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American Financial Exchange® AMERIBOR® Benchmark Sets Monthly, Weekly And Daily Volume Records In March, Surpassing Levels Established In December 2019; Q1 2020 Volume Outpaces 4Q 2019 Levels By 13.3 Percent

Date 01/04/2020

The American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions, announced a monthly volume record of $55.829 billion during March, traded across all AFX products. This surpasses a previous monthly volume record of $46.695 billion set during the month of December 2019, marking a 19.6 percent increase.

Federal Reserve Board Announces Temporary Change To Its Supplementary Leverage Ratio Rule To Ease Strains In The Treasury Market Resulting From The Coronavirus And Increase Banking Organizations’ Ability To Provide Credit To Households And Businesses

Date 01/04/2020

To ease strains in the Treasury market resulting from the coronavirus and increase banking organizations' ability to provide credit to households and businesses, the Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced a temporary change to its supplementary leverage ratio rule. The change would exclude U.S. Treasury securities and deposits at Federal Reserve Banks from the calculation of the rule for holding companies, and will be in effect until March 31, 2021.

U.S. Chamber Supports Calls For Tariff Relief

Date 01/04/2020

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant issued the following statement today on reports that the administration is considering tariff relief as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout:

“There’s never a bad time to embrace good policy, and tariff relief would provide some welcome breathing room for American businesses and consumers. Liquidity has emerged as one of the top challenges for businesses of all sizes, and tariff relief— like the tax relief provided in the CARES Act— would alleviate some of that strain."

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 01/04/2020

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

OCC March Total Volume Up 62.8 Percent From A Year Ago - Highest Volume Month Ever For U.S. Equity Options Industry

Date 01/04/2020

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that March 2020 total cleared contract volume was 670,646,998 contracts, the U.S. equity options industry's highest month ever – up 62.8 percent from March 2019. This exceeds the previous record of 568,899,108 cleared contracts set in February 2020. OCC's year-to-date average daily total cleared contract volume is 28,407,644 contracts.

Another Week Of Broad-Based Declines In Commodities Prices - Collapsing Demand Continues To Push Commodity Prices Lower, Thomas McCartin, Senior Economist, IHS Markit

Date 01/04/2020

Commodity prices, as measured by the IHS Materials Price Index (MPI), fell 4.7% last week, in yet another large broad-based retreat tied to the deepening global recession. The MPI is now down 22.1% from the start of the year with no sign of a bottom forming.

Ontario Securities Commission Publishes New Charter Of Governance

Date 01/04/2020

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today published its Charter of Governance (Charter), which outlines the Commission’s three distinct functions in support of its mandate – making policies and rules, serving as the board of directors and adjudicating. The Charter consolidates information that was previously contained in 11 separate governance documents and outlines the OSC’s governance framework in a way that is concise, accessible and easy for readers to navigate.

Nadex Product Schedule For The China Holiday And The Good Friday And Easter Monday Holidays

Date 01/04/2020

Monday, April 6: For the China holiday on Monday, April 6, 2020, no China 50 contracts will be offered.  Weekly China 50 Binary contracts will open for trade date Tuesday, April 7, 2020 and will close on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

BOX Exchange: Update To New Symbol Distribution Structure

Date 01/04/2020

BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX”) recently distributed IC-2020-09 stating that on Monday, April 6, 2020, BOX will introduce a new alphabetical symbol distribution structure for the High Speed Vendor Feed (“HSVF”) and trading engine slice configuration.

MGEX Announces Record-Breaking March

Date 01/04/2020

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces its best March and the fifth best overall month in MGEX history with a total of 277,629 contracts. This new record shatters the previous record by 37%, previously set in 2017. March’s volume is also 6% higher than February 2020.