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Singapore Homegrown SME Neo & Partners Global Wins - Best Infrastructure Provider At The Waterstechnology Asia Awards 2020
Date 11/07/2020
Neo & Partners Global, a finance & technology group serving the capital markets sector buy-side community of commodity trading advisors, family offices, fund management companies and proprietary trading firms, announced today that its Trading-Atrium, has won Best Infrastructure Provider at the coveted WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2020 alongside one other Singapore-based luminary as DBS Bank and distinguished leading global firms. The WatersTechnology Asia Awards recognize excellence in providing the most innovative infrastructure to the capital markets, announced on July 9, 2020.
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CFTC: Federal Court Orders Defendants To Pay Nearly $1.3 Million In Forex Fraud Scheme
Date 10/07/2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order of default judgment finding that Joshua Christian McDonald and his company, Perfection PR Firm LLC (PPR), committed fraud, misappropriated customer funds, and operated without proper registration. The defendants operated out of California and Tennessee.
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Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width
Date 10/07/2020
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 July 6, 2020 as indicated in the Weekly Notice.
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U.S. Chamber’s Brilliant: 'France’s Unilateral And Discriminatory Digital Services Tax Only Adds To The Headwinds Facing The Global Economy'
Date 10/07/2020
Myron Brilliant, executive vice president and head of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, issued the following statement today following news that the U.S. plans to retaliate against France’s digital services tax (DST):
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Nadex Refrains from Listing Certain Contracts
Date 10/07/2020
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:
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NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report
Date 10/07/2020
NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of June 30, 2020.
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Nasdaq Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date June 30, 2020
Date 10/07/2020
At the end of the settlement date of June 30, 2020, short interest in 2,450 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 8,284,881,466 shares compared with 7,927,678,024 shares in 2,439 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of June 15, 2020. The end-of-June short interest represent 2.67 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 2.48 days for the prior reporting period.
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Statement On The Proposal To Substantially Reduce 13F Reporting, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee, July 10, 2020
Date 10/07/2020
The Commission proposes today to increase the reporting threshold by 35 times for institutional investment managers that must report equity holdings on Form 13F, thus eliminating visibility into portfolios controlling $2.3 trillion in assets. This proposal joins a long list of recent actions that decrease transparency and reduce both the Commission’s and the public’s access to information about our markets.
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CFTC Invalidates CPO Registration Exemptions For 17 Foreign Entities - Entities Failed To Substantiate Eligibility Requirements In Response To DSIO Special Call
Date 10/07/2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has issued an order deeming the commodity pool operator (CPO) exemptions of 17 entities to be ineffective following a special call by the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO). The order was approved by the Commission on July 7, 2020 and is effective immediately. The special call was authorized by the Commission in March 2020.
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SEC Proposes Amendments To Update Form 13F For Institutional Investment Managers; Amend Reporting Threshold To Reflect Today’s Equities Markets
Date 10/07/2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has proposed to amend Form 13F to update the reporting threshold for institutional investment managers and make other targeted changes. The threshold has not been adjusted since the Commission adopted Form 13F over 40 years ago.
