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Concurring Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger Regarding Settlement With Trafigura Trading LLC

Date 17/06/2024

I respectfully concur on the Commission’s  enforcement action settling charges against Trafigura Trading LLC (“Trafigura”). But I cannot fully support it because once again, we are falling victim to regulating by enforcement, this time through a first-of-its-kind-charge under Regulation 165.19(b) of the Commission’s Whistleblower Rules. While I am a strong proponent of our whistleblower program, the Commission’s decision to bring this specific charge is inconsistent with the regulation’s text and prior Commission statements regarding the regulation’s intent.

CFTC Orders Trafigura To Pay $55 Million For Fraud, Manipulation And Impeding Communications With The CFTC - First CFTC Action Against An Entity For Impeding Whistleblower Communications

Date 17/06/2024

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Trafigura Trading LLC, a global commodities merchant with its principal place of business in Houston, Texas, for multiple violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and associated CFTC regulations. The order requires Trafigura to pay a $55 million civil monetary penalty and implement certain remedial measures to ensure future compliance with the CEA.

SEC’s New Public Service Campaign Emphasizes Investor Protection

Date 17/06/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) today unveiled its new public service campaign, which highlights investor protection and encourages investors to explore the free tools and resources on Investor.gov.

Cboe Global Markets To Launch New U.S. Treasury Market Volatility Index (VIXTLT)

Date 17/06/2024

• VIXTLT Index leverages Cboe's proprietary VIX® Index methodology, applied to highly liquid, listed options on the iShares® 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)
• Designed to provide a VIX Index-like measure for U.S. Treasury market volatility
• VIXTLT Index available in both percentage price volatility and basis point volatility terms
• New index complements Credit VIX Indices as Cboe expands its fixed income volatility index suite

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchange Index Rises 1.3% in May Amid Inflation Concerns

Date 17/06/2024

The U.S. Federal Reserve is poised to maintain higher interest rates for an extended period, as the International Monetary Fund predicts that elevated inflation will decline more slowly than expected.

KSM Will Issue A Series Of Tracking Funds On Exclusive Indices That Will Be Launched By Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Date 17/06/2024

New Exclusive Indices As Part of TASE’s Collaboration with KSM, a Member of Phoenix Investment House, KSM Will Issue a Series of Tracking Funds on Exclusive Indices that will be Launched by TASE

Transaction Network Services To Provide Order Routing And Market Data For Broadridge’s Global Futures And Options Platform - Clients Benefit From Simplified Market Data Management, Reduced Operational Risk And Implementation Costs, And Improved Time To Market For FCMs

Date 17/06/2024

To simplify market data management and reduce operational risk for clients, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR), today announced the integration of its global Futures and Options (F&O) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Platform with Transaction Network Services (TNS), a global leader in providing mission-critical infrastructure for financial markets. TNS will enhance the functionality of Broadridge's F&O platform for the derivatives market by providing global exchange connectivity for order routing and market data access as the vendor of record.

Global Travel And Tourism Deals Drop 10.9% - PE Deals And European Markets Shine During January-May 2024, Reveals GlobalData

Date 17/06/2024

Travel and tourism sector witnessed 10.9% year-on-year (YoY) decline in the number of deals (mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE) and venture financing) announced globally during January-May 2024. Despite this downturn, PE deals showed improvement, and European markets showed growth, highlighting new opportunities for strategic investments, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Results Of The Semi-Annual SET Index Series Review For Second Half Of 2024

Date 17/06/2024

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces the results of the semi-annual SET index review for SET50, SET50FF, SET100, SET100FF*, sSET, SETCLMV, SETHD SETESG and SETWB indices for the period of the second half of 2024 (July 1 - December 31, 2024) as follows:

Cboe Europe Derivatives Welcomes IMC as New Trading Participant

Date 17/06/2024

• IMC joins Cboe Europe Derivatives as direct trading participant, gaining access to the exchange's suite of pan-European equity derivatives
• CEDX recently expanded its range of equity options and now offers contracts on over 300 European companies