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S&P Dow Jones Indices: Europe Dashboard

Date 31/07/2020

• European equities ended July in negative territory following an earnings season which included worse than expected results from many of Europe’s largest banks. 
• From a sectoral perspective, Utilities and Materials led the way up in Europe.  Materials benefitted from a boost in the prices of both precious and industrial metals, particularly gold which posted a new all-time high price during the month and flirted with $2000/ounce. 
• The S&P Europe 350® Low Volatility lead the way among S&P Europe 350 factors, while Momentum also ended in the black.  Value continued to struggle.  

Responsible For More Than $568 Million In Losses - Cybercrime Organization Victimized Millions In All 50 States And Worldwide In One Of The Largest Cyberfraud Enterprises Ever Prosecuted By The US Department Of Justice

Date 31/07/2020

An author of malicious computer software and a member of the Infraud Organization pleaded guilty today to RICO conspiracy, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. 

FINRA Publishes 2020 Industry Snapshot - Statistical Overview Of Brokerage Firms, Registered Representatives And Trading Activity

Date 31/07/2020

FINRA today published the 2020 FINRA Industry Snapshot, its annual statistical report on the brokerage firms, registered representatives and market activity that FINRA regulates.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Update

Date 31/07/2020

The current reports for the week of July 28, 2020 are now available.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 31/07/2020

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions:

• No GBP/USD or USD/CAD 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date July 27, 2020.
• No GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm through 6:15pm expiration times on trade date July 27, 2020.
• No GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date July 28, 2020.
• No GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date July 29, 2020.
• No GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date July 31, 2020.

BOX Exchange Fee Change – August 2020

Date 31/07/2020

Effective August 3, 2020, BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX”) is amending Section III (Liquidity Fees and Credits) of the BOX Fee Schedule.Specifically, SPY2 PIP and COPIP Orders submitted to the PIP and COPIP mechanisms that do not trade with their contra order shall now receive a “removal” credit of $0.45. Responses to the SPY PIP and COPIP Orders executed in these mechanisms shall now be charged the “add” fee of $0.45.

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 31/07/2020

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 27, 2020 as indicated in the Weekly Notice. 

ESMA Withdraws Registration Of NEX Abide Trade Repository AB

Date 31/07/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's Securities Markets Authority, has today withdrawn the trade repository (TR) registration of NEX Abide Trade Repository AB (NATR).

BETTER FINANCE: National Supervisory Authorities Reject Rules For Key Information Documents For Retail Investment Products: It Is High Time To Implement The European Commission’s High-Level Forum’s Recommendations

Date 31/07/2020

In a letter to the European Commission’s Directorate General in charge of Financial Stability, Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) dated 20 June 2020, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) informed that one of their respective Supervisory Boards did not approve the draft level 2 regulatory technical standards  (RTS) for the Delegated Regulation on key information documents (KID) for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs). This impasse is due to disagreements among the chairs of various national supervisory authorities related to differing views on both the necessity of first undertaking the Level 1 review before the level 2 one, and the design of the performance section of the KID document.

ESMA Publishes Data For The Systematic Internaliser Calculations For Equity, Equity-Like Instruments, Bonds And Other Non-Equity Instruments

Date 31/07/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published today data for the systematic internaliser quarterly calculations for equity, equity-like instruments, bonds and, for the first time, for other non-equity instruments under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).