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InterPrice Technologies, Inc. Announces $7.3 Million Series A Funding Round Co-Led By Nasdaq Ventures And DRW Venture Capital

Date 02/11/2022

InterPrice Technologies, Inc., a treasury capital markets funding platform, announced today the closing of its Series A funding. The $7.3 million investment was co-led by Nasdaq Ventures and DRW Venture Capital, with participation from existing investors including Bowery Capital.

SEC Adopts Rules To Enhance Proxy Voting Disclosure By Registered Investment Funds And Require Disclosure Of “Say-On-Pay” Votes For Institutional Investment Managers - Rules And Form Amendments Will Enhance Transparency Of Fund And Institutional Investment Manager Proxy Voting Records

Date 02/11/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to Form N-PX to enhance the information mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and certain other registered funds report about their proxy votes. The amendments will make these funds’ proxy voting records more usable and easier to analyze, improving investors’ ability to monitor how their funds vote and compare different funds’ voting records. The rulemaking will also newly require institutional investment managers to disclose how they voted on executive compensation, or so-called “say-on-pay” matters, which fulfills one of the remaining rulemaking mandates under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In October 2022

Date 02/11/2022

In October 2022, total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 71.7 trln (RUB 74.3 trln in September 2022). Unless stated otherwise, all figures below refer to performance for October 2022 and all comparisons are with September 2022.

Decision Of The Court Of Appeal - R (Sutton) v UK Financial Conduct Authority

Date 02/11/2022

The FCA welcomes the decision by the Court of Appeal to deny permission for a judicial review.

“This Law And Its Effective Administration”: Remarks Before The Practising Law Institute’s 54th Annual Institute On Securities Regulation, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Washington D.C., Nov. 2, 2022

Date 02/11/2022

My thanks to the Practising Law Institute and the 54th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation. As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own, and I am not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the SEC staff.

IMF Managing Director Names Julie Kozack As Director Of Strategic Communications

Date 02/11/2022

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today her intention to appoint Julie Kozack as the IMF’s Director of Strategic Communications (COM). She will succeed Gerry Rice, whose retirement from the Fund was announced on July 22, 2022.

Bitfinex Alpha Report Reveals Bitcoin Is Outperforming Tech Stocks Despite The Inflation War Being Far From Over

Date 02/11/2022

According to Bitfinex Analysts  – 

“The relationship between Bitcoin and stocks has been a theme often sighted this year, with Bitcoin being described as “just another risk asset” given its dramatic rise and fall in correlation to equities.This correlation is now breaking down. By mid-October Bitfinex Alpha saw the lowest correlation between Bitcoin and stock indices since the first week of January, reaching zero at one point, indicating no statistical association between the two assets. “

OCC October 2022 Total Volume Up 10.2% Year-Over-Year, Fifth Highest Month On Record

Date 02/11/2022

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that year-to-date average daily volume through October 2022 was 41.1 million contracts, up 5.6 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through October 2021. Total volume was 910.0 million contracts, up 10.2 percent compared to October 2021 and the fifth highest month in OCC’s history. 

Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook: Navigating Tighter Global Financial Conditions

Date 02/11/2022

• Growth momentum continues in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the region is expected to grow by 3.5 percent in 2022. Amid tightening global financial conditions, however, growth is projected to decelerate to 1.7 percent in 2023.
• Inflation is the highest in two-decades and is expected to recede gradually helped by decisive action by the region’s central banks.
• Monetary policy should stay the course, and avoid easing prematurely, while fiscal policy should focus on strengthening public finances while protecting the vulnerable population from the inflation shock.

Building Trust In Macroprudential Policy − Speech By Colette Bowe, Bank Of England, External Member Of The Financial Policy Committee, Given At The Annual Maxwell Fry Lecture, Birmingham University Business School

Date 02/11/2022

Colette Bowe discusses the FPC’s emphasis on transparent communication to ensure its policy decisions are coherent and accountable to the public they serve. The nature of financial stability means this will always be a work in progress, but these efforts are crucial to ensure FPC continues to be worthy of the public’s trust.