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Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date October 15, 2019

Date 24/10/2019

At the end of the settlement date of October 15, 2019, short interest in 2,382 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 8,313,537,316 shares compared with 8,342,401,350 shares in 2,379 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of September 30, 2019. The mid-September short interest represents 4.64 compared with 4.37 days for the prior reporting period.
CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 24/10/2019

Due to a reporting firm problem for trade date October 15, 2019, significant reportable positions have been added to the following contracts in the reports published on October 18, 2019:

CBT Corn (CFTC ID 002602)
CBT Soybeans (CFTC ID 005602)
CBT Soybean Oil (CFTC ID 007601)
CBT Soybean Meal (CFTC ID 026603)
ICUS Canola (CFTC ID 135731)
NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 24/10/2019

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of October 15, 2019.

Date 24/10/2019

WHAT:	CFTC Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz will participate in a Keynote Interview by ISDA CEO Scott O’Malia at the 2019 ISDA Annual Japan Conference in Tokyo
WHEN:	Friday, October 25, 2019 11:00 a.m. (Tokyo) Thursday, October 24, 2019 10:00 p.m. (USA - ET)
WHERE:	The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo Tokyo Midtown 9-7-1 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-6245 Japan

PNGX Announces New PNG Market Indices

Date 24/10/2019

PNGX, Papua New Guinea’s national stock exchange, will launch 6 indices for the PNG market on 1 November 2019.

CFTC Extends Public Comment Period For Proposal To Improve Data Quality And Streamline Regulations For Swap Data Repositories

Date 24/10/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that it is further extending the comment period for the proposed rulemaking to amend certain CFTC regulations related to swap data reporting from October 28, 2019 to January 27, 2020.
Credit Union Meets Robot - Speech By Sam Woods, Bank Of England, Deputy Governor For Prudential Regulation And Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Regulation Authority Given At Mansion House, London

Date 24/10/2019

Sam Woods looks at the barriers to growth for small banks and credit unions. He says these barriers can be a result of complex regulatory rules and ‘cliff-edge’ thresholds. And he explains what the Prudential Regulation Authority is doing about them.

Date 24/10/2019

WHAT:	Chairman Heath P. Tarbert will give a keynote address at FIA’s 35th Annual Futures & Options Expo 2019
WHEN:	Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:00 a.m. (CDT)
WHERE:	Hilton Chicago 720 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605

An Examination Of Facebook And Its Impact On The Financial Services And Housing Sectors - With Webcast Recording

Date 24/10/2019

The Committee on Financial Services held a hearing at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, in Room 2128, Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors.” This was a one-panel hearing with the following witness:
- Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Facebook
FINRA Fines BNP Paribas Securities Corp. And BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc. $15 Million For AML Program And Supervisory Failures

Date 24/10/2019

FINRA announced today that it has fined BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc. (collectively, BNP) $15 million for anti-money laundering (AML) program and supervisory failures involving penny stock deposits and resales, and wire transfers, that spanned four years. As part of the settlement, FINRA also required BNP to certify within 90 days that BNP’s procedures are reasonably designed to achieve compliance in these areas.