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US Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting, Friday, November 4

Date 28/10/2022

On Friday, November 4, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will preside over a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) by videoconference.  The meeting will consist only of an executive session.  The preliminary agenda includes recent market developments and financial system vulnerabilities; an update on the Council’s 2022 annual report; an update from the Council’s Hedge Fund Working Group; and an update on climate-related financial risk in the insurance sector. 

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 28/10/2022

The current reports for the week of October 25, 2022 are now available. Report data is also available in the CFTC Public Reporting Environment (PRE), which allows users to search, filter, customize and download report data.

CFTC Commissioner Mersinger To Participate In A Fireside Chat At Reuters ESG Investment North America 2022

Date 28/10/2022

Nadex Self-Certifies Cryptocurrency Products

Date 28/10/2022

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.2(a) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”), Nadex self-certified the terms and conditions for its new Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Touch Bracket Variable Payout Contracts and Ether Cryptocurrency Touch Bracket Variable Payout Contracts. These contracts will be listed on or after trade date December 5, 2022.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger Regarding Extension Of Staff No-Action Letter 20-37

Date 28/10/2022

I support the relief that is being provided through the extension of Staff No-Action Letter 20-37.  But I am concerned that the Commission is continuing to avoid doing the hard work necessary to address the underlying issue here.  Today’s letter extends until December 1, 2025, (or earlier, if a comparability determination is issued) relief that was originally provided in 2013. Twelve years of no-action relief is inappropriate.  The Commission owes market participants a permanent solution, not a perpetual cycle of requesting and granting staff no-action relief.

SIFMA Fixed Income Market Close Recommendation In The U.S., The U.K., And Japan For The U.S. Veterans Day Holiday

Date 28/10/2022

SIFMA has confirmed its previous recommendation for a full market close on Friday, November 11 for the trading of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed income securities in the U.S., U.K., and Japan in observance of the U.S. Veterans Day Holiday.

CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Letter Regarding Certain Swap Reporting Requirements of Parts 45 and 46

Date 28/10/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today issued a no-action letter extending the no-action position of CFTC Letter No. 20-37 concerning certain swap reporting requirements of Part 45 and Part 46 of the CFTC’s regulations.

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 28/10/2022

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) hereby provides notice that due to increased or decreased volatility, as the case may be, in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, Nadex made changes to the strike widths of various contracts during the week of October 24, 2022 as indicated in the Weekly Notice.

Market For Underlying Security Used For Openings On MIAX Options, MIAX Pearl Options And MIAX Emerald Options For Newly Listed Symbols Effective Monday, October 31, 2022

Date 28/10/2022

Please refer to the Regulatory Circulars listed below for newly added symbols and the corresponding market for the underlying security used for openings on the MIAX Exchanges. The newly listed symbols will be available for trading beginning Monday, October 31, 2022

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 28/10/2022

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions: