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HKEX: FINI Operational Arrangement Updates

Date 30/11/2021

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is today pleased to announce further operational details of FINI, a digital solution to modernise Hong Kong’s IPO settlement process. HKEX will start the initial phase of FINI’s user on-boarding in the first quarter of 2022, and plans to roll out FINI in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Readout: US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Call With Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki Of Japan

Date 30/11/2021

Earlier today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen spoke with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki. Secretary Yellen shared her perspectives on developments in the U.S. economy and welcomed ongoing collaboration between the United States and Japan across a range of common priorities in the Indo Pacific and globally. The Secretary looks forward to continuing to strengthen the bilateral relationship and to working closely with Japan to advance shared interests like supporting a broad-based and durable recovery from the pandemic. 

Trading Technologies Contracts With Yuanta Futures Taiwan For Distribution Of The TT® Platform And Connectivity To The Taiwan Futures Exchange From Taiwan

Date 30/11/2021

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, today announced that they have contracted with Yuanta Futures Taiwan, a Taipei based broker, to connect the TT platform to the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX). The TT platform will provide Yuanta Futures Taiwan with a combined carry broker and multi-broker solution for all international clients to access TAIFEX through TT’s global infrastructure.

Testimony Of US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate

Date 29/11/2021

Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Toomey, members of the Committee: It is a pleasure to testify today.  

Engagement, Research And Policy: Integrating Indigenous Voices Into Economic Inclusion At The Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle W. Bowman, At Virtual Symposium On Indigenous Economies: Bank Of Canada, Tulo Centre Of Indigenous Economics, The Reserve Bank Of New Zealand

Date 29/11/2021

Thank you to the Bank of Canada for the invitation to speak at today's symposium.1 It is an honor to be with you virtually today as the Federal Reserve Board's representative to the Central Bank Network for Indigenous Inclusion. I am pleased to add my voice to those of my colleagues today and to recognize and acknowledge that the United States and the foundation of its economy were built on land enriched by its original Indigenous inhabitants, and their stewardship of its natural resources.

ASIC Launches Multiple Legal Actions Against Westpac

Date 29/11/2021

ASIC has commenced six civil penalty proceedings against Westpac in the Federal Court. The proceedings, each the result of an individual ASIC investigation, allege widespread compliance failures across multiple Westpac businesses. The alleged conduct occurred over many years and affected many thousands of consumers.

CFTC: Federal Court Orders California Forex Firm And Its Owners To Pay Over $4 Million For Pool Fraud And Registration Violations

Date 29/11/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered a consent order for permanent injunction, monetary sanctions, and equitable relief against defendants Travis Capson of Kanab, Utah, Arnab Sarkar of El Cerrito, California, and their California company Denari Capital, LLC (Denari) to resolve a CFTC action filed on November 5, 2019. [See CFTC Press Release No. 8073-19].

Coronavirus And CARES Act, Federal Rederve Chair Jerome H. Powell, Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Date 29/11/2021

Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Toomey, and other members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 29/11/2021

The current reports for the week of November 23, 2021 are now available.

Additional information on Commitments of Traders (COT)

• Historical Viewable
• Historical Compressed
• COT Release Schedule

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security DVN-RM

Date 29/11/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 29.11.2021, 21-36 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 3618) and initial margins (up to 30 %) for the security DVN-RM were changed. New values are available here