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CFTC Alert! The March 8 Meeting of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) is OPEN for public comment in connection with the meeting.

Items to be addressed at the meeting: technology-oriented risks affecting the derivatives and related financial markets, central counterparty risk and governance. Source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8671-23 Public Comments Members of the public may submit comments in connection with the meeting, identified by “Market Risk Advisory Committee,” by

SEC Alert! In filing with Federal Register, SEC is adopting rule amendments to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from two business days after the trade date (“T+2”) to one business day after the trade date (“T+1”).

Source: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-03566.pdf (277 pages to review) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: First, the Commission is amending paragraph (a) of 17 CFR 240.15c6-1 (“Rule 15c6-1”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) to This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 03/

SEC Alert! Special filing with Federal Register: SEC submits notice for another CLOSED door meeting via Sunshine Act for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Alert! CFTC announces that longtime federal prosecutor Ian McGinley will serve as the agency’s Director of Enforcement.

At SDNY, Mr. McGinley led criminal prosecutions for market manipulation, insider trading, cryptocurrency fraud, bank fraud, & cybercrime Source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8667-23 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam today announced that longtime federal prosecutor Ian McGinley will serve as the agency’s Director of Enforcement.

CFTC Alert! CFTC is requesting nominations for membership on the e Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee to identify and assess key issues and policy proposals with respect to digital asset markets, including digital finance and tokenization of assets

Source: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-04048.pdf Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee. Identifying and assessing key issues and policy proposals with respect to digital asset markets, including digital finance and tokenization of assets, non-financial activities and Web3, and blockchain technology. Purpose: The purpose of the proposed Subcommittees would be to provide

DTC Alert! Securities Processing Service Updates Computershare Fee Updates Effective 4/3/2023.

Inflation Alert! Fed Governor Philip N. Jefferson: 'the idiosyncratic nature of the pandemic implies that economic models are going to have limited applicability. But current inflation dynamics are being driven by some pandemic-specific factors not seen'

Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/files/jefferson20230224a.pdf TLDRS: Today Fed Governor Philip N. Jefferson discussed the paper "Managing Disinflations" by Stephen G. Cecchetti, Michael E. Feroli, Peter Hooper, Frederic S. Mishkin, and Kermit L. Schoenholtz at the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York, New