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Monetary Authority of Singapore Enhances Guidelines To Combat Heightened Cyber Risks

Date 18/01/2021

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised Technology Risk Management Guidelines (578.7 KB) (Guidelines) to keep pace with emerging technologies and shifts in the cyber threat landscape.
Shanghai Gold Exchange Chairman Jiao Jinpu And CEO Of World Gold Council Held A Video Conference

Date 18/01/2021

On the January 15, 2021，SGE Chairman Jiao Jinpu and Mr. David Tait, CEO of World Gold Council held a video conference. Both sides reviewed the overall performance of the global gold market in the past year，exchanged views of the future development and conducted in-depth discussions on significant issues such as market governance and international cooperation.
MIAX Options Exchange - Updates To The SPIKES Special Settlement Auction Settlement Reference Price Opening Width And SPIKES Valid And Priority Quote Width Tables

Date 15/01/2021

MIAX Options has modified the maximum opening width parameters for the SPY options used in the SPIKES Special Settlement Auction. The updated Settlement Reference Price Opening Width and Valid and Priority Quote Width tables used for opening the SPY February 19, 2021 expiration are now in effect. These values will be used for the January 20, 2021 SPIKES Settlement Process.
Statement On FINRA’s Corporate Bond New Issue Reference Data Proposal, SEC Acting Chairman Elad L. Roisman, Jan. 15, 2021

Date 15/01/2021

A foundational aspect of a fair, orderly, and efficient market is that all market participants have access to the basic reference data necessary to identify, value, and trade available securities and settle effectuated transactions. In many securities markets, the ability to obtain reference data is taken for granted. But, in the corporate bond market, where thousands of new issues come to market each year, many market participants do not have access to such information at the time a new issue begins secondary trading. Market participants that lack access to this data are hindered from timely participation, not only placing them at a competitive disadvantage but also adversely impacting liquidity in the particular bond issue on the first day the bond trades. Clearly, there is a need for basic reference data on new corporate bond issues to be impartially available to all market participants in a timely manner.
New York State Department Of Financial Services Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell's Op-Ed In LAW360: 6 Ways Financial Regulators Should Prioritize Climate Risk

Date 15/01/2021

As the Biden administration prepares to take office, financial regulators have a renewed opportunity to work with each other and the industry to manage the financial risks from climate change after years of obstruction by the Trump administration.

Concurrence in the Matter of Wireline, Inc., SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Jan. 15, 2021

Date 15/01/2021

I support most of the Commission’s settled enforcement action against Wireline, Inc., but write to highlight a concern about the settlement. Wireline offered and sold digital assets using a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (“SAFT”), pursuant to which purchasers invested money in exchange for the receipt of the tokens to be issued when the Wireline microservices platform went live in the future. These tokens, which never were issued because the platform is not yet operational, were to be the platform’s currency. The SAFTs were explicitly sold as part of a securities transaction. Wireline did not, however, register the offers and sales or qualify for an exemption from registration. Moreover, in the course of selling these investment contracts, Wireline materially misrepresented key facts about the state of the platform’s development. These violations form the basis for the enforcement action, which I support. However, by including a provision whereby Wireline will not distribute the tokens pursuant to the SAFTs, this settlement perpetuates an approach that suggests that tokens themselves are securities and thus complicates the development of crypto networks.
CFTC Commitments Of Traders Update

Date 15/01/2021

The current reports for the week of January 12, 2021 are now available.
SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #2 For Fiscal Year 2021

Date 15/01/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that starting on February 25, 2021, the fee rates applicable to most securities transactions will be set at $5.10 per million dollars.
Nodal Exchange Achieved Record Year-End Open Interest In Power, Natural Gas, And Environmental Markets In 2020

Date 15/01/2021

Nodal Exchange announced today that it achieved record year-end open interest in 2020 across its key asset classes – power, natural gas and environmental futures.
Statement On Chief Economist S.P. Kothari Concluding His Tenure At SEC By Acting SEC Chairman Elad L. Roisman

Date 15/01/2021

My sincere thanks go to Dr. S.P. Kothari for his incredible work as Chief Economist of the SEC. Under Dr. Kothari’s leadership, the agency’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis provided invaluable economic analysis to the Commission and its staff on rulemakings, examinations, and enforcement matters. Dr. Kothari also played a key role in the Commission’s efforts to monitor the markets for the unfolding effects of Covid-19 and related government responses. I will truly miss Dr. Kothari’s uncommonly broad perspective on global economic issues, his deep expertise in so many aspects of our markets, and his talent for thoughtfully and candidly explaining all this practical insight to the rest of us.