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CFTC PROPOSES RULE CHANGE TO INCREASE CLEARING MEMBER FUND PROTECTION.

Public Input Sought on Proposed CFTC Rule: The Protection of Clearing Member Funds Held by Derivatives Clearing Organizations

The CFTC proposes rule changes, protecting clearing members' funds through segregation, central bank locations, aligned investments, strict controls, daily reconciliation, and foreign DCO exemptions. Open for public comments.

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Transformations, Tensions, and Triumphs: Investors celebrate success of transparency campaign sparking fund association court clash. Check out what has put the scare back into Wall Street.

Investors who campaigned transparency celebrate SEC rule. It mandates reporting of short positions exceeding £10M; contested by fund associations.

NFT FUTURE NEEDS SUPPORT / UK GOV FAILS TO CHAMPION ITS PEOPLE / CFTC PROPOSES INCREASED CUSOTMER PROTECTION

NFT Future Beckons Advocacy Action / UK Economic Secretary Fails to Champion Public Representation / CFTC Proposes Customer Fund Protection

NFT Future Beckons Advocacy Action / UK Economic Secretary Fails to Champion Public Representation / CFTC Proposes Customer Fund Protection

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UK's pursuit of market control intensifies & 🚨UK Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (currently under investigation over payments for chairing a pressure group that lobbied UK PM Rishi Sunak) responds to our letter.

And here we go, ready to deep dive into Part 2. Big shout out to u/Nisja who reached out to their MP to source this response - you're a legend 🙏 Heroic investors across the UK have been reaching out to their local representatives to ask how shareholders

Britain is bankrupt, MPs aren't keeping pace with advocacy efforts and we're still battling for shareholder rights! Check out what's got the UK's knickers in a financial twist 🇬🇧

Howdy all, and so begins the new year! Let's recap with where we left off in 2023 as we look ahead to 2024 together - ever in the quiet confidence that MOASS will one day be tomorrow. UK shareholders 🇬🇧 🦍 have been reaching out to both the HM Treasury

Dropping Like a Stone: ON RRP Take-up in the Second Half of 2023

Dropping Like a Stone: ON RRP Take-up in the Second Half of 2023. Liberty Street Economics interpret the recent drop in ON RRP take-up through the lens of the channels identified in the recent staff report driving its initial increase.

Source: Gara Afonso, Marco Cipriani, and Gabriele La Spada, “Dropping Like a Stone: ON RRP Take-up in the Second Half of 2023,” Federal Reserve Bank of New York Liberty Street Economics, December 19, 2023, https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2023/12/dropping-like-a-stone-on-rrp-take-up-in-the-second-half-of-2023/. Background: Liberty Street has a paper Treasury Bill Supply

Weekend deep dive--revisiting Talis Putnis' 2009 article Naked Short Sales and Fails to Deliver An Overview of Clearing and Settlement Procedures for Stock Trades in the US

"The US clearing and settlement system does not provide any significant disincentives for naked short selling." Happy weekend Superstonk! I hope everyone is able to enjoy the long weekend with loved ones and remembering those who make it possible for us to be doing so. However, if you