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Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Warns Public Of Suspicious Investment Products Offered By Free Guy, Gold Scalper And Gold Champ

Date 19/02/2024

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today warned the public of several suspicious investment products – namely, “程式自由仁 - Free Guy - 帳戶託管”, “Gold Scalper黃金獵人” and “Gold Champ帳戶托管” (collectively as the Products) – involving automatic trading systems which invest in gold contracts for differences (CFD) and foreign exchange (forex).

Bursa Malaysia Securities Publicly Reprimands And/Or Fines Cn Asia Corporation Bhd And Seven (7) Directors

Date 19/02/2024

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad [Registration No.: 200301033577 (635998-W)] (Bursa Malaysia Securities) has publicly reprimanded CN ASIA Corporation Bhd (CNASIA) and seven (7) of its directors for breach of Bursa Malaysia Securities Main Market Listing Requirements (Main LR). In addition, the seven (7) directors of CNASIA were imposed total fines of RM225,000. 

CFFEX: Notice On Listing Of New Equity Index Futures And Options Contracts

Date 19/02/2024

• The IF2404 CSI 300 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on February 20, 2024 at the listing benchmark price of 3374.2.
• The IC2404 CSI 500 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on February 20, 2024 at the listing benchmark price of 5079.2.
• The IM2404 CSI 1000 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on February 20, 2024 at the listing benchmark price of 4935.8.
• The IH2404 SSE 50 index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on February 20, 2024 at the listing benchmark price of 2349.4.
• The IO2405 series CSI 300 index options contracts are scheduled to be listed on February 20, 2024.
• The MO2405 series CSI 1000 index options contracts are scheduled to be listed on February 20, 2024.
• The HO2405 series SSE 50 index options contracts are scheduled to be listed on February 20, 2024.

NZX Dark And Self-Match Prevention: Notice Of Rule And Procedure Amendments

Date 18/02/2024

Last year, NZX consulted on changes to its regulatory policy to facilitate:

• the introduction of NZX Dark a voluntary anonymous unlit order book, and
• the enhancement of the self-match prevention tool through the introduction of booking purposes only transaction (BPOT) functionality. 

Qatar Stock Exchange: Semi Annual Review Of FTSE Russell Indices March 2024

Date 18/02/2024

FTSE Russell Global Equity Index Series semi annual review, published on February 16th 2024, will be effective after the close on Thursday, march 14th 2024 for the Qatari market.   

US Financial Stability Oversight Council Meetings

Date 16/02/2024

On Friday, February 23, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will preside over a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) at the Treasury Department. The meeting will consist only of an executive session. The preliminary agenda for the executive session includes the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulatory agenda; recent banking and commercial real estate developments; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rule to define larger participants of a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications; the Council’s priorities for 2024; and the Office of Financial Research’s work to collect data on non-centrally cleared bilateral repurchase agreement transactions.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 16/02/2024

The current reports for the week of February 13, 2024 are now available. Report data is also available in the CFTC Public Reporting Environment (PRE), which allows users to search, filter, customize and download report data.

Nigerian Exchange Weekly Market Report For February 16th, 2024

Date 16/02/2024

A total turnover of 1.559 billion shares worth N36.497 billion in 42,546 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 2.478 billion shares valued at N47.856 billion that exchanged hands last week in 54,982 deals.

MIAX Exchange Group - SEC Rule Amendment Requiring Certain Firms To Become FINRA Members

Date 16/02/2024

On August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15b9-1 that narrow the exemption from FINRA membership (“Rule 15b9-1 Amendments”). Certain broker-dealers will be required to become a FINRA member if the broker-dealer effects transactions other than on an exchange of which it is a member unless certain conditions are met.

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Speak On Hogan Lovells Panel On AI In Financial Services (Virtual)

Date 16/02/2024