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SGX To Host Commodities Unplugged, A Month-Long Webinar Series For International Participants To Share Insights Into A Post-Pandemic View Of Commodity Markets, And The Macro Opportunities Offered From An Increasingly Financialised Market

Date 14/05/2020

• Covers deep insights on how COVID-19 will reshape the macroeconomic landscape. In particular, we explore the impact on Asia as the largest commodity consumer in the world, and the deep linkages in global supply chains 
• Marks SGX’s largest ever webinar series featuring more than 85 speakers and panelists across Australia, China, India, Portugal, Singapore, UK and US
• Webinar series is open for donation towards SGX Bull Charge

Outcome Of Ministry Of Business, Innovation & Employment/New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Review Of funding And Levies

Date 14/05/2020

MBIE have published the outcome of the review of the FMA’s funding and levies which took place earlier this year. More details can be found on the MBIE website.

SIFMA Fixed Income Market Close Recommendations In The U.S., The U.K. And Japan For The U.S. Memorial Day & U.K. Spring Bank Holidays

Date 13/05/2020

SIFMA confirmed its previous recommendations for the U.S., the U.K., and Japan in observance of the U.S. Memorial Day and the U.K. Spring Bank Holidays.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 13/05/2020

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions:  

• Only the AUD/EUR/USD, and USD/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date May 11, 2020.  EUR/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed beginning with the 6:10pm expiration time. USD/CAD 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed beginning with the 6:15pm expiration time.GBP/USD and GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed beginning with the 6:30pm expiration time.

• No GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date May 12, 2020. It was listed beginning with the 6:10pm expiration time.

SIFMA Statement On Settlement On CAT Reporter Agreement

Date 13/05/2020

SIFMA today issued the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, on the settlement reached between SIFMA and the SROs for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Reporter Agreement:

Court Imposes Longest-Ever Sentence Resulting From British Columbia Securities Commission Criminal Investigation

Date 13/05/2020

A Parksville man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for defrauding two B.C. investors of more than half a million dollars, the longest sentence ever imposed as a result of a criminal investigation by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC).  

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 13/05/2020

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

SIFMA Updates MSRB Rule G-17 Model Disclosure Documents

Date 13/05/2020

SIFMA today announced updates to its set of G-17 model disclosure documents and related drafter’s guidance to help municipal securities underwriters comply with the newly amended requirements for disclosure to municipal issuers set forth by the revised interpretive guidance to Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Rule G-17.

Demand Derivatives Crowdfunding To Revamp Futures Industry

Date 13/05/2020

The senior team at Demand Derivatives Corp., with several decades of aggregate experience in derivative markets, is crowdfunding a revolutionary futures exchange and clearing house that plans to trade, upon CFTC and SEC approval, the world’s major assets in a creative new way.  The exchange’s product set is designed to reduce and potentially eliminate both open-ended risks for traders and systemic risks for the industry.

TMX Group Announces Election Of Directors

Date 13/05/2020

TMX Group today announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular for the 2020 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders were elected as directors of TMX Group Limited. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at the Virtual Annual and Special Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 are set out below.