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NZX Shareholder Metrics - June 2021

Date 04/07/2021

Please see attached NZX Limited shareholder metrics for June 2021.

MIAX Exchange Group - Options Markets - Options Regulatory Fee Update - August 2021

Date 02/07/2021

Pending regulatory approval, the MIAX Exchanges will amend the Options Regulatory Fee (“ORF”) of each MIAX Exchange as follows:

• MIAX Options will decrease the ORF to $0.0019 effective August 2, 2021
• MIAX Pearl Options will decrease the ORF to $0.0018 effective August 2, 2021
• MIAX Emerald Options will increase the ORF to $0.0016 effective August 2, 2021

CFTC Financial Data for Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 02/07/2021

Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) must file monthly financial reports with the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) within 17 business days after the end of the month. Selected financial information from these reports is published below. The most recent month-end information generally is added within 12 business days after FCMs and RFEDs file their reports, but occasionally may be added later. For example:  The 17th business day filing “due date" for February 28, 2015 financial reports was March 25, 2015.  The 12 business day target for posting these data was April 10, 2015.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Releases CRA Evaluations For 16 National Banks And Federal Savings Associations

Date 02/07/2021

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of June 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.

CFTC Commissioner Quintenz In Bloomberg: Family Offices Don’t Need New Regulations

Date 02/07/2021

Excerpts from Commissioner Brian Quintenz's Op-ed with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Commissioner Hester Peirce on the Collapse of Archegos

Bill Hwang’s family office, Archegos Capital Management, failed in spectacular fashion in March as investments in complex derivative products — specifically, total return swaps on individual stocks — rapidly accumulated losses too large for the firm to cover. As a result of Archegos’s default on these positions, large investment banks that were counterparties to the trades were left holding the bag. Some banks suffered large losses as they unwound those positions.

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 02/07/2021

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 volatility 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 June 28, 2021 as indicated in the Weekly Notice. 

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Update

Date 02/07/2021

The current reports for the week of June 29, 2021 are now available.

NGX Weekly Market Report For July 2nd, 2021

Date 02/07/2021

A total turnover of 1.021 billion shares worth N14.145 billion in 17,565 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.0

Readout Secretary Of The US Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting With German Vice Chancellor And Finance Minister Olaf Scholz

Date 02/07/2021

Earlier today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met with German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to discuss the upcoming G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Venice. The Secretary and the Minister discussed the historic agreement that the OECD Inclusive Framework reached on international taxation. Secretary Yellen focused on ways to support global economic recovery efforts, and outlined the objectives of the Biden-Harris Administration to address climate change domestically and through international engagement. 

SEC Issues Agenda For July 7 Meeting Of Asset Management Advisory Committee

Date 02/07/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for the July 7 meeting of the Asset Management Advisory Committee (AMAC).