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Macrobond Partners With FactSet To Deliver Unparalleled Equity Market And Alt-Data Insights - Comprehensive Global Dataset Provides Top-Down Researchers With Broader View Of The Market

Date 16/09/2021

Macrobond, a leading provider of global economic, aggregate financial and sector data for finance professionals, has teamed up with financial and data company FactSet to provide top-down researchers with unparalleled insight into the dynamics of global equity markets. 

Shanghai International Energy Exchange Has Announced Its Circular On Releasing The Revised INE Low Sulfur Fuel Oil Futures Contract And Related Implementing Rules

Date 16/09/2021

Shanghai International Energy Exchange has announced its Circular on Releasing the Revised INE Low Sulfur Fuel Oil Futures Contract and Related Implementing Rules as follows:

IMF Executive Board Approves US$67.38 Million In Emergency Support To Equatorial Guinea To Address The COVID-19 Pandemic And Accidental Explosions

Date 16/09/2021

• The IMF Executive Board approved Equatorial Guinea’s request for emergency assistance equivalent to about US$67.38 million under the Rapid Financing Instrument.
• The pandemic and the Bata explosions have inflicted heavy damage on Equatorial Guinea’s economy, substantially weakened its near-term economic outlook, increased economic and financial stress, and severely affected the livelihood of much of the population.
• The authorities are committed to taking further steps as part of their ongoing effort to address macro-critical governance and corruption challenges facing Equatorial Guinea.

Benchmark Strategies Forum, September 15, 2021: Opening Remarks, Scott O’Malia, ISDA Chief Executive

Date 15/09/2021

Hello everyone, welcome to the third part of the Benchmarks Strategies Forum. We’ve had more than 4,800 people register over the course of this series, showing the value of a regular forum that allows regulators and market participants to share knowledge and best practice during the critical period before LIBOR’s demise. I’m extremely grateful to CME Group for making this possible by supporting these events.

Nadex Product Schedule For The China And Japan Holidays The Week Of September 20, 2021

Date 15/09/2021

Due to the China holiday on Monday, September 20, and Tuesday, September 21, 2021, the China 50 contracts will have a modified trading schedule.

SEC Surpasses $1 Billion In Awards To Whistleblowers With Two Awards Totaling $114 Million

Date 15/09/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of approximately $110 million and $4 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to successful SEC and related actions.  With these awards, the SEC's whistleblower program has now paid more than $1 billion in awards to 207 whistleblowers, including over $500 million in fiscal year 2021 alone. The $110 million award stands as the second-highest award in the program's history, following the over $114 million whistleblower award the SEC issued in October 2020.

Tradeweb Partners With CFETS To Launch Southbound Bond Connect Extending China Footprint - New Trading Channel Provides Mainland Chinese Investors With Streamlined Access To Offshore Fixed Income Markets

Date 15/09/2021

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a leading global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today announced it will expand its trading link with CFETS under the Bond Connect channel on September 24 to allow mainland China onshore institutions to invest in Hong Kong’s fixed income markets. Tradeweb was the first platform to enable offshore investors to buy and sell Chinese onshore bonds via its fully electronic request-for-quote (RFQ) trading link to Northbound Bond Connect. More than $900 billion in CNY cash bonds trades has been done via Tradeweb since the launch of Bond Connect in July 2017. Last year, Tradeweb once again partnered with the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) to deliver the first fully electronic RFQ access to China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM) Direct, another popular route for overseas investors connecting to and trading in the Chinese onshore bond market.

OCC Adds Leaders From ABN AMRO And Cboe To Board Of Directors - Mike Nowak And Rob Hocking Each Bring More Than 20 Years Of Industry Experience

Date 15/09/2021

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced two new members of its Board of Directors: Mike Nowak, Chief Financial Officer at ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago LLC (AACC), and Rob Hocking, Senior Vice President, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions and Derivatives Strategy for Cboe Global Markets.

Federal Court Orders Florida Man To Pay $2.5 Million For Role In Fraudulent Binary Options Scheme

Date 15/09/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that Judge Gregory A. Presnell of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued an order granting a permanent injunction against Ronald Montano, a resident of St. Cloud, Florida, and Montano Enterprises LLC (MEL), and requiring them to pay a combined $2.5 million in restitution and civil monetary penalty for solicitation fraud in connection with binary options trading.

MIAX To Launch Suite Of BRIXXTM Commercial Real Estate Futures On MGEX - New Futures Contracts Provide Exposure To Four Commercial Real Estate Sectors - First Futures To Launch On October 4, 2021

Date 15/09/2021

MIAX, creator and operator of highperformance securities exchanges, products and services, will launch cash-settled futures contracts on BRIXX™ Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Indexes developed by Advanced Fundamentals.  The first contract to be listed will be the BRIXX Retail Index futures contract which is expected to begin trading on October 4, 2021.  Three additional BRIXX CRE Index futures are expected to be listed in the fourth quarter of 2021.  Cash-settled options on the BRIXX CRE Indexes will launch on MIAX, also targeted for fourth quarter of 2021. The launch of the futures and options contracts remain subject to regulatory approval.