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Prepared Remarks Before The Investor Advisory Committee, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Washington D.C., Sept. 21, 2023

Date 21/09/2023

Good morning, thank you, Christopher. I am pleased to join the Investor Advisory Committee. As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and I am not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the SEC staff.

Sterling Trading Tech’s Global Risk & Margin System Evolves to Meet Volatility And Regulation, Industry Veteran Brian Saldeen Leads Effort

Date 21/09/2023

Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a leading provider of trading technology including a proprietary order management system, a risk and margin system, and trading platforms for the capital markets worldwide, announced today the appointment of industry veteran Brian Saldeen as Senior Risk & Margin Product Manager. Saldeen joins Sterling to lead the continued advanced development of the Risk & Margin offering.

Investment Metrics Launches Liability Reporting As Part Of Its Portfolio Analytics And Reporting (PARis) Product - Delivering Institutional Investment Consultants And Asset Owners A Comprehensive And Balanced View Of Pension Plans

Date 21/09/2023

Investment Metrics, a Confluence company, the leading global provider of investment analytics, reporting, and data solutions, today announced the availability of liability reporting in its Portfolio Analytics and Reporting (PARis) solution. This new capability gives Investment Consultants and Asset Owners a more comprehensive and balanced view of their Pension plans, while significantly improving institutional plan analysis and reducing manual work and errors.

Scila Receives Prestigious Award For Best Risk Management System At FOW Asia Capital Markets Awards 2023

Date 21/09/2023

Scila, a prominent player in the international financial markets monitoring business, is delighted to announce its latest achievement at the FOW Asia Capital Markets Awards 2023. On September 21, 2023, Scila was honored with the prestigious award for the "Best Risk Management System."

Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Surge In August - Corporate Debt Volumes Slow

Date 21/09/2023

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for August 2023. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a significant monthly increase in request volume for new municipal identifiers, while corporate volumes declined on a monthly basis.

Investment Research Budgets Slide Again Despite Imminent Rebundling Freedoms

Date 21/09/2023

• The average research budget has decreased a further 6.5% 
• Payments to the top ten brokers in the average research budget increased to 54.6%, from 53.9% in 2022
• Impact of M&A - Acquired brokers’ pricing decreases 6% on average, 12 months after acquisition

ICE To Launch CORSIA Carbon Credit Futures Market To Manage Emissions Exposure From Airlines

Date 21/09/2023

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced plans to launch a physically delivered futures contract for carbon credits which the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) considers eligible for use by the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

BME Opens New Fixed Income Listing Procedure At AIAF Market

Date 21/09/2023

• Aena’s fixed-income programme is the first admitted to trading in Spain under the procedure envisaged in the new Spanish Securities Market Law

Exchange Of Letters Between The Governor Of The Bank Of England And The UK Chancellor Regarding CPI Inflation - September 2023

Date 21/09/2023

If inflation moves away from the target by more than 1 percentage point in either direction, the Governor is required to send an open letter to the Chancellor explaining why inflation has moved away from target and what action the Bank is taking to bring inflation back to target.

ESMA Provides Overview Of EU Securitisation Markets

Date 21/09/2023

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today publishes a study setting out the details of the EU securitisation market.