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SET Announces SET ESG Ratings For 193 Listed Companies

Date 06/11/2023

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has renamed Thailand Sustainability Investment (THSI) to “SET ESG Ratings” and announced ESG assessment results in rating scales with four levels: AAA, AA, A and BBB, aiming  to provide more comprehensive information to investors. In 2023, 193 listed companies have passed the selection criteria and have been assigned SET ESG Ratings, up from 166 companies in the previous year. This reflects that listed companies have placed increasing importance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects in their business operations.

Oral Reply To Singapore Parliamentary Questions On Banking Services Disruption Of DBS And Citibank On 14 October 2023

Date 06/11/2023

Answer by Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and Board member of MAS, on behalf of Mr Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, and Chairman of MAS:

1. Mr Speaker, Sir, may I have your permission to answer all the Parliamentary Questions 47 to 54 in today’s Order Paper, as well as the questions filed by Members Mr Yip Hon Weng, Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, Dr Tan Wu Meng, Mr Don Wee and Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong for subsequent Sittings relating to the banking services disruption of DBS and Citibank on 14 October 2023? If Members are satisfied with the response, they may wish to withdraw their questions after this session.

Saudi Arabia Capital Market Authority Board Recomposes The Advisory Committee For Its 10th Term

Date 05/11/2023

The Capital Market Authority's (CMA's) Board issued a resolution to recompose the Advisory Committee for its tenth term, which includes eleven part-time members, representing market participants, experts, specialists, and experienced academics.

CFTC Seeks Public Comment on a Proposal on Investment of Customer Funds

Date 03/11/2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued, for public comment, a proposed rule on the Investment of Customer Funds by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations.

U.S. Department Of Justice: Leader Of $70M Cryptocurrency And Binary Options Fraud Schemes Extradited To The U.S

Date 03/11/2023

A Serbian man has been extradited to the United States, where he faces charges in two separate federal indictments in the Northern District of Texas and Eastern District of New York for his alleged participation in coordinated cryptocurrency and binary options schemes.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting Minutes

Date 03/11/2023

Minutes for past Council meetings are available below.  Meeting minutes for the most recent Council meeting are generally approved at the subsequent Council meeting and then posted online soon afterwards.  When possible, open session Council meetings are made available to the public via live webcast.  These webcasts can also be viewed after they occur here.

SIFMA AMG Comments On FSOC Nonbank SIFI Designation Guidance

Date 03/11/2023

SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (SIFMA AMG) today issued the following comment regarding changes to guidance on nonbank financial company designations as proposed by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC):

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam On The FSOC Approval Of The Analytic Framework For Financial Stability Risks And Guidance On Nonbank Financial Company Determinations

Date 03/11/2023

Madam Secretary, I want to thank you as Chair of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC or Council), and the entire FSOC Secretariat for all of their tremendous work in preparation for today’s meeting.  Of the Congressional authorities the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) created in response to the 2008 Financial Crisis, designation authority by this Council is one of the most critical and responsive to the exposed vulnerabilities. 

CFTC Charges Illinois Man And His Firm for Operating A Fraudulent Retail Forex Commodity Pool

Date 03/11/2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Coby Young and his firm, Young Emerging Strategies LLC, both of Illinois. The complaint charges the defendants with fraud in connection with leveraged, margined, or financed retail foreign currency transactions (retail forex), fraud by a commodity pool operator, registration violations, disclosure and recordkeeping violations, and commingling pool property. `+++++++++++++++++++++++

Cboe Global Markets Reports Trading Volume For September 2023

Date 03/11/2023

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today reported September monthly trading volume statistics across its global business lines and provided guidance for selected revenue per contract/net revenue capture metrics for the third quarter of 2023.