🏛️SEC Sunshine Act Meeting on Enforcement Matters - June 2025
The SEC will hold a private meeting to discuss sensitive enforcement matters, including litigation claims and regulatory actions. The meeting aims to address significant topics relevant to compliance and examination proceedings, implying potential changes in regulatory focus that may affect various businesses.
Learn More💰Cboe Options Fee Schedule Changes and New Rebate Programs Explained
The Cboe Exchange has proposed amendments to its Fee Schedule, reducing fees for Professional orders and introducing a Floor Broker Sliding Scale Supplemental Rebate Program. These changes aim to remain competitive in a crowded market and incentivize greater liquidity and trading activity on their platforms. The proposed modifications are intended to attract order flow while enhancing market quality and execution opportunities for all participants.
Learn More🏦Change in Bank Control Notices
The Federal Reserve System has issued a notice regarding applications for acquiring shares of banks or bank holding companies. The public has the opportunity to comment on these applications, emphasizing transparency in the approval process. The notice provides details on how to express views and the associated regulatory framework under the Change in Bank Control Act.
Learn More🏠HUD's Credit Watch Termination Initiative Impacts Mortgagees
This notice advises of the cause and effect of termination of Direct Endorsement (DE) approval taken by HUD's Federal Housing Administration (FHA) against HUD-approved mortgagees through the FHA Credit Watch Termination Initiative. This notice includes a list of mortgagees that have had their DE Approval terminated.
Learn More📉Cboe EDGX Small Broker Program Introduces Fee Waivers
The Cboe EDGX Exchange aims to enhance the competitiveness of its market data products by launching a Small Retail Broker Hosted Solutions Program. This initiative includes fee waivers for small retail brokers distributing data and aims to increase retail investor access to vital market information while fostering competition among brokers.
Learn More📈ICE Clear Credit
The SEC has published a notice regarding proposed rule changes for the ICE Clear Credit Recovery and Wind-Down Plans. These changes aim to enhance the organization's governance structure, ensure regulatory compliance, and clarify the management of risks associated with clearing services and relationships with external service providers.
Learn More📈Nasdaq Proposes Major Amendments on Trading Fees and Incentives
The Nasdaq Stock Market has filed a proposed rule change that involves amendments to transaction fees and credits aimed at enhancing liquidity and attracting more trading participation. Key changes include fee reductions and the introduction of new credits for member firms, promoting a more competitive trading environment while addressing previously outdated fee structures.
Learn More🚫OFAC Sanctions Action and Its Impact on U.S. Businesses
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
Learn More📊OCC's Policy Statement on Liquidity Risk Management Updates
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning a revision to its information collection titled "Interagency Policy Statement on Funding and Liquidity Risk Management."
Learn More📊DOL Notice on Securities Lending Compliance Requirements
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
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