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FINRA Statement To Correct Misinformation About FINRA’s Outside Activities Proposal

Date 05/05/2025

FINRA recently proposed amendments to streamline and reduce unnecessary burdens regarding existing requirements addressing outside activities of broker-dealers’ associated persons. Unfortunately, several recent statements published in news media mischaracterize FINRA’s proposal in a number of ways.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 05/05/2025

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

US Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Issues Request For Information On Community Bank Digitalization

Date 05/05/2025

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today issued a request for information (RFI) on the key challenges and barriers faced by community banks in the adoption and implementation of digital banking solutions.

EquiLend: April 2025 Securities Lending Revenue Up 1.18% YoY To $856 Million - Fixed Income Lending Continues To Bolster Global Revenue As Equity Lending Lulls

Date 05/05/2025

Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In April 2025

Date 05/05/2025

In April 2025, total trading volumes across Moscow Exchange's markets was RUB 145.8 trln.

SIFMA And Arteria AI Announce US Treasury Clearing Solutions Partnership

Date 05/05/2025

SIFMA and Arteria AI today announced a partnership to provide all US Treasury clearing participants a data-driven documentation platform to streamline and scale the onboarding, legal compliance, and operational systems integration with respect to the mandated central clearing of US Treasury securities repurchase transactions, as required by new rules out of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Nasdaq Announces An Updated Methodology For OMX Stockholm 30® Index (OMXS30®)

Date 05/05/2025

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the methodology for the OMX Stockholm 30® Index (OMXS30®) has been updated. The new methodology will be effective as of the semiannual rebalance and reconstitution of the index on July 1, 2025.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Remarks Before The Milken Institute Global Conference

Date 05/05/2025

Introduction

Good morning—and thank you for that kind introduction. It’s an honor to be with you.

If the namesake of this conference is any indication, this is a meeting for bold people with bold ideas. Well, I work for President Donald J. Trump—so I feel right at home.       

Mike Milken, like President Trump, is a visionary. In the 1970s, he had the rare combination of guts and intellect to defy the Wall Street consensus. With his heterodox approach to junk bonds, he pioneered a new asset class known today as high-yield bonds.  

SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists For Roundtable On Tokenization Plus Date Change For Roundtable On DeFi

Date 05/05/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has announced the agenda and panelists for its May 12 roundtable, “Tokenization — Moving Assets Onchain: Where TradFi and DeFi Meet.”

ICE Mortgage Monitor: First-Time Homebuyers Comprise Record Share Of Agency Purchase Lending In Q1 2025 - Gen Z Homebuyers Accounted For One In Four FTHB Loans As FHA Lending Drives Purchase Mortgage Growth

Date 05/05/2025

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today released its May 2025 Mortgage Monitor Report, which delves into the rising share of first-time and Gen Z homebuyer participation in the mortgage market. Notably, first-time homebuyers (FTHBs) accounted for a record share of agency purchase lending in Q1 2025 as higher interest rates continued to dampen repeat buyer participation in the market. At the same time, Gen Z buyers made substantial gains in more affordable states, while FHA loans regained popularity as a critical tool for affordability-minded homebuyers.