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Japan Financial Services Agency: The Fifth Meeting Of The Working Group On Tender Offer Rule And Large Shareholding Reporting Rule Of The Financial System Council

Date 25/10/2023

The Working Group on Tender Offer Rule and Large Shareholding Reporting Rule of the Financial System Council will hold its fifth meeting on November 1, 2023 as follows.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Welcomes Chief Executive’s Initiatives To Enhance Hong Kong’s IFC Status

Date 25/10/2023

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the initiatives in the Chief Executive’s Policy Address to enhance Hong Kong’s competitiveness and upholding its status as an international financial centre.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Released Self-Disciplinary Rules For The Bond Business To Ensure A Steady And Orderly Handling Of The Review And Undertakings For Enterprise Bonds Issuance

Date 25/10/2023

In order to implement the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on institutional reform, earnestly implement the relevant requirements of CSRC’s Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Bond Registration System and clarify the relevant duty division and work connection arrangements regarding the issue of enterprise bonds, SZSE has released five basic business rules including the Rules for Reviewing and Approving the Issuance and Listing of Corporate Bonds of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Revised in 2023), 12 business guidelines and 5 guides such as Guidelines No. 1 for Reviewing and Approving the Issuance and Listing of Corporate Bonds of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Revised in 2023), and the Notice on the Arrangement of the Enterprise Bonds Connection Work. These documents serve to make clear the requirements and arrangements with respect to the issuance acceptance and review, issuance and listing, supervision in their duration, and investor suitability management of enterprise bonds, further building a self-disciplinary regulatory system for the bond market. The system is designed to be open, transparent, standardized, orderly, clean, and efficient. The aforesaid self-disciplinary regulatory rules for bond business entered into effect from the date of making public. SZSE started accepting applications for enterprise bonds issuance and conducted the review process from 9:00 am on October 23. Currently, all preparations, including the technological system upgrades and the transition of ongoing projects, have been completed.

US Acting Comptroller Of The Currency Issues Statements At FDIC Board Meeting On CRA And Climate-Related Financial Risk Management

Date 24/10/2023

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today issued statements at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board Meeting in support of rulemakings on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and the finalization of interagency principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks.

US Federal Agencies Issue Principles For Climate-Related Financial Risk Management For Large Financial Institutions

Date 24/10/2023

Federal bank regulatory agencies today jointly finalized principles that provide a high-level framework for the safe and sound management of exposures to climate-related financial risks for large financial institutions.

US Federal Agencies Issue Final Rule To Strengthen And Modernize Community Reinvestment Act Regulations

Date 24/10/2023

Federal bank regulatory agencies today jointly issued a final rule to strengthen and modernize regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to better achieve the purposes of the law. The CRA is a landmark law enacted nearly 50 years ago to encourage banks to help meet the credit needs of their entire communities, especially in low- and moderate-income (LMI) neighborhoods, in a safe and sound manner.

SEC Charges BlackRock With Failing To Properly Disclose Investments By Publicly Traded Fund It Advised

Date 24/10/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an investment adviser, for failing to accurately describe investments in the entertainment industry that comprised a significant portion of a publicly traded fund it advised. To settle the charges, BlackRock agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty.

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Deliver A Keynote Address At The ISDA Annual Legal Forum

Date 24/10/2023

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date October 13, 2023

Date 24/10/2023

At the end of the settlement date of October 13, 2023, short interest in 3,231 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 10,705,010,843 shares compared with 10,707,778,036 shares in 3,232 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of September 29, 2023. The mid-October short interest represents 3.25 days compared with 2.94 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 24/10/2023

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of October 13, 2023.