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Japan Financial Services Agency: Trends In High-Speed Trading

Date 28/12/2022

The Financial Instruments and Exchange Act was amended in May 2017 (enforced April 2018) to require financial instruments business operators who engage in high-speed trading to register.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: The Opening-Up Of Soybean Futures And Options Starts Smoothly Twenty-Six Overseas Clients Participate On The First Trading Day, Promising A Bright Future

Date 28/12/2022

The No. 1 soybean, No. 2 soybean, soybean meal, soybean oil futures and options of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) were formally made available to overseas traders as specified domestic products on December 26, 2022. This is an important measure for China’s futures market to serve the domestic and overseas soybean and oilseeds industries and help ensure the security of the soybean industry chain and supply chain. It is also the first time for a Chinese futures exchange to introduce overseas traders to participate in the futures and options trading of the whole soybean product suite, attracting considerable attention from different parties. The journalist learned that overseas clients are opening accounts and trading smoothly, indicating a good start for the first trading day after the opening-up of the soybean product suite.

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Notice On Night Trading Session During 2023 New Year Holiday

Date 28/12/2022

According to Notice on Trading Schedule during National Holidays for Year 2023, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange hereby clarifies the night trading session arrangement during 2023 New Year holiday as follows:

China Daily：China's Soybean Market Official Open To Foreign Traders

Date 28/12/2022

Eight soybean-related futures and options, including No 1 Soybean, No 2 soybean, soybean meal and soybean oil, are officially open to foreign traders at the Dalian Commodity Exchange on Monday in Dalian, Liaoning province.

Cboe To Re-Open Floor Trading Of VIX Options On Wednesday

Date 27/12/2022

• Cboe Volatility Index Options (VIX) Trading Pit Relocated to Alternate Space on Trading Floor
• VIX and VIXW Options Available for Both Electronic and Open Outcry Trading Beginning Wednesday
• VIX Trading Pit Sustained Water Damage from Burst Pipe Above Trading Floor
• Cboe Trading Floor Remains Open and Available for All Other Cboe Options Exchange Products

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date December 15, 2022

Date 27/12/2022

At the end of the settlement date of December 15, 2022, short interest in 3,476 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 10,247,653,483 shares compared with 10,154,992,155 shares in 3,471 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of November 30, 2022. The mid-December short interest represents 2.84 days compared with 3.21 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 27/12/2022

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 15, 2022.

US Treasury Issues Initial Guidance On Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax, Stock Buybacks Tax

Date 27/12/2022

Today, the U.S. Treasury Department released initial guidance on two key tax provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax and the excise tax on stock buybacks.

Antonia Apps Named Director Of New York Regional Office

Date 27/12/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that former federal prosecutor Antonia M. Apps will become Regional Director of the New York Regional Office next month. Thomas Smith and Maurya Keating, who have served as Acting Co-Directors, remain as Associate Regional Directors of the Enforcement and Examinations programs, respectively.

fintegral.fund: BaFin Investigates Ethereal Group LLC

Date 27/12/2022

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin would like to make clear that Ethereal Group LLC does not have authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin. The information provided on the company’s website, fintegral.fund, gives reasonable grounds to suspect that Ethereal Group LLC is conducting banking business and providing financial services in Germany without the required authorisation.