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AuditBoard Report: The Biggest Productivity Challenge Is Unmanaged Culture - 80 Per Cent Of Respondents Agree Culture Is Essential To Governance, Yet Ownership Is Rarely Defined

Date 16/09/2025

AuditBoard, the AI-powered global platform for connected risk transforming audit, risk, and compliance, today announced the paradoxical results of its 2025 Organisational Culture and Ethics survey. While nearly all governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) professionals recognise the importance of organisational culture, it remains virtually unmanaged. While culture is the lens through which every risk, decision, and behaviour is expressed, the data found that organisational culture is deeply undermanaged. It’s valued but not fully operationalised, recognised but not owned, measured reactively, and addressed in silos instead of systemically.

Cboe Europe Derivatives To Launch FLEX Options In Europe, Expanding Risk Management Toolkit For European Investors

Date 16/09/2025

• CEDX to introduce FLexible EXchange® options (FLEX options) in Europe in Q1 2026
• Addresses rising global demand for defined-outcome ETFs and bespoke investment strategies
• Builds on Cboe's experience as global options innovator and pioneer of FLEX options in the U.S.

Hana Securities And Meritz Securities Have Launched New ETNs, Tracking Solactive Natural Gas Total Return Leverage Indices

Date 16/09/2025

Solactive is pleased to announce its collaboration with Hana Securities and Meritz Securities in supporting the launch of a suite of Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) tracking the Solactive Natural Gas Leverage Indices. The new products aim to provide Korean investors with transparent and rules-based access to leveraged and unleveraged exposure in the natural gas market, offering strategies for both bullish and bearish outlooks.

London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") Transactions In Own Shares

Date 16/09/2025

LSEG announces it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each from Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") on the London Stock Exchange as part of its share buyback programme, as announced on 04 August 2025.

“Strengthening Risk Resilience Through Innovation And Collaboration” – Keynote Address By Mr Alvin Tan, Minister Of State, Ministry Of National Development And Ministry Of Trade And Industry, And Board Member Of Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The Closing Of GAIP Summit And Opening Of PROGRES Seminar On 16 September 2025

Date 16/09/2025

Good morning, everyone. It is my privilege to address you as we conclude the Global Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP) Summit and open Geneva Association’s Programme on Regulation and Supervision Seminar (PROGRES Seminar), which is held in Singapore for the first time. Together, GAIP and Geneva Association have contributed to a myriad of global efforts to strengthen risk resilience, to close protection gaps, and to promote inclusive insurance.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Bans Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited’s Former Responsible Officer Richard Charles Heyes For Five Years

Date 16/09/2025

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Richard Charles Heyes, a former responsible officer (RO), Manager-In-Charge (MIC) of Key Business Line, board member, and Head of Pan-Asia Equities of Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited (CGMAL), from re-entering the industry for five years from 15 September 2025 to 14 September 2030.

Started JPY Interest Rate Swap Clearing Service For U.S. Customers With U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s Approval

Date 16/09/2025

On September 12, 2025, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) received a regulatory authorization from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. regulator, allowing JSCC, under certain conditions, to expand the clearing services of JPY interest rate swap (JPY-IRS) to customers which fall under the CFTC’s definition of U.S. person (hereinafter referred to as “U.S. Customers”). The authorization also exempts JSCC’s Clearing Members clearing JPY-IRS for U.S. Customers from the requirements to register as Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA), subject to certain conditions. JSCC may continue to clear JPY-IRS for the proprietary accounts of U.S. persons - e.g., U.S. and non-U.S. affiliates of any clearing members, U.S. clearing members and the CFTC-registered FCMs.

ASIC Publishes FAQs About Auditing And Assurance Requirements For Sustainability Reports

Date 16/09/2025

ASIC has published responses to some frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the review and auditing requirements for sustainability reports under the Corporations Act 2001.

Keynote Speech By Tan Boon Gin, CEO Of Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), At The REIT Association Of Singapore Annual Conference 2025

Date 16/09/2025

Good morning distinguished guests, members of the REIT Association of Singapore, and colleagues.

The Equities Market Review Group, value unlocking initiatives and climate reporting have been in the news recently. Which is why I thought it might be useful to cover these issues in this morning’s speech.

Gemini Announces Closing Of Initial Public Offering And Full Exercise Of Underwriters' Option To Purchase Additional Shares

Date 15/09/2025

Gemini Space Station, Inc. ("Gemini"), a global crypto platform, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of an aggregate of 15,937,501 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $28.00 per share. The shares sold included 300,565 shares sold by Gemini and 458,364 shares sold by the selling stockholders pursuant to the underwriters' over-allotment option. Gemini did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Class A common stock by the selling stockholders. The Class A common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on September 12, 2025, under the ticker symbol "GEMI."