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NYSE Member Firms Report First Quarter Results

Date 23/05/2023

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported a first-quarter 2023 after-tax profit of approximately $6.9 billion and revenues of approximately $97 billion, compared with approximately $7.7 billion after-tax profit on revenues of about $53 billion in the first-quarter of 2022.
Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson In Support Of Enforcement Action Involving Fraudulent Precious Metals Scheme Targeting Elderly And Retirement-Aged Persons

Date 23/05/2023

Last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Alexander Spellane and two companies he controlled, Fisher Capital LLC and AMS Consulting Solutions LLC, which he collectively operated together as Fisher Capital Group. Spellane used Fisher Capital Group to engage in a scheme targeting a vulnerable population of mostly elderly and retirement-aged persons throughout the United States, fraudulently persuading them to invest their retirement funds and savings in gold and silver coins at grossly inflated prices—sometimes double or event triple his cost. As a result, Spellane’s victims invested more than $30 million in coins at inflated values—suffering significant losses.
SEC Shuts Down WeedGenics $60 Million Cannabis Offering Fraud

Date 23/05/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained an emergency order to halt an alleged ongoing offering fraud and Ponzi-like scheme by Integrated National Resources Inc. (INR), which does business as WeedGenics, and its owners, Rolf Max Hirschmann and Patrick Earl Williams, who have raised more than $60 million from investors to expand their cannabis operations, but have instead used the majority of funds to make $16.2 million in Ponzi-like payments and to enrich themselves.
US Acting Comptroller Of The Currency Discusses Financial Inclusion

Date 23/05/2023

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today discussed the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) commitment to a fair and inclusive financial system in remarks at the Bank On National Conference.
FSB Europe Group Discusses Risks To Financial Stability, Including Recent Banking Sector Stress, DeFi And Climate Change

Date 23/05/2023

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for Europe met today in London. The group discussed global and regional financial market developments and financial stability risks arising from decentralised finance (DeFi) and from climate change.

CME Group: Open Interest Across WTI-Linked Futures Surpasses 500,000 As Global Significance Of U.S. Oil Grows

Date 23/05/2023

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that open interest across its suite of WTI-linked futures, which include WTI Houston (HTT), WTI Midland (WTT) and Mars (YV) spread futures contracts, surpassed 500,000 contracts on Friday, May 19, 2023. Average daily open interest in the Argus-settled contracts has also increased 49% year-to-date as the inclusion of U.S. oil into the Dated Brent pricing mechanism begins.
BOX Options Market: June Fee Changes

Date 23/05/2023

Effective June 1, 2023, BOX Options Market LLC (“BOX”) is making the following changes to the BOX Fee Schedule:
ESAs Publish Joint Annual Report For 2022

Date 23/05/2023

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) today published its 2022 Annual Report, which provides an account of its joint work completed over the past year.
France To Continue Fostering Economic, Investment Ties With Nigeria - Eyes More Companies’ Listings On NGX

Date 23/05/2023

In a bid to promote trade between France and Nigeria, the French Government has said it will continue fostering economic and investment ties with Nigeria.
ESMA Seeks Input On Rules For Long Term Investment Funds

Date 23/05/2023

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is consulting on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) under the revised ELTIF Regulation. Interested stakeholders are invited to provide input by 24 August 2023.