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FIAB Appoints Javier Hernani As FIAB President For The Period 2023-2025

Date 14/09/2023

• He was elected by the member exchanges during their 50th General Assembly and Annual Meeting held in Panama

Opening Remarks By US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen At The Second Annual CFIUS Conference

Date 14/09/2023

Thank you, Meena, for the introduction, and thanks to Paul for his leadership. I’m very proud of what CFIUS has accomplished over the past year. And it’s a testament to the incredible team that Paul has assembled.

IMF Staff Co-Publish Paper On Climate Alignment For The Financial Sector

Date 14/09/2023

Staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and the OECD have today published a new report to compare methods for ensuring financial sector activities work for, not against, the Paris Agreement. The report, which also received input from BIS staff, aims to help policymakers, regulators and private sector entities improve sustainable finance ‘alignment approaches’, by identifying core design and implementation elements that could provide a minimum baseline of comparability across approaches.

Open Markets And Common Causes: International Collaboration And The Modernisation Of Financial Services Regulation In The UK, Speech By Ashley Alder, Chair, UK Financial Conduct Authority, Delivered At The Eurofi Conference

Date 14/09/2023

Highlights

• We will work alongside EU and global partners who are also pursuing pathways to sustainable economic prosperity whilst tackling the same financial sector risks, sharing and reflecting on best practice.
• We want to encourage efficient international investment flows based on strong cooperation and ensure that we can address risks which frequently know no borders. All of this will enable both EU and UK businesses to grow and thrive.
• We therefore welcome closer collaboration, working in partnership when developing common standards to avoid unnecessary and costly regulatory fragmentation. 

MIAX Exchange Group - Options & Equities Markets - Reminder: Reg SCI / SIFMA BCP Pre-Test On Saturday, September 23, 2023

Date 14/09/2023

Overview:

As previously announced in the April 11, 2003 Alert, the MIAX Exchange Group will be participating in the 2023 SIFMA BCP Testing on Saturday, October 14, 2023.  All Members that are required to test with MIAX Options, MIAX Pearl Options, MIAX Emerald Options and/or MIAX Pearl Equities Exchanges in accordance with Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (Regulation SCI) were notified on April 4th and April 5th, 2023.  However, all Members are encouraged to test. 

Miami International Holdings Announces That MGEX Has Filed A Petition For Rehearing Following Court's Decision To Vacate SEC's Exemptive Order Related To SPIKES Volatility Index Futures

Date 14/09/2023

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), owner of Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX®), MIAX PEARL, LLC (MIAX Pearl®), MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald®), Minneapolis Grain Exchange, LLC (MGEXTM), LedgerX LLC (LedgerX), The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX), and Dorman Trading LLC today announced that MGEX has filed a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's July 28, 2023 decision to vacate the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's Exemptive Order related to SPIKES® Volatility Index Futures (the "Order"). The Order permits the listing of SPIKES Futures as a futures contract on MGEX, which serves as the exclusive market for this contract.

Fiserv Named To TIME World’s Best Companies 2023 - Company Recognized For Employee Satisfaction, Revenue Growth And Sustainability

Date 14/09/2023

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial technology solutions, was today named to the inaugural TIME World’s Best Companies list, presented by TIME and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.

IOSCO Seeks Feedback On Proposed Good Practices On Leveraged Loans And CLOs And Publishes Its Thematic Analysis On Emerging Risks In Private Finance

Date 14/09/2023

IOSCO today publishes two reports analysing important market risks. It has called for an improvement in practices in the leveraged loan market and highlighted weak transparency in private finance.

LME Announces Evolution Of Closing Price Methodology

Date 14/09/2023

• New methodology aims to bring greater determinism, transparency and standardisation to the Closing Price discovery process
• Extending the use of VWAPs in Closing Price methodology for most liquid contracts
• Existing methodology to remain in place for other contracts
• Phased implementation from January 2024 to ensure participant readiness.

Trading Technologies Named To Crain's Chicago Business Best Places To Work 2023

Date 14/09/2023

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform provider, has just been named to the Crain's Chicago Business Best Places to Work list for 2023.