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Digital Assets: Putting Investors First, SEC Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga, Brooklyn Law School Keynote Address, Nov. 16, 2022

Date 17/11/2022

Thank you for that warm introduction.  It is a pleasure to be here today, and I thank Brooklyn Law School for the kind invitation to deliver today’s keynote.  I must note at the outset that the views expressed here today are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission or its staff, or those of my fellow Commissioners.

Readout: US Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo’s Meeting With United Kingdom Secretary Of State For International Trade Kemi Badenoch

Date 16/11/2022

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo met today with Kemi Badenoch, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, to discuss global economic conditions, opportunities to create shared economic prosperity through trade and investment, and investment security. With respect to investment security, they discussed ways to safeguard national security and opportunities to ensure US and UK intellectual and financial capital are not used to support the development of critical technologies used by foreign adversaries. In addition, following up on his trip to the United Kingdom last week, the Deputy Secretary discussed the Inflation Reduction Act’s historic climate change investment that will help the United States hit its climate goals by 2030 and create economic opportunity and growth in the U.S. and abroad, as well as the importance of building resilient clean energy supply chains.

Readout: US Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo’s Meeting With German State Secretary For Economic Affairs And Climate Action Udo Philipp

Date 16/11/2022

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo met today with Udo Philipp, the German State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. The two discussed close cooperation on continuing to degrade Russia’s ability to wage its brutal war against Ukraine, including through sanctions and export controls, as well as the price cap on Russian oil. They also discussed global macroeconomic developments, climate investments—including the Inflation Reduction Act’s historic climate change investment that will create economic opportunity in the U.S. and Europe, as well as the importance of building resilient clean energy supply chains. They also discussed ensuring that US and European intellectual and financial capital are not used to support the development of critical technologies used by foreign adversaries.

Cboe Global Markets Declares Fourth-Quarter 2022 Dividend

Date 16/11/2022

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today announced its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock for the fourth quarter of 2022. The fourth-quarter 2022 dividend is payable on December 15, 2022, to stockholders of record as of November 30, 2022.

CFTC Charges Former Energy Broker With Paying Brokerage Kickbacks And Misappropriating Nonpublic Information

Date 16/11/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Lee Tippett, a former energy broker with Classic Energy, LLC, for participating in a scheme to pay kickbacks to Matthew Clark, a trader employed by one of Classic’s brokerage customers. The order finds Tippett made these kickback payments to Clark in exchange for Clark sending more brokerage business from his employer to Classic. According to the order, Tippett also participated in a scheme to misappropriate confidential block trade order information from the same Classic customer, facilitated fictitious trades, and made false statements to ICE Futures US. 

Rolling Regulation Forwards - Speech By Nikhil Rathi, UK Financial Conduct Authority Chief Executive Delivered At The UK Finance Annual Dinner.

Date 16/11/2022

Highlights

• The Consumer Duty will help us manage the entry of Big Tech firms into the UK retail financial service, ensuring a level playing field.
• Firms should take advantage of digitalisation but market developments must not leave groups of consumers behind, particularly those most vulnerable or the least digitally enabled.
• We want to work with industry to ensure that the UK remains the largest destination for fintech investment in Europe.

Robinhood Markets, Inc. Reports October 2022 Operating Data

Date 16/11/2022

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (“Robinhood”) (NASDAQ: HOOD) today reported selected monthly operating data for October 2022:

Treasury International Capital Data For September

Date 16/11/2022

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for September 2022.  The next release, which will report on data for October, is scheduled for December 15, 2022.

MIAX: FINRA Proposal To Amend The Codes Of Arbitration Procedure To Modify The Current Process Relating To The Expungement Of Customer Dispute Information

Date 16/11/2022

FINRA filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission to modify the current process relating to the expungement of customer dispute information.

US Acting Comptroller Of The Currency Discusses Regulatory Priorities

Date 16/11/2022

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on the agency’s efforts to ensure that national banks and federal savings associations operate in a safe, sound, and fair manner.