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SEC Charges Louisiana Town And Former Mayor With Fraud In Two Municipal Bond Deals - Town’s Municipal Advisor And Its Owner Also Charged

Date 02/06/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the town of Sterlington, Louisiana and its former mayor, Vern A. Breland, as well as the town’s unregistered municipal advisor, Twin Spires Financial LLC, and its owner, Aaron B. Fletcher, with misleading investors in the sale of $5.8 million in municipal bonds across two offerings in 2017 and 2018.

ACER Initiates The Drafting Of New Framework Guidelines On Demand Response

Date 02/06/2022

On 1st June 2022, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has been asked by the European Commission to submit non-binding framework guidelines setting out clear and objective principles for the development of a network code on demand response. The network code will aim at enabling market access for demand response, including load, storage and distributed generation (aggregated or not), as well at facilitating the market based procurement of services by distribution and transmission system operators.

Opening Statement of Chairman Rostin Behnam at the CFTC Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening, Washington, DC

Date 02/06/2022

Introduction

Good morning and welcome to the Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening.  I want to thank Commissioners Johnson, Goldsmith Romero, Mersinger, and Pham for joining today’s meeting.  I also want to thank and acknowledge the members of the Climate Risk Unit (CRU), our distinguished keynote speakers, moderators, and panelists.  Finally, I want to extend my gratitude to David Gillers, the CFTC’s Chief of Staff and CRU Director, Abigail Knauff, a Special Counsel in my office and CRU Deputy, and all of the CRU staff for their work in initiating this Convening.

Toronto Stock Exchange Announces Launch Of S&P/TSX Battery Metals Index - TSX To Host Market Open Ceremony On June 7 To Celebrate The Launch

Date 02/06/2022

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) announced today the launch of the S&P/TSX Battery Metals Index. The new index measures the performance of TSX and TSX Venture Exchange listed companies that are focused on the production and exploration of select metals, which are significant inputs in the decarbonization of the transportation sector.

Cboe Global Markets Becomes Morningstar's Preferred Index Distributor

Date 02/06/2022

• Cboe to become the preferred third-party distributor of all Morningstar-branded indices
• Agreement expected to help broaden access to Morningstar indices for investors globally
• Cboe Global Indices Feed is publishing an initial 50 Morningstar-branded indices beginning July 1, with plans to offer the full index suite in the fourth quarter

Nasdaq To Acquire Metrio, A Leader In Sustainability Software

Date 02/06/2022

• Metrio’s data collection, analytics and reporting solutions to bolster Nasdaq’s portfolio of IR & ESG services
• Expected to improve corporates’ ability to manage and unlock value from their data so they can make better decisions
• Nasdaq plans to maintain Metrio’s headquarters in Montreal

Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In May 2022

Date 02/06/2022

In May 2022, total trading volumes across Moscow Exchange’s markets grew by 5.2% to RUB 78.2 trln (RUB 74.3 in May 2021).

Tradeweb Announces First Fully Electronic SOFR Swaption Trade - Successful Completion Of Trade Marks Another “First” For TW SEF

Date 02/06/2022

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today announced it has completed the first-ever fully electronic institutional Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) swaption trade. Goldman Sachs and Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec (CDPQ) were counterparties on the trade, which was executed recently on the Tradeweb Swap Execution Facility (TW SEF). Since the completion of the inaugural trade, 15 dealers are now providing swaptions pricing on TW SEF.

U.S. Treasury Severs More Networks Providing Support For Putin And Russia’s Elites - Targeting Key Nodes Of Russian Attempts To Evade Unprecedented U.S. Sanctions Kremlin Elites, Luxury Assets, And Putin’s Favored Yachts Blocked

Date 02/06/2022

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking further action to degrade the key networks used by Russia’s elites, including President Vladimir Putin, to attempt to hide and move money and anonymously make use of luxury assets around the globe. Today’s action targets a Kremlin-aligned yacht brokerage, several prominent Russian government officials, and a close Putin associate and money-manager, Sergei Roldugin, who is a custodian of President Putin’s offshore wealth. In order to further tighten and enforce existing sanctions, this action further identifies yachts and aircraft in which sanctioned Russian elites maintain interests.

ESMA Publishes Technical Standards To Suspend The CSDR Buy-In Regime

Date 02/06/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today published a Final Report on amending the regulatory technical standards (RTS) postponing the application of the CSDR mandatory buy-in regime for three years.