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Nadex Launches Dormant Account Bonus Program

Date 09/04/2020

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and section §40.6(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”) submitted to the Commission on April 9, 2020 its plans to launch a reactivation incentive program, which would credit eligible participants with dormant accounts (no trading activity for 12 consecutive months) a bonus equal to 10% of the participant’s reactivation deposit, as defined in the Terms and Conditions, up to $100. In order to qualify, the reactivation deposit must occur before any trading activity takes place. Full Terms and Conditions of the Program were also submitted to the Commission. Pursuant to the 10-day filing period under Regulation 40.6(a)(3), this filing will become effective April 27, 2020.
BOX Exchange: Default Global Counter Time Interval

Date 09/04/2020

Effective Monday, April 13, 2020, BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX”) will modify certain Activity-Based Protections. Specifically, BOX will reduce the default Global Counter time interval from 500 milliseconds to 50 milliseconds.
IMF Executive Board Approves Proposals To Enhance The Fund’s Emergency Financing Toolkit To US$100 Billion

Date 09/04/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a human toll and has unleashed a series of shocks on the Fund’s entire membership, creating severe disruption in the global economic and financial system. As a result, many emerging market and developing country (EMDC) members face urgent and unprecedented financing needs, creating significant immediate demand for Fund resources. In this context, the IMF Executive Board approved proposals to enhance the Fund’s emergency financing toolkit, specifically the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), available to all members, and the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF), available only to low-income countries eligible for concessional financing.
Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 09/04/2020

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 volatility 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 April 6, 2020 as indicated in the Weekly Notice.
SEC Enhances Standards For Critical Market Infrastructure

Date 09/04/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to its rules for securities clearing agencies to apply enhanced standards to all SEC-registered central counterparties and central securities depositories. The rule amendments build on rules adopted by the Commission in 2016 pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act to establish enhanced standards for the operation and governance of securities clearing agencies deemed systemically important and those that are central counterparties for security-based swaps.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 09/04/2020

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(h), Nadex took the following actions:
NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 09/04/2020

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of March 31, 2020.
Nasdaq Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date March 31, 2020

Date 09/04/2020

At the end of the settlement date of March 31, 2020, short interest in 2,434 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,695,739,356 shares compared with 8,344,615,576 shares in 2,426 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of March 13, 2020. The end-of-March short interest represents 1.89 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 2.49 days for the prior reporting period.
SIFMA Notes The Passing Of Industry Leader Dale Horowitz

Date 09/04/2020

SIFMA notes the passing of industry leader Gedale “Dale” B. Horowitz. Among his many accomplishments, Dale founded SIFMA’s predecessor organization, the Public Securities Association (PSA) in 1967. He also served as Chairman of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and was a long-time member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC).
Joint Statement By Canadian Securities Administrators And Investment Industry Regulatory Organization Of Canada On Recent Volatility In Canadian Equity Markets

Date 09/04/2020

As a result of COVID-19, there has been significant volatility in Canadian equity markets in Canada and around the world. The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) are working to ensure that our capital markets continue to operate in a fair and orderly fashion.