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US Acting Comptroller Of The Currency Discusses Operational Resiliency

Date 12/03/2024

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today discussed the importance of operational resiliency in remarks at the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference.

ISDA Response To IOSCO VCMs Consultation

Date 12/03/2024

On March 1, ISDA submitted a response to IOSCO’s Voluntary Carbon Markets Consultation Report. The response welcomes IOSCO’s work on developing good practices for regulation of voluntary carbon markets (VCMs), as well as its recognition of the critical role that financial market participants play in VCMs. Clear legal and regulatory categorisation of voluntary carbon credits is key to building liquidity in order to support scaling VCMs and to develop safe, efficient markets in VCC derivatives.

SEC Charges Tallgrass Energy’s Former Board Member Roy Cook And Four Others With Insider Trading In Advance Of Blackstone Acquisition

Date 12/03/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Roy Cook, a former board member of Tallgrass Energy LP, and four of his friends for trading on material nonpublic information in advance of a public announcement that Blackstone Infrastructure Partners had offered to acquire Tallgrass and take it private. The SEC also charged Cook for failing to file required disclosure reports concerning securities transactions by family trusts. All five of the defendants agreed to settlements that, in aggregate, include more than $2.2 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties.

Sumsub Partners With Chainalysis To Enhance Compliance And Monitoring For Crypto Clients - Sumsub’s Transaction Monitoring Solution For Crypto Is Now Upgraded With Market-Leading Blockchain Analytics Provided By Chainalysis.

Date 12/03/2024

Today Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification provider, announces its integration with Chainalysis, the world’s leading blockchain data platform. This partnership combines Sumsub's Transaction Monitoring and Travel Rule solutions with Chainalysis’ extensive blockchain analytics platform and services, enabling regulatory compliance, secured data storage and automated crypto transaction monitoring for client companies.

CUSIP Global Services Adds Climate Bonds Initiative's Green Bond Data To Global Data Feeds - Partnership With Climate Bonds Initiative Expands Coverage Of ESG Data Attributes Globally

Date 12/03/2024

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced an alliance with the Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds), an international organization working to mobilize global capital for climate action, to add green bond data attributes for corporate and municipal bonds in its global data feed and desktop products. The new green bond tags will enable fixed income market participants to instantly identify and categorize securities that contain specific environmentally sustainable growth attributes, based on Climate Bonds' internationally recognized taxonomy for evaluating green finance principles and establishing green bond standards.

SIGMA Financial AI Hires Rachel Przybylski As Chief Product Officer

Date 12/03/2024

• Former Head of Business Delivery, Man Technology
• Market structure, technology and financial markets expert.
• Managing growing client demand and the product roadmap strategy

Keynote Of CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam At The FIA Boca 2024 International Futures Industry Conference, Boca Raton, Florida - “Stay Golden”

Date 12/03/2024

Introduction

Good morning and thank you, Alicia, for the kind introduction.

There may be a few FIA Futures Hall of Fame members in the audience who know or can recall the origin of the CFTC.  This October, the CFTC will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974.  The Act established the CFTC as an independent agency with exclusive jurisdiction over futures trading in all commodities.  Next year, we will mark the 50th anniversary of the swearing in of the first four Commissioners and the official transfer of authority from our predecessor in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the CFTC.  This 50th milestone is referred to as a golden anniversary or jubilee.

Market Resilience, Non-Bank Financial Institutions And The Central Bank Toolkit – Practical Next Steps− Speech By Nick Butt, Bank Of England Head Of The Future Balance Sheet Unit - Given At ISDA Virtual Conference On Procyclicality And Margin Practices

Date 12/03/2024

In this speech, Nick Butt, the head of the Future Balance Sheet Unit, outlines the importance of non-bank financial institutions to financial stability in the UK. He explains why this means we must take steps to improve their resilience and also develop tools that can address dysfunction in core markets when it can cause a threat to financial stability. And he outlines the practical next steps the Bank is taking to do this.

FlexTrade Integrates With Coinbase Prime  - Expanding Access To Digital Asset Liquidity Through Coinbase Prime 

Date 12/03/2024

FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announces a direct integration with Coinbase Prime, the leading institutional prime broker platform for digital and crypto assets.  

Broadridge Launches Global Futures And Options Fully Hosted Trading Platform To Expand Derivatives Trading Capabilities - Broadridge Creates A Platform Delivering Competitive Advantages For The Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) Community Through The Introduction Of Innovative And Disruptive Technologies

Date 12/03/2024

Designed to transform order and execution management capabilities for sell-side institutions, global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), announced today the launch of its global Futures and Options Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, expanding its existing derivatives trading capabilities. A top 3 FCM has signed as an anchor client.