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  • Dissenting Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Dawn D. Stump Regarding Settlement With Easterday Ranches, Inc.

    Date 18/12/2021

    Overview 

    Easterday Ranches, Inc. (a cattle feedyard) made false statements to, and violated position limits established by, a futures exchange regulated by the Commission.  Accordingly, the Commission appropriately brought (and today settles) charges against Easterday Ranches of violating provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) that specifically address these types of misconduct. 

  • Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

    Date 17/12/2021

    Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) 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”) hereby provides notice that due to increased or decreased volatility, as the case may be, in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, Nadex made changes to the strike widths of various contracts during the week of December 13, 2021 as indicated in the Weekly Notice. 

  • Federal Court Orders Washington State Feedyard To Pay $263 Million For Phantom Cattle Fraud Scheme And Violating Position Limits

    Date 17/12/2021

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that Chief Judge Stanley A. Bastian of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an order granting a permanent injunction against Easterday Ranches, Inc., and requiring it to pay a combined $263 million in restitution and civil monetary penalty in connection with a phantom cattle fraud scheme.

  • SEC Staff Statement Regarding Form CRS Disclosures - Standards Of Conduct Implementation Committee

    Date 17/12/2021

    Form CRS is a brief relationship summary designed to help retail investors make informed choices regarding what type of relationship—brokerage, investment advisory, or a combination of both—best suits a retail investor’s particular circumstances and investment objectives. SEC-registered broker-dealers and investment advisers (each, a “firm”) offering services to retail investors must file with the Commission and provide to retail investors a relationship summary containing plain English disclosures on specific topics under standardized headings and in a prescribed order. The relationship summary is intended to promote transparency, comparability and better-informed decision-making, through clear, concise disclosures, and by summarizing in one place selected information about a particular firm. This format is designed to allow retail investors to more easily compare different firms’ services, fees, conflicts of interest, disciplinary history and other important information.

  • CalPERS Announces Candidates For Spring 2022 Special Board Election

    Date 17/12/2021

    CalPERS is conducting an election in Spring 2022 for the Public Agency Member seat on the CalPERS Board of Administration.

    The candidates for this seat are:

    • Richard Fuentes - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
    • Mullissa Willette - County of Santa Clara

    A virtual random drawing will determine the order of the names on the ballot. The drawing will be held via Webex on January 11, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Notify us by email no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 4, 2022 if you're interested in viewing this event, so you may be sent an invitation.

    The board seat to be elected by active public agency members was previously occupied by Jason Perez, who resigned in June 2021. His four-year term expires on January 15, 2023. The candidate who wins the seat will serve the remaining time on the current term, plus the full four years of the next term.

    This board seat represents CalPERS public agency members, so active public agency members are eligible to vote online, by phone, and by mail in this election.

    Ballots will be mailed April 15, 2022, and votes must be received by May 16, 2022. Votes will be processed beginning May 17, 2022.

    To ensure election ballots are received timely, verify your address by logging into myCalPERS or contacting us by phone at 888 CalPERS (or 888-225-7377).

    The 13-member CalPERS Board of Administration sets policy for retirement and health benefits on behalf of California public employers, and their active and retired employees. The board also oversees asset allocation of the pension fund's investments. Under the California Constitution, the CalPERS Board has exclusive authority to administer the CalPERS Pension Fund.

    Information on the upcoming board election and resources for members and candidates are available at www.calpers.ca.gov/boardelection.