futures markets.

Remarks Of CFTC Commissioner Dawn D. Stump Before Texas A&M’s Bitcoin Conference - “Innovation And Regulation”

Date 20/04/2021

Introduction

Thank you to Professor Korok Ray and Texas A&M University for the kind invitation to participate in this conference.  I am happy to be here with you today, even if only virtually.  I would much prefer to be back in my home state of Texas to join you in person, but I am nonetheless grateful for the technology that allows me to participate remotely.

TMX Group Appoints David Arnold As Chief Financial Officer

Date 20/04/2021

TMX Group today announced that David Arnold, a financial services industry leader and 20-year veteran of CIBC has been named as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Arnold will join TMX Group effective June 1, 2021.