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Remarks By Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Rosenberg At The ACI Annual Conference On Economic Sanctions

Date 06/12/2022

Good afternoon, everyone.

It is my great pleasure to be here with all of you today to discuss the importance and implications of economic sanctions.

The New York Stock Exchange And The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding On Dual Listings - Collaboration Also Includes The Exploration Of New Products In ESG, ETFs, Indexes And Data

Date 06/12/2022

The New York Stock Exchange, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding for a broad collaboration that includes the dual listing of companies.

First Washington Carbon Allowance Futures Trades On Nodal Exchange

Date 06/12/2022

Nodal Exchange and IncubEx announced today the successful launch of the Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) futures contract, along with the first trade in the contract, on December 5th.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger On Order Regarding TeraExchange, LLC Application For Reinstatement Of Registration As A SEF

Date 06/12/2022

I support the Commission’s issuance of an Order of Registration (Order) regarding the TeraExchange, LLC’s (TeraExchange) Application for Reinstatement of Registration as a swap execution facility (SEF).  The record before us demonstrates that TeraExchange, subject to conditions set forth in the Order, has demonstrated compliance with the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commission’s regulations, and therefore its reinstatement of its registration as a SEF is appropriate.

ICE Benchmark Administration Launches The ICE Carbon Reference Entity Data Service

Date 06/12/2022

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has launched the ICE Carbon Reference Entity Data Service (ICE CRED) to facilitate the management of carbon credits through the trade lifecycle.

CFTC Grants TeraExchange, LLC Reinstatement Of Its Swap Execution Facility Registration

Date 06/12/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has issued an Order of Reinstatement of Registration to TeraExchange, LLC (Tera) as a swap execution facility (SEF). Tera, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Tera Group, Inc., is headquartered in Wall Township, New Jersey.

Vienna Stock Exchange - ATX Prime: New Free Float Factor For Addiko Bank And New Composition Of ATX Top Dividend

Date 06/12/2022

The Vienna Stock Exchange today reviewed the Austrian indices and announces the change of a free float factor as well as the new composition of the benchmark ATX Top Dividend. The free float factor of Addiko Bank AG decreases from 0.7 to 0.6 after shifts in the ownership structure. The ATX Top Dividend index gathers the 15 prime market stocks with the highest dividend yield. 

Pico Expands Flagship Monitoring Platform Into The Cloud With The Launch Of Corvil Cloud Analytics

Date 06/12/2022

• Corvil Cloud Analytics provides the highly granular, real-time visibility required to understand the cause of variable performance that continues to impact real-time applications running in public cloud
• New offering is simple to scale, easy to deploy and can be up and running in hours
• Corvil Cloud Analytics measures every order, every market data tick and every packet needed to manage real-time performance in public cloud environments

EBA Consults On New Guidelines To Tackle De-Risking

Date 06/12/2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on new Guidelines on the effective management of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks when providing access to financial services. Through these Guidelines, the EBA aims to ensure that customers, especially the most vulnerable ones, are not denied access to financial services without valid reason. This consultation runs until 6 February 2023.

BIS: The Pandemic, Cash And Retail Payment Behaviour: Insights From The Future Of Payments Database

Date 06/12/2022

Summary

Focus 

The Covid-19 pandemic has altered retail payment behaviour around the world. Cash withdrawals and cash use declined, even though microbiological research indicates that physical banknotes and coins are not any more likely to transfer infections than other regularly touched surfaces. A transition to digital payments, such as contactless card payments and digital payment apps, occurred rapidly. What implications do these changes have for the future of cash and digital payments, and how have they varied across economies?