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CFTC Posts Record-Breaking Enforcement Year - Filed More Enforcement Actions Than Any Other Year In Agency’s 45-Year History

Date 06/10/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a record-breaking year in the agency’s Division of Enforcement. In particular, during Fiscal Year 2020, which closed on September 30, 2020, the Commission:

• Filed more enforcement actions (113) than any other year in the agency’s history;
• Approved a case imposing the largest monetary relief in the agency’s history, with a $920 million resolution for violations relating to manipulation and spoofing;
• Filed an action in coordination with more state authorities – 30 states in total – than ever, alleging more than $180 million defrauded from elderly victims;
• Aggressively pursued fraud occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a time when victims may be particularly vulnerable, filing 29 associated cases since a national emergency was declared on March 13, 2020; and
• Continued its emphasis on coordination and parallel actions with criminal authorities and its regulatory partners.

Context Labs Announces Curtis D. Ravenel To Join As Strategic Advisor - Distinguished Thought Leadership And Guidance Will Help Position Context Labs' Immutably® Data Fabric And AlphaESG® Platform In Sustainability Markets

Date 06/10/2020

Context Labs today announced that Curtis D. Ravenel, former global head of Sustainable Business and Finance at Bloomberg, will join the growing Context Labs/Spherical|Analytics team of Sustainable Finance industry leaders as Strategic Advisor.

Resilience In A Time Of Uncertainty - Speech By Nick Strange, Senior Technical Advisor, Supervisory Risk Specialists, Bank Of England - Given At OpRisk Europe

Date 06/10/2020

Nick Strange talks about the policies we use to support the operational resilience of financial firms and financial market infrastructures in the UK.

EDI Empowers Fite Analytics’ Bond Analytics Service With Terms And Conditions

Date 06/10/2020

EDI is proud to support Fite Analytics’ innovative cloud-native Bond Analytics Service. The Fite Analytics solution incorporates EDI’s terms and conditions to provide analytics across all sectors of the bond market, for corporate, government and government agency issuances.

Tier1 Launches New Product Model And Accelerated Delivery To Address Broader Market Demand - Tier1’s Enterprise CRM Platform Now Pre-Packaged, Cost-Effective And Optimized For Implementation Across All Capital Markets And Banking Firms

Date 06/10/2020

Tier1 Financial Solutions (“Tier1”), a leading client relationship management (“CRM”) technology provider for capital markets and banking, has introduced a pre-packaged delivery model for its global software solution that also reduces time-to-market to weeks instead of months. The new model meets the challenges of an evolving workplace by providing ‘anytime, anywhere’ access to secure, mobile and real-time client intelligence through which firms build more profitable business relationships.

TMX Group Consolidated Trading Statistics – September 2020

Date 06/10/2020

TMX Group Limited today announced September 2020 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha) and Montréal Exchange (MX).

LSE Upgrades Connectivity Options With TNS Ultra-Low Latency Solution

Date 06/10/2020

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has today revealed that it has installed its ultra-low latency TNSXpress Layer 1 solution at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) colocation facility.

Bank Of England - Minutes Of Money Markets Committee meeting - 7 September 2020

Date 06/10/2020

The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.

MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 5 Index, MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index And MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 25 Index Licensed To Bitpanda

Date 06/10/2020

Today, MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS®) and CryptoCompare announced the licensing of the MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 5 Index (ticker: MVDA5), MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index (ticker: MVDA10) and MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 25 Index (ticker: MVDA25) to Bitpanda as underlying indices for their first regulated product.

CME Group Announces Launch Of New TreasuryWatch Tool for Comprehensive Analysis Of U.S. Treasury Markets

Date 06/10/2020

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of its new CME TreasuryWatch Tool. With U.S. debt at the highest level since World War II, and expected to exceed the size of the U.S. economy in 2021, this new tool will provide market participants with a comprehensive look at the data shaping cash and futures markets for U.S. Treasuries today.