💰IEX Proposes Amendments to Transaction Fee Schedule for 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a notice regarding the Investors Exchange LLC's proposed rule change to amend its fee schedule, enhancing liquidity tiers and offering alternative criteria for rebates. This adjustment aims to align IEX's fees with competitor exchanges, promoting increased displayed orders and market participation.
Learn More🚢CDC Continues Sanitation Inspection Fees for Cruise Industry
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the vessel sanitation inspection fees instituted in fiscal year (FY) 2025 will continue in FY 2026 and remain in place until further notice or a modification is published. These inspections are conducted by HHS/CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). VSP helps the cruise line industry fulfill its responsibility for developing and implementing comprehensive sanitation programs to minimize the risk for environmentally associated illnesses and hazards. Every vessel that has a foreign itinerary and carries 13 or more passengers is subject to twice-yearly unannounced operations inspections and, when necessary, reinspection.
Learn More📈Cboe Timestamping Service Rule Change for Sponsored Participants
The SEC has published a notice regarding the Cboe EDGX Exchange's proposed amendment to allow Sponsored Participants direct access to purchase timestamp reports. This rule change aims to streamline the data acquisition process and enhance market participants' trading insights by providing detailed order execution information without waiting for intermediary filtering.
Learn More💰Nasdaq Proposes Changes to Options Regulatory Fee Structure
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC has proposed changes to its Options Regulatory Fee methodology, shifting the charge structure for options transactions on its platform. The new rules, which will be effective January 2, 2026, aim to streamline regulatory costs and align fees with customer transaction volume, significantly impacting market participants and their operational costs.
Learn More📈Cboe EDGA Proposes Increased Monthly Fee for 10 Gb Ports
Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. has filed a proposed rule change to increase the monthly fee for 10 Gb physical ports from $7,500 to $8,500. This adjustment is aimed at maintaining and improving market technology services while still offering competitive pricing compared to other exchanges. The increase raises implications for businesses relying on these services.
Learn More💼Cboe BZX Proposes Increase in Physical Port Fees
The Cboe BZX Exchange has proposed a rule change to increase the monthly fee for 10 Gb physical ports, impacting connectivity costs for market participants. The adjustment aims to support the improvement of market technology and services, while remaining competitive with fees charged by other exchanges.
Learn More📈Cboe C2 Exchange Fee Increase and Business Implications
The Cboe C2 Exchange proposes to increase its monthly fee for 10 Gb physical ports from $7,500 to $8,500. This rule change aims to support market technology enhancements while remaining competitively priced compared to other exchanges. The adjustment will affect businesses relying on Cboe's connectivity and their operational cost structures.
Learn More🌾2025/2026 AMS Services Rates Correction
On April 29, 2025, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the 2025/2026 rates it will charge for voluntary grading, inspection, certification, auditing, and laboratory services for a variety of agricultural commodities including meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables, eggs, dairy products, rice, and cotton and tobacco. This document corrects typographical errors in a table.
Learn More💰Treasury Notice on Fee Assessment for Large Banks and Nonbanks
The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests. The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection that is due for extension approval by the Office of Management and Budget.
Learn More🌞New BLM Regulations Impacting Solar and Wind Energy Projects
The Department of the Interior (Department) is amending the BLM rules governing acreage rent rate and capacity fee for solar and wind energy generation on Public Lands to effectuate changes required by the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB) enacted on July 4, 2025.
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