Shanny Basar
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CME Outage is “True Black Swan”
https://twitter.com/CMEGroup/status/1994258309784731926 https://twitter.com/CMEGroup/status/1994351505864827086 https://twitter.com/CMEGroup/status/1994395477840990459 https://twitter.com/CMEGroup/status/1994402583797199339 Ben Kizemchuk, seni...
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U.K. Risks Becoming a “Flyover Zone” for Crypto
Market participants warned that the U.K. needs to decide its approach to digital money, especially towards stablecoins, or it risks falling behind other jurisdictions. Katie Harries, head of policy, Europe at U.S.-listed digital asset exchange op...
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In Memorium: Cassandra Seier
Tributes were paid to Cassandra Seier, president and chief executive of Women in Financial Markets (WIFM), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to connect, elevate, and advance female leaders in the financial industry, who passed away unexpec...
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State Street Aims to Fill Gap in Alternative Economic Data
State Street Corporation has acquired PriceStats, which collects online prices for millions of products sold by more than 1,500 retailers around the world, as rapidly changing inflation has become a challenge for economies and investors. In Novem...
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SEC’s Uyeda Makes Case for Alts in Retirement Plans
Mark Uyeda, commissioner at the SEC, spoke about the potential inclusion of private investments in defined contribution plans at the ICI Retail Alternatives and Closed-End Funds Conference on 20 November 2025 On 7 August this year President Trump...
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Northern Trust Progresses Carbon Markets
Northern Trust launched its blockchain-based Carbon Ecosystem in September 2024 and a year later the firm has partnered with Absolute Climate, the first independent quality assurance provider. The Carbon Ecosystem platform is powered by Northern...
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Nomination of Mike Selig as CFTC Chair Progresses
On 20 November 2025, the nomination of Mike Selig as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission passed the Senate Agriculture Committee. For the last eight months Selig was chief counsel of the Crypto Task Force & senior advisor to Cha...
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Xtrackers Focuses on Retail and Geographic Growth
Xtrackers helped boost assets under management of its parent, Germany’s DWS Group, to record levels in the third quarter of this year and the exchange-traded fund business is focussed on attracting more retail investors in Europe and expanding geo...
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