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Remarks By US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen At The Venice International Conference On Climate, Twenty Years After Kyoto

Date 11/07/2021

A CHANGING LANDSCAPE

Thank you, Ignazio, for hosting us today, and how appropriate to be in Venice. Even if this weren’t a conference about climate change, how could we not raise the issue here?

Disclosures And Data: Building Strong Foundations For Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risks, Federal Reserve Vice Chair For Supervision Randal K. Quarles, At The Venice International Conference On Climate Change, Venice, Italy

Date 11/07/2021

Introduction
Thank you for inviting me today. It is an honor to be here and, after more than a year of remote conversations, it is truly wonderful to see so many people in person.

Mekdam Holding Group , The Second Company To Be Listed On The Qatar Stock Exchange Venture Market “QEVM” - The Trading Of Its Shares Will Start On Monday 2 August 2021

Date 11/07/2021

The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) announced today that, in view of the approval for listing given by Qatar Financial Markets Authority “QFMA”, the shares of “Mekdam Holding Group” (“Mekdam”) will be admitted to trading on QSE Venture Market (QEVM) as of Monday, August 02, 2021, after completing all the necessary technical and administrative procedures. “Mekdam Holding Group” will become the second company to be listed on QSE Venture Market (“QEVM”) dedicated for SME’s.

Remarks From US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen At The Post-G20 Press Conference

Date 11/07/2021

Thank you all for joining us.  I’d like to start by thanking the Italian government, especially Minister Franco and Governor Visco.  They’ve been wonderful hosts.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Urges Continued Action To Address Two-Track Recovery

Date 10/07/2021

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made the following statement today at the conclusion the meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors:

“I am very encouraged by the substantial progress made by the G20 at this meeting on a number of crucial issues. In particular, I want to recognize the G20’s support for the historic agreement on a minimum corporate tax rate. This will help countries preserve their corporate tax base and mobilize revenue by ensuring that highly profitable companies pay their fair share everywhere."

Tehran Stock Exchange Weekly Market Review - 3 July 2021 To 7 July 2021

Date 10/07/2021

Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's weekly market review.

US Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting

Date 10/07/2021

On Friday, July 16, Secretary Janet L. Yellen will preside over an executive meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) by videoconference.  The preliminary agenda includes Federal Reserve stress tests, housing markets, and the proposed Council report to be issued under the Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk.

CFTC: Federal Court Permanently Bans And Imposes An Over $300,000 Penalty Against Foreign Trading Platform For Offering Illegal Leveraged Transactions In Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin And Precious Metals

Date 09/07/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that Judge David Hittner of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a default judgment against Laino Group Limited d/b/a PaxForex (PaxForex) of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The order imposes permanent trading, solicitation, and registration bans against PaxForex entering into transactions involving commodity interests and prohibits it from violating provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as charged. The order also requires the defendant to pay a civil monetary penalty of $374,864.

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 09/07/2021

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) 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”) hereby provides notice that due to increased volatility in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, Nadex made changes to the strike widths of various contracts during the week of July 5, 2021 as indicated in the Weekly Notice. 

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Update

Date 09/07/2021

The current reports for the week of July 06, 2021 are now available.