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Tokyo Stock Exchange: Corporate Governance Code (July 2026 Revision) Published

Date 21/07/2026

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has revised its Securities Listing Regulations in relation to revisions of the Corporate Governance Code. The revisions to TSE’s Securities Listing Regulations shall take effect from July 21, 2026.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 20/07/2026

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available: http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/SwapsReports/index.htm.

S&P Global Market Intelligence Data | Top 10 Most Shorted Stocks In The US

Date 20/07/2026

S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Top 10 Most Shorted Stocks in the United States, calculated using our Securities Finance data set, follows.

Nodal Exchange Announces Plan To Launch Power Hourly Futures Contracts On August 31st

Date 20/07/2026

Nodal Exchange announced today the August 31st planned launch of 168 new power hourly futures contracts available across 7 locations, including:

• HB_NORTH
• HB_SOUTH
• HB_WEST
• HB_HOUSTON
• WESTERN HUB
• AEP-DAYTON HUB
• N ILLINOIS HUB

European Commission Publishes Guidelines On Transparency Obligations For Providers And Deployers Of Certain AI Systems

Date 20/07/2026

Today, the European Commission published guidelines to assist providers and deployers of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in meeting the AI Act's transparency obligations, which start to apply on 2 August 2026.

Single Resolution Board: Banks Continue To Meet Their MREL Targets At Year End 2025

Date 20/07/2026

• SRB publishes its MREL Dashboard for H2 2025 
• Average MREL target was 27.8% of Total Risk Exposure Amount (TREA)
• MREL shortfall was EUR 0.2 bn (less than 0.01% TREA)

Securing True FinTech Competition And Integrity: By Kelvin To, Founder And President Of Data Boiler Technologies

Date 20/07/2026

Data Boiler submitted a 30-page comment letter in response to the CFTC's request for information on identifying regulatory items, aimed at facilitating innovation and fostering competition in financial products and services for Fintech firms, issued pursuant to Executive Order 14405. This is also relevant to the SEC’s upcoming proposal on Crypto Market Structure Amendments. 

Borsa Istanbul: BIST Dividend And BIST Dividend 25 Indices Periodic Review

Date 20/07/2026

The periodic review for determining the stocks to be included in the BIST Dividend and BIST Dividend 25 indices has been completed in accordance with the BIST Market Cap Weighted Stock Indices Methodology.

ESMA Publishes Report On Cross-Border Investment Services Supervision

Date 20/07/2026

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today published its follow-up report to the Peer Review on the supervision of cross-border activities of investment firms. The report assesses the progress made by national competent authorities (NCAs) in implementing recommendations issued in 2022 and covers the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta.

Alpaca And Broadridge Announce Governance Solution For Tokenized Securities - Broadridge Enables Proxy Voting, Investor Communications, And Voting Entitlement Reconciliation Across Alpaca's Platform

Date 20/07/2026

Alpaca, a global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure, and global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., (NYSE: BR), today announced the integration of Broadridge's governance infrastructure for retail and institutional investors into Alpaca's Instant Tokenization Network. The partnership brings shareholder governance capabilities including proxy voting, investor communications, voting entitlement reconciliation, and regulatory disclosures across traditional and tokenized equities, helping investors retain the rights, transparency, and protections they expect in traditional capital markets.