Shield, the global Communication Risk Management platform for financial services, today added two new AI agents to AmplifAI, its agentic suite for digital communications surveillance and investigations. The Alert Closure Agent extends the suite’s reach from detecting and investigating risk to resolving it, while the Language Expansion Agent takes surveillance from limited coverage of monitored languages to full coverage of all languages. Together, AmplifAI provides an industry-first approach that equips compliance teams with a comprehensive set of AI agents that span the full surveillance lifecycle.The launch comes at a pivotal moment for compliance. Regulatory expectations around AI governance, explainability, and language coverage continue to expand, while operational pressures remain acute. The average financial institution generates roughly one million Level 1 alerts annually, yet fewer than 0.02% progress beyond initial review, and 93% of firms identify false positives as a meaningful operational challenge. Across the industry, agentic AI is increasingly being recognized as the next major evolution in compliance technology, shifting the focus from systems that identify risk to systems that can help resolve it (1LoD, 2026 Surveillance Benchmarking Survey). But for regulated firms, autonomous action alone is not enough. AI must be explainable, auditable, and defensible, with human oversight and full decision transparency built in.AmplifAI’s two newest agents address these pressures directly.The Alert Closure Agent evaluates flagged communications across message content, risk language, and full conversation context to determine whether an alert reflects genuine compliance concern. Where context clearly establishes no risk is present, the agent closes the alert, with use of the agent in customer evaluations resulting in a 77.3% reduction of false positives.The agent is built to remove only contextually clear false positives -- a gap that current surveillance tools miss, but that should not require the attention of a human reviewer -- allowing them to direct their attention toward risk that warrants it. Full transparency and oversight are maintained, with closure reasoning recorded in the alert detail, every closed alert reopenable, and QA workflow steps configurable, ensuring that the agent operates under continuous human oversight rather than as a standalone decision-maker.The Language Expansion Agent addresses a separate, longstanding gap in communications surveillance. Multilingual blind spots are no longer defensible: coverage is an explicit and growing regulatory expectation, and firms operating across borders cannot assume their current monitoring captures risk across all languages used within employee communications. The Language Expansion Agent proactively identifies risk across unmonitored or rare languages, bringing all communications within a firm’s compliance perimeter regardless of the languages selected for monitoring.Together, the two agents broaden AmplifAI's coverage across detection, investigation, and governed resolution. The suite already includes a Noise Reduction Agent and Coverage Expansion Agent for enhanced detection, a Risk Reasoning Agent for at-a-glance triage and analysis, and Shiela, an agentic assistant for natural-language queries and investigation. The Alert Closure and Language Expansion Agents extend Shield’s multi-agent layer natively across the platform into resolution, delivering a suite that covers every stage of the surveillance lifecycle.“Financial services compliance is entering a new era,” said Shiran Weitzman, CEO of Shield. “While the industry has continued to focus on AI for individual tasks, such as classifying a message or flagging a keyword, AmplifAI represents a different vision: a coordinated system of specialized agents that reasons across the full surveillance lifecycle, from detection through to resolution. These two new agents are a first step toward a more sustainable compliance model, built for autonomy where needed and to keep human judgment at the center. AmplifAI is what responsible innovation looks like in a regulated industry.”"For years, compliance leaders have been forced to make tradeoffs between scale, coverage, and operational efficiency, all of which are becoming increasingly difficult to justify,” said Tamar Sharir, Chief Product Officer of Shield. “Shield's new agents are designed to remove those constraints. Together, these agents give compliance programs the coverage and capacity they need to operate with confidence across channels, languages and alerts.”With an advanced multi-agent approach built for compliance, Shield’s platform has previously been recognized in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for AI Architecture and Extensibility, SynPulse's 2026 AI in Compliance report, the AI Fintech100, and GreySpark's AI in Surveillance research.The Alert Closure Agent and Language Expansion Agent are available now as part of the AmplifAI suite, with the Alert Closure Agent already in deployment with a Tier 1 financial institution.To learn more about how Shield's AmplifAI suite closes some of the fastest-growing gaps in communications surveillance, visit https://www.shieldfc.com/amplifai or contact Shield to request a demo.

Mati Carbon has been issued 717 CORCs under the Puro Standard's Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) methodology, certified from its operations in Chhattisgarh, India. Mati Carbon applies basalt-based ERW across smallholder rice paddy farms in India, combining proprietary MRV techniques with logistics technology to deliver verified carbon dioxide removal. Its proximity to Deccan Traps basalt deposits reduces feedstock transport emissions, strengthening both the carbon accounting and the commercial model. The project delivers agronomic co-benefits for participating farmers alongside verified carbon removal. The CORCs are listed on the Puro Registry: https://registry.puro.earth/projects/868685

TMX Group Limited will announce its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 in the evening of Thursday, July 30, 2026. An analyst conference call to review the results will be held on Friday, July 31, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ET. WHAT: TMX Group Limited Q2 2026 financial results analyst conference call WHO: John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX GroupDavid Arnold, Chief Financial Officer, TMX GroupAmanda Tang, Director, Investor Relations, TMX Group WHEN: Friday, July 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. ET HOW: Participants may access the conference call via the webcast link. The audio webcast of the conference call will also be available and archived in TMX's shareholder events section.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today announced the planned launch of its first economic indicator futures contracts tied to global monetary policy decisions and US natural gas storage reports. The cash-settled futures contracts are designed to give market participants exchange-traded and centrally-cleared instruments to express views on specific economic events and decisions. “ICE’s expansion into economic indicator contracts reflects demand for regulated onshore products that allow customers to take positions on economically relevant risks that shape markets,” said Trabue Bland, Senior Vice President of Futures Markets at ICE. “These innovative new products leverage the global trading and clearing platform that we have built at ICE, offering a new approach to hedging significant moments impacting global markets.” ICE's new futures will be based on central bank rate decisions from the U.S. Federal Reserve System, European Central Bank and Bank of England, providing exposure to scheduled policy meetings across the three most systemically important central banks in the world, as well as on U.S. natural gas storage inventory levels, which are published weekly by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The new contracts are scheduled to launch on August 10, 2026, subject to completion of relevant regulatory processes. The product codes will be: OID; OIS; OIR; EUD; EUS; EUR; MPL; MPS; MPR; EWP. The new contracts follow the recent launch of ICE’s Polymarket Signals and Sentiment service, an exclusive prediction data and analytics offering from ICE. This service offers normalized data feeds representing Polymarket’s prediction markets, enabling professional and institutional traders to consume crowd-sourced probability assessments as market signals. These signals indicate implied probabilities on real-world outcomes and are designed to complement traditional market, pricing, and sentiment inputs within institutional workflows.

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform services provider, today announced a major upgrade to TT® Trade Surveillance that includes a new Market Replay tool and an enhanced enterprise-level case management system user interface (UI) that significantly improve the workflow, speed and scope of surveillance cases across equities, futures and options, foreign exchange (FX), fixed income and cryptocurrencies. TT compliance specialists will offer live, interactive demonstrations of the new upgrade  at the XLoD Global - London 2026 conference beginning tomorrow. Market Replay provides a full forensic auditing module for reconstructing and reviewing historical market activity across a full 90-day lookback window, with a tick-by-tick, frame-by-frame visual playback of the order book, making tracking and analyzing past behavior faster, more accurate and fully transparent. The upgraded case management system pairs rigid Tier 1 governance with an intuitive, user-friendly interface. Built on a performant, flexible cloud architecture, it empowers global compliance teams to collaborate seamlessly on deep historical data, streamline communication and manage the entire investigative life cycle through a single, frictionless workspace. Jay Biondo, TT Head of Surveillance, said: "Market Replay gives exchanges and regulators a powerful vehicle for market abuse enforcement by enabling them to examine behavior with unprecedented granularity. Our case management UI is significantly faster and more comprehensive than what we've been able to offer before – and it's an exponential improvement over legacy systems. TT's updated architecture fundamentally transforms how global compliance teams identify, track and resolve market risks, and it builds the foundation for future AI-driven insights. We're excited to bring these intuitive new tools to the market." TT Trade Surveillance is trusted by more than 100 firms globally and integrated into the TT platform. The fully hosted solution minimizes false-positive alerts through a combination of core, out-of-the-box models and user-configurable surveillance models. The core models include the industry's only machine learning-powered Spoofing model, which is trained using real regulatory case data. The model provides users with a risk score on a scale of 1-100, which classifies alerts based on the degree of mathematical similarity to past regulatory actions, enabling compliance staff to prioritize those alerts most likely to attract regulatory attention. TT Trade Surveillance easily ingests and normalizes multi-asset trading data from the TT platform and from any external system via flat files, FIX drop copies or exchange drop copies.

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today issued the Guidance Note on Sukuk: An Alignment with Maqasid Al-Shariah Guidance Islamic Capital Market Malaysia (Guidance Note), to strengthen the alignment of sukuk issuances with Maqasid al-Shariah. The Guidance Note is an initiative under the Capital Market Masterplan 2026–2030, supporting the development of ethics-driven products and the continued growth of the Malaysia’s Islamic capital market. While existing frameworks ensure Shariah compliance, the Guidance Note seeks to advance a more holistic assessment of sukuk issuances by guiding Shariah advisers to consider broader value creation, including alignment with issuers’ strategic objectives, as well as economic and societal outcomes.  It outlines the scope, applicability and key considerations in applying the Maqasid AlShariah Guidance Islamic Capital Market Malaysia (Maqasid Guidance) within the sukuk ecosystem, including the roles of Shariah advisers and issuers.  The Guidance Note further provides a structured set of illustrative indicators and guiding questions across six key aspirations and 15 underlying principles of the Maqasid Guidance, covering areas such as utilisation of proceeds, sukuk structuring, governance, disclosure and inclusivity. In addition, it also includes practical illustrations of sukuk issuances to demonstrate how alignment with Maqasid al-Shariah may be assessed and articulated in practice. The SC encourages Shariah advisers and sukuk issuers to incorporate Maqasid Guidance considerations in sukuk structuring, utilisation of proceeds and related disclosures, while continuing to comply with all applicable Shariah requirements. This includes the resolutions of the SC’s Shariah Advisory Council and other relevant guidelines. More information on the Guidance Note can be found here: https://www.sc.com.my/regulation/guidance-notes-and-guiding-principles.

HKEX Issuer Access Platform will become the primary channel for issuers, advisers to submit regulatory filings, communicate with HKEX Advisers’ onboarding to start from July 2026; issuers to follow in phases from October 2026 Enhancements to the HKEX website to enable the display of issuers’ information on a centralised portal following completion of issuer onboarding  Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce today (Monday) it plans to launch the HKEX Issuer Access Platform (HKEX IAP) in the fourth quarter of this year, marking an important step in the digitalisation of issuer services and regulatory communications. HKEX IAP will serve as the primary platform for listed issuers and their advisers to submit regulatory filings and interact with the Exchange on regulatory matters, providing a secure, centralised, web-based channel for efficient two-way communication. To support the planned Q4 launch and to ensure a smooth and orderly transition, registration and onboarding for HKEX IAP will be conducted in phases. Advisers are expected to begin onboarding from July 2026, while issuers will follow starting from October 2026 through to the second quarter of 2027, with issuers receiving at least 12 weeks’ advance notice ahead of their transition to the platform. Following the completion of the transition to HKEX IAP, HKEX will launch a redesigned, dedicated portal on its website to consolidate issuer information, such as executives’ details, corporate events and other key dates. Investors will have near real-time access to this information as issuers update their records, further enhancing market transparency and accessibility. HKEX Head of Listing, Katherine Ng, said: “The launch of HKEX IAP marks an important step in HKEX’s ongoing commitment to strengthen the competitiveness of Hong Kong’s markets and future-proof our market infrastructure. The platform reflects our focus on leveraging digitalised tools to improve efficiency, deepen regulatory engagement and promote greater transparency across the market ecosystem, whilst further enhancing market accessibility. We would like to thank issuers and stakeholders for their continued support.” More information on HKEX IAP, including onboarding arrangements and related guidance materials, is available on the HKEX IAP webpage.

Wholesale financial businesses involved in retail markets will find it easier to comply with the Consumer Duty, following proposals from the FCA. The changes are part of the FCA's plans to give wholesale firms the confidence to apply the Duty proportionately. Under the proposals, firms will benefit from: Removing business for genuinely non-UK customers from the Duty’s scope where there is no clear UK link or reasonable expectation of UK protection. Clearer boundaries around what is out of scope, so they can focus on running their business rather than having to show that the Duty does not apply. More clarity on firms’ responsibilities when they work together, including across distribution chains and in the design of complex products. Simon Walls, executive director of markets, said: 'The Consumer Duty is helping deliver good outcomes and build confidence for retail consumers, but it was never intended to become a Wholesale Duty imposing on deals between sophisticated parties. That's why we are refining its scope to provide greater clarity to wholesale markets, and keep the focus on the consumer outcomes it was created to improve.' The FCA has today also published proposals to further simplify its insurance rules, while maintaining appropriate levels of consumer protection.   The FCA will continue to engage firms and other stakeholders to support effective implementation of the Consumer Duty and ensure it delivers good outcomes across markets. Background The FCA’s wholesale Duty consultation. The FCA’s 4-point plan (PDF) on addressing concerns about the Consumer Duty and wholesale markets. The FCA's insurance simplification consultation. 

The MENA Fintech Association (MFTA), the region’s leading not-for-profit fintech industry body and globally ranked among the top fintech associations, is pleased to welcome Fimple, a next-generation cloud-native core banking platform provider, as a new corporate member. MFTA continues to play a central role in advancing collaboration, innovation, and regulatory engagement across the Middle East and Africa. Fimple joins MFTA at a time when banks, fintechs, and financial institutions across the region are accelerating digital transformation initiatives and seeking more agile, scalable, and future-ready banking infrastructure. As financial services providers increasingly modernize legacy systems and embrace embedded finance, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), and digital-first business models, cloud-native core banking platforms are becoming a critical foundation for innovation and growth. Founded in 2022, Fimple provides a composable, API-first, cloud-native banking platform designed to help financial institutions launch products faster, reduce operational complexity, and adapt quickly to evolving business, market, and regulatory requirements . Its platform enables banks and fintechs to deploy modular financial services across payments, lending, deposits, trade finance, treasury, customer management, and digital banking channels through a flexible Financial Functions as a Service (FFaaS) model. Today, Fimple supports more than 20 financial institutions globally and operates across key markets including the United Kingdom, UAE, Türkiye, Egypt, Azerbaijan, and other growth markets. The company’s cloud-native architecture, microservices-based design, and API-first approach enable institutions to accelerate innovation while maintaining operational resilience and scalability. As part of its engagement with the Association, Fimple will contribute its expertise to MFTA’s ecosystem initiatives focused on digital banking, core modernization, embedded finance, open finance, and next-generation financial infrastructure. The company’s experience supporting both conventional and Islamic banking models aligns closely with the region’s evolving financial services landscape. Mücahit Gündebahar, CEO, Fimple, commented:  "We are delighted to join the MENA Fintech Association and become part of one of the region's most influential fintech ecosystems. At Fimple, we believe the future of banking lies in flexible, cloud-native, and composable technology that enables institutions to innovate faster and respond more effectively to changing customer expectations. We look forward to collaborating with MFTA members, regulators, and industry leaders to help accelerate the next phase of financial services transformation across the MENA region." Amr Kandel, GCC Country Manager, Fimple also commented: "The GCC market continues to be one of the most dynamic and innovation-driven banking environments globally. Joining MFTA represents an important milestone in strengthening Fimple's engagement across the region. We are committed to working closely with banks, fintechs, and ecosystem partners to support their modernization initiatives and help deliver the next generation of digital banking experiences." Nameer Khan, Chairman of the MENA Fintech Association and Founder of Fils, added: "The future of banking in MENA will not be built on legacy infrastructure - it will be built on platforms designed for the pace of change we are already living. Fimple’s cloud-native, composable approach to core banking is precisely the kind of capability our ecosystem needs as financial institutions move from digitising processes to reimagining them entirely. We welcome Fimple to the MENA Fintech Association and look forward to the value they will bring to the region’s financial architecture.”

JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (JPXI) is pleased to announce that, as of June 29, 2026, we will begin providing the 10-level Order Book Historical Data Set (hereinafter referred to as “Dataset”), which is derived from market data messages (hereinafter referred to as “FLEX Messages”) provided by Tokyo Stock Exchange and processed to facilitate the reconstruction of order books.JPXI provides "FLEX Historical," a historical database compiled from daily FLEX Message records. FLEX Historical provides detailed raw data on orders and executions, enabling investors and other data users to perform advanced analyses (such as liquidity/execution analysis and trading strategy development) by constructing order book data and processing the information.Furthermore, this newly launched Dataset consists of FLEX Historical messages in packet capture format that have been pre-processed into order book data and formatted, allowing users to focus more fully on their analytical work. 10-Level Order Book Historical Data Eliminates the user’s work by converting packet capture data in FLEX Historical to order book data and performing other additional data formatting. Maintains update numbers with a strict sequence, allowing for reproduction of order book data in the exact order. Provides a wide range of quote information, including the top 10 quotes and market orders, in addition to the most recent execution price and best bid/ask quotes. Provided through Snowflake’s data sharing feature. See the link below for data specifications, etc. 10-Level Order Book Historical Data Contract and Application Users can apply to use this service by agreeing to the “Terms and Conditions for JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. Information Services” and entering into a contract with JPXI.Applications for new contracts can be submitted via JPxData Portal JPxData Portal (for the new contract application)JPxData Portal For any inquiries regarding 10-Level Order Book Historical Data, see the contact information below. Contact JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc.　Client ServicesTEL:+81-050-3377-7831E-mail:tminfo@jpx.co.jp

The Federal Court has ordered Mercer Super pay penalties totalling $10.3 million for systemic failures to report investigations into significant member services issues to ASIC, including an investigation into insurance premiums continuing to be charged after members had died, and only refunded later. The Court found that between October 2021 and September 2024, Mercer Super’s systems for complying with the Corporations Act’s reportable situations regime were inadequate. The regime requires Australian financial services licensees to promptly notify ASIC of investigations into potentially significant breaches of their core obligations. The Court also found that Mercer Super failed to report seven reportable investigations to ASIC at all and it reported another investigation late. In relation to the investigation that was reported late to ASIC, the Court found that Mercer Super failed to take all reasonable steps to ensure the reports to ASIC were accurate and provided false or misleading information which understated the number of members impacted by the incident being investigated. The investigations that Mercer Super either failed to report on time or did not report at all included investigations concerning: failure to update member accounts which led to higher fees and less favourable insurance policies applying to members failure to allocate $64 million in member funds in a timely manner, and failure to provide death and total and permanent disability insurance cover for eligible members. ASIC Chair Sarah Court said the systemic deficiencies and conduct identified were inappropriate for a superannuation trustee of Mercer Super’s size and market position. ‘These failures undermined a critical safeguard designed to protect consumers and exposed fundamental weaknesses in Mercer Super’s systems and processes. ‘This was not an isolated oversight. It was a sustained systemic issue that continued for years after the regime was introduced, which is unacceptable for a fund entrusted with $80 billion worth of retirement savings for more than a million members. ‘When investigations into serious member service issues are not reported to ASIC as required by law, this can allow problems impacting members to persist unchecked, increasing the risk of ongoing harm. 'The Court's decision sends a strong message to the superannuation sector that accurate and timely reporting is not optional and when a fund falls short, we will take action.’ In handing down the decision, her Honour Justice Button found that ASIC’s supervisory role had been seriously compromised given the duration of the investigations that Mercer Super failed to report. Her Honour also found that Mercer Super was on notice that its compliance systems were not adequate and of the risk that investigations were not being identified and reported to ASIC as required. The reportable situations regime is intended to give ASIC early visibility of misconduct, ensure licensees prioritise investigations and remediation, and strengthen transparency across the financial services sector. Holding super trustees to account for member services failures is one of ASIC’s 2026 enforcement priorities. Download Judgment Background Mercer Super is the seventh largest super fund in Australia by members with over one million members and almost $80 billion in assets under management. Separately, in August 2024, Mercer Super was fined $11.3 million after it admitted making misleading statements about the sustainable nature and characteristics of some of its superannuation investment options (24-173MR). The proceedings form part of ASIC’s broader focus on lifting standards across the superannuation sector and improving outcomes for members. In November 2025, United Super Pty Ltd, the trustee of the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund (Cbus), was ordered to pay a $23.5 million penalty for serious failures in processing members death benefits and insurance claims (25-286MR). In May 2026, the Federal Court found Telstra Super failed to comply with its internal dispute resolution procedures with about one third of complaints made between October 2021 and January 2023 not answered within 45 days and some delayed over 100 days. A penalty hearing on the matter is pending (26-091MR). In March 2025, ASIC commenced Federal Court action against AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, the trustee of Australia’s largest superannuation fund, alleging delays in the processing of nearly 7,000 death benefit claims (25-034MR). In March 2025, ASIC handed down 34 recommendations to super trustees to improve the way they handle death benefit claims (25-049MR). Background: On 29 June 2026 an amended judgment was added to this media release.

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has published its first Conduct Supervisory Pulse (Pulse), sharing key observations from a thematic review of Personal Account Dealing (PAD) arrangements across brokerage firms in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This is part of a broader programme of deep-dive supervisory engagement sessions being undertaken jointly by DFSA Conduct Supervision and Markets teams throughout 2026 under the DFSA’s thematic review on oversight of the trading environment. Effective oversight of the trading environment in brokerage firms is critical for protecting investors and maintaining market integrity. The first phase of the review focuses on PAD as one of three key priority areas relevant to brokerage firms’ oversight of the trading environment, with best execution and communication channels and record keeping to follow shortly. The review was conducted against a backdrop of continued growth across the DIFC brokerage sector. Since 2022, the number of authorised brokerage firms has increased by more than 60%. Headcount, profitability, and transaction volumes have also increased significantly. As firms’ trading activities continue to expand, having effective controls and monitoring of personal trading by employees is an essential component of both broader trading oversight and market conduct risk arrangements. A key observation from the review was the importance of proportionality. As the sector continues to grow and evolve, firms should ensure that their PAD frameworks remain aligned to the nature, scale, and complexity of their business activities, products, employee roles and risk profile. The Pulse highlights examples of positive indicators observed across firms varying in scale and complexity. These included: Comprehensive and tailored PAD policies and procedures; Centralised pre-trade approval processes; Periodic compliance monitoring; Clear escalation and management of breaches; and Use of management information to support senior management and Board oversight. The review also identified areas where firms should consider strengthening their PAD arrangements, including to address over-reliance on employee declarations, limited post-trade monitoring, and poor record-keeping practices. The publication includes practical examples of positive indicators and indicators requiring enhancement across six key areas: Policies and procedures; Governance, management information, and oversight; Monitoring and surveillance; Compliance oversight and monitoring; Training and awareness; and Record keeping. The DFSA encourages all relevant firms to consider the observations outlined in the Pulse and assess whether enhancements to their own PAD frameworks may be appropriate. The remaining phases of the thematic review will focus on best execution, and communication channels and record keeping, with further observations to be shared as the review progresses. Access the DFSA Conduct Supervisory Pulse – Brokerage Thematic Review: Oversight of the Trading Environment: Personal Account Dealing.

The following is the weekly trading summary for DFM Regulated Short Sell Transactions for the abovementioned period. ** No RSS Trades for the period from 22nd June 2026 to 26th June 2026. For further information on RSS, please check the DFM Market Rules Module Three Membership, Trading, And Derivatives Rules & Operational Model and Procedures for Implementation of Regulated Short Selling available at  http://www.dfm.ae/the-exchange/regulation/market-rules This Dubai Financial Market Announcement will be available on the website at  https://www.dfm.ae/the-exchange/news-disclosures/market-announcements

This year's Annual Economic Report examines how the global economy is faring as progress meets rising perils – including a new fiscal-financial stability nexus and shifting inflation dynamics. Editorial: From resilience to robustness? Chapter I: Progress and perilDriven by progress in AI, the global economy weathered shocks, but mounting risks call for prioritising price and financial stability, as well as fiscal sustainability. Chapter II: High public debt and shifting financial markets: challenges for central banksCentral banks face mounting challenges from the interplay of high public debt with the growing role of non-banks. Chapter III: Anchoring trust in money: innovation beyond stablecoins (pre-released on 23 June 2026)Digital innovation is transforming finance. It creates opportunities, but also poses challenges and raises the question on how to preserve trust in money. Press release: Global economic pressure points call for policy discipline: BIS  Annual Report 2025/26Our Annual Report introduces the BIS's new strategy and shows how the BIS has supported stakeholders throughout the year.    Annual General Meeting 2026  Speech by Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager: Strengthening foundations for the future Speech by Frank Smets, Acting Head of Monetary and Economic Department: Anchoring trust in money: innovation beyond stablecoins

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A total turnover of 2.324 billion shares worth ₦134.486 billion in 249,328 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 3.075 billion shares valued at ₦254.614 billion that exchanged hands last week in 287,157 deals.  Click here for full details.

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: SPCX) will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index® prior to market open on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. For additional information, including notifications on changes to any Nasdaq Indexes, please go to https://indexes.nasdaq.com/

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced the Nasdaq Closing Cross had a record day as it was used to rebalance Nasdaq-listed securities in the entire family of Russell US Indexes, which includes the Russell 1000, Russell 2000, and Russell 3000. This year marks the 23rd year that the Closing Cross has been used to calculate the Russell Reconstitution, which occurs semi-annually to reflect shifts in the market capitalization, sector dominance, and style orientation of publicly traded US companies. 4,594,880,616 shares, representing a record $334.027 billion, were executed in the Closing Cross in 1.630 seconds across Nasdaq-listed securities, representing the largest liquidity event on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange for the Russell Reconstitution. The new milestone surpasses 2025’s trading volume, which represented 2,506,428,416 shares, totaling $102.455 billion, executed in 0.871 seconds across Nasdaq-listed securities during Russell's annual reconstitution. "US equity markets have grown materially in scale and complexity, and Russell Reconstitution is one of the clearest tests of that,” said Kevin Kennedy, EVP, North American Markets, Nasdaq. “Today's record shows the infrastructure underpinning the US market close continuing to scale with the market it serves, delivering a single, transparent closing price across record volume in under a second. That is the precision investors expect, and what US market infrastructure is built to deliver.” “Russell Reconstitution is a cornerstone event for the US equity markets, ensuring the full suite of Russell US Indexes remain precise and representative of the ever-evolving marketplace,” said Fiona Bassett, CEO of FTSE Russell. “Today’s record notional volume underscores the continued trust the investment community places in our transparent and rules-based process. We’re proud to celebrate the successful completion of this year’s first semi-annual rebalancing with our longstanding friends at Nasdaq, marking another milestone in our shared commitment to market integrity and efficiency.” The Closing Cross brings together buy and sell interests executing all shares for each stock at a single price, one that reflects the accurate supply and demand for these securities. The technology reflects each symbol’s true supply and demand, providing unparalleled insight into the market close. All Russell US Indexes are subsets of the Russell 3000E™ Index, which represents approximately 98% of the US equity market. Russell US Indexes allow investors to track current and historical market performance by specific market segment (large cap/small cap) or investment style (growth/value/defensive/dynamic). Today, approximately $10.6 trillion in assets are benchmarked to or invested in products based on the Russell US Indexes. Russell Reconstitution Day is one of the year’s most highly anticipated and heaviest trading days in the US equity market, as asset managers seek to reconfigure their portfolios to reflect the composition of Russell's newly reconstituted US indexes. The index reconstitution process was completed today, and the newly reconstituted index membership will take effect when markets open on June 29, 2026. Please visit our website for more information on the Nasdaq Closing Cross. Since the Nasdaq Closing Cross began calculating the Russell Reconstitution over two decades ago, the Cross has reduced latency by over 85% while effectively keeping pace with an increasing trade volume growth of over 550% and an increasing notional volume growth of over 1500%. To maintain the liquidity and resiliency of its systems during these evolving market conditions, Nasdaq has made considerable investments in market modernization and capacity enhancement. These efforts are consistent with Nasdaq's broader commitment to providing technology solutions that enhance transparency and support the global financial ecosystem.

The current reports for the week of June 23, 2026 are now available. Report data is also available in the CFTC Public Reporting Environment (PRE), which allows users to search, filter, customize and download report data. Additional information on Commitments of Traders (COT) | CFTC.gov Historical Viewable Historical Compressed COT Release Schedule CFTC Public Reporting Environment (PRE) PRE User Guide PRE Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) has launched a pilot Hearings Assistance Program (HAP) to support self-represented respondents (SRRs) on procedural aspects of CIRO proceedings. In partnership with the National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) the program aims to improve access to justice for self-represented respondents who would overwise be compelled to navigate the process on their own. Respondents in CIRO’s proceedings who represent themselves often struggle to navigate complex legal proceedings and may fear navigating them alone, which can impact their ability to defend themselves adequately. The HAP connects SRRs with volunteer lawyers who will offer procedural legal guidance and support to SRRs. “The Hearings Assistance Program for self-represented respondents is an important development in strengthening the integrity of CIRO’s disciplinary process because it will provide external and independent support to these respondents, helping them navigate the complexities of CIRO’s disciplinary proceedings,” said Tatsiana Okun, Associate General Counsel, CIRO. The NSRLP develops resources, undertakes research and advocates for systemic change in the Canadian justice system to better meet the needs of self-represented litigants participating in a broad range of courts and administrative tribunals across Canada. Through collaboration among self-represented litigants, lawyers, judges, and court staff, the NSRLP strives to create a more responsive and inclusive legal environment. “We are pleased to support self-represented respondents in CIRO’s proceedings, facilitating support for these individuals and ensuring assistance with procedural matters,” said Jennifer Leitch, Director of the NSRLP. “This is a meaningful commitment by CIRO to strengthen procedural fairness and provide individuals with access to justice through independent, external support on a national scale.” The NSRLP will collaborate with CIRO’s Hearings Office on training volunteer lawyers for their work with self-represented respondents engaged in CIRO’s proceedings. They will also connect self-represented respondents with potential volunteer lawyers, administer the program and report on outcomes. CIRO Disciplinary Hearings One of the ways that CIRO upholds its mandate to protect investors and the capital markets is through disciplinary powers to investigate and prosecute wrongdoers and impose sanctions and fines where wrongdoing is found. Allegations are brought forward by CIRO Enforcement before hearing panels comprised of independent Hearing Committees’ members. CIRO’s hearing process is designed to be independent, neutral and impartial. Hearing panels are typically comprised of a three-person panel of external experts, usually including a retired judge or senior member of the legal profession and two senior industry professionals. The neutrality of the whole process is maintained by the CIRO Hearings Office. Separate from both CIRO Enforcement and the respondents, the Hearings Office administers the hearing functions essential to maintaining the integrity and fairness of CIRO’s disciplinary proceedings. The HAP will ensure the self-represented respondents are further supported through independent legal counsel on procedural matters. Additional objectives of the program include improving fairness and efficiency in disciplinary proceedings, reducing procedural errors and delays, and creating professional development opportunities for volunteer lawyers.