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China Venture Capital Funding Down By 30.1% YoY To $26.8 Billion In January-August 2023, Finds GlobalData

Date 27/09/2023

China's venture capital (VC) funding landscape in the first eight months of 2023 showed a significant slowdown compared to the same period in 2022, with 2,111 VC funding deals amounting to $26.8 billion. This marked an 18.3% drop in deal volume and a 30.1% decrease in disclosed funding value. While this decline aligned with global trends, China fared better than major markets like the US, the UK, and India, solidifying its status as a key player in the global VC landscape, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
SGX - Addressing Concern About Sustainability-Linked Bonds With Enhanced Targets And Structure: By Joanne Teo And Michael Tang

Date 27/09/2023

The world is in a state of climate emergency and climate change mitigation and the transition to Net Zero has become more urgent. Enabling efforts towards these goals is thus increasingly important. An average of US$9.2 trillion a year are needed globally to achieve net-zero in 2050, according to consulting firm McKinsey
ASX: Variation To Employment Agreement With CEO

Date 27/09/2023

The Board of ASX has decided to make changes to its short term variable reward (STVR) and long term variable reward (LTVR) arrangements so as to enhance the flexibility that the Board has to structure them.
ASIC: Fintech Company Pays Penalties For Crypto Product Representations

Date 27/09/2023

Following ASIC action, fintech company Bobbob Pty Ltd has paid $53,280 to comply with infringement notices regarding representations it made about a crypto-asset linked investment product.
Nadex Self-Certifies Bitcoin Cash Cryptocurrency Touch Bracket Contracts

Date 26/09/2023

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.2(a) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”), Nadex self-certified the terms and conditions for its new Bitcoin Cash Cryptocurrency Touch Bracket Variable Payout Contracts. These contracts will be listed on or after trade date September 29, 2023.

CFTC Charges Florida Man With Forex And Binary Options Fraud And Misappropriation

Date 26/09/2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Patrick Wonsey of Riverview, Florida. The complaint charges Wonsey with fraud and misappropriation related to a trading scheme involving, among other things, leveraged or margined retail foreign currency (forex) and binary options traded on and off CFTC-regulated exchanges. Wonsey solicited at least $3.4 million from at least 50 individuals.
SEC Charges Hydrogen Vehicle Co. Hyzon Motors And Two Former Executives For Misleading Investors

Date 26/09/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled fraud charges against Hyzon Motors Inc., an upstate New York-based company that builds hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), for misleading investors about its business relationships and vehicle sales before and after a July 2021 merger with a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The SEC also charged Craig M. Knight, Hyzon’s former CEO, and Max C.B. Holthausen, former managing director of Hyzon’s European subsidiary, for their roles in the fraudulent scheme.
Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date September 15, 2023

Date 26/09/2023

At the end of the settlement date of September 15, 2023, short interest in 3,247 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 10,586,849,412 shares compared with 10,277,162,921 shares in 3,267 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of August 31, 2023. The mid-September short interest represents 3.23 days compared with 3.40 days for the prior reporting period.
NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 26/09/2023

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of September 15, 2023.
SEC Charges California Advisory Firm AssetMark For Failing To Disclose Multiple Financial Conflicts

Date 26/09/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Concord, California-based registered investment adviser AssetMark Inc. has agreed to pay more than $18 million to settle charges related to undisclosed conflicts of interest involving a cash sweep program operated by its affiliated custodian and its receipt of millions of dollars in revenue sharing payments from third-party custodians.