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The Expectation Gap: Remarks To The Insurance Council Of Australia 2024 Annual Conference - Speech By ASIC Commissioner Alan Kirkland At The Insurance Council Of Australia 2024 Annual Conference, 16 October 2024

Date 16/10/2024

Key points

• Improving consumer outcomes is a key strategic priority for ASIC. We are focused on improving insurers’ claims handling, dispute resolution, and treatment of vulnerable customers.
• Insurance can be complex, but customers’ expectations are often simple. Listening and responding to those expectations is critical to rebuilding trust and confidence in the industry.
• We remain concerned about the number of unresolved claims from the 2022 floods. It is time to give these individuals and families closure.

Announcement Of JSCC And DTCC Collaboration On Digital Assets [ A Proof-Of-Concept With Collateral Using "DTCC Digital Launchpad" ]

Date 16/10/2024

DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation; the world's largest clearing and settlement institution based in the United States), which has long been a global leader in the new DLT/blockchain technology field, and JSCC (Japan Securities Clearing Corporation) have collaborated to conduct a proof-of-concept on collateral use cases using digital assets and have published an overview report on the DTCC website below.

Temporarily Terrified By Thomas: Remarks On Private Credit Before The SIFMA/Mayer Brown Private Credit Forum, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Washington D.C., Oct. 15, 2024

Date 15/10/2024

Thank you, Joe [Seidel] for that introduction, and thanks to Mayer Brown and SIFMA for hosting today’s event. It is a timely event, and I look forward to the discussion. Before I begin, I must remind you that my views are my own as a Commissioner and not necessarily those of the Securities and Exchange Commission or my fellow Commissioners.

CFTC: Division Of Clearing And Risk Announces Participants And Agenda For October 16 Staff Roundtable On Existing, New And Emerging Issues In Clearing

Date 15/10/2024

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk today released the participant list and agenda for its upcoming staff roundtable on existing, new, and emerging issues in clearing being held Oct. 16 at 9:00 a.m. EDT in the Conference Center at CFTC's headquarters at Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 15/10/2024

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

CFTC Commissioner Mersinger And Former CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo To Participate In A Fireside Chat At BlockTower Capital’s Fifth Annual Investor Day

Date 15/10/2024

CFTC Charges Several People And Companies In A $280 Million Ponzi Scheme - Court Issues Restraining Order To Protect Assets And Documents

Date 15/10/2024

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against:

• Traders Domain FX LTD. d/b/a The Traders Domain, a St. Vincent and the Grenadines company with principal operations in Canada, and its two co-founders, Fredirick Teddy Joseph Safranko, a/k/a Ted Safranko, of Ontario or British Columbia, Canada, and David William Negus-Romvari of Ontario, Canada and Mexico
• Ares Global Ltd. d/b/a Trubluefx, a Saint Lucia company
• Algo Capital LLC, a Florida company
• Algo FX Capital Advisor LLC n/k/a Quant5 Advisor LLC., a Delaware company with principal operations in Medley, Florida, and four of their officers and agents including Robert Collazo Jr. of Miami Lakes, Florida, Juan Jose Herman a/k/a/ JJ Herman of Miami, John Fortini of North Miami, Florida, and Stephen Likos of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
• Michael Shannon Sims of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
• Holton Buggs Jr., of Houston
• Centurion Capital Group Inc., a Florida company, and three of its officers and agents including Alejandro Santiestaban a/k/a Alex Santi, Gabriel Beltran, both of Hialeah, Florida, and Archie Rice of Fulshear, Texas 

US Federal And State Financial Regulatory Agencies Issue Interagency Statement On Supervisory Practices Regarding Financial Institutions Affected By Hurricane Milton

Date 15/10/2024

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of Hurricane Milton on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject to their supervision. The agencies encourage institutions operating in the affected areas to meet the financial services needs of their communities.

UK-Switzerland Financial Dialogue October 2024 - Joint Statement

Date 15/10/2024

The UK-Switzerland Financial Dialogue took place in London on October 15, 2024.  

TMX VettaFi Acquires End-To-End Index Provider iNDEX Research And Development - TMX VettaFi Adds A Proven Provider To Its Comprehensive ETF Solution Business, Increasing Its Access To EMEA Markets And Strengthening Its Equity And Fixed Income Capabilities

Date 15/10/2024

TMX VettaFi, an indexing, digital distribution, analytics and thought leadership company and TMX Group subsidiary, announced today the acquisition of iNDEX Research and Development (iNDEX Research), an end-to-end index provider that designs, calculates, and manages indexes across global equities and fixed income markets.