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Renowned MIT Economist Dr. Richard Schmalensee Joins BRG's Antitrust & Competition Policy Practice as Senior Advisor

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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BOSTON, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global expert services and consulting firm Berkeley Research Group (BRG) announced today the appointment of Dr. Richard "Dick" Schmalensee as a senior advisor to the firm's Antitrust & Competition Policy practice.

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  • BOSTON, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global expert services and consulting firm Berkeley Research Group (BRG) announced today the appointment of Dr. Richard "Dick" Schmalensee as a senior advisor to the firm's Antitrust & Competition Policy practice.
  • Schmalensee joins BRG's world-leading antitrust and competition practice on the heels of high-profile appointments including renowned experts Dr. David S. Evans and Dr. Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz , and the September appointment of distinguished antitrust economist Dr. David Sunding .
  • Schmalensee is the Dean, Emeritus, of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at MIT.
  • "Professor Schmalensee is one of the foremost academics in the application of economics to competition policy issues.

Fierce Launches Out of Stealth With $10M Seed Funding to Empower Customers to Take Control of Their Finances

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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Today’s financial market is abundant with solutions, but navigating through various opportunities can feel disjointed and overwhelming for the average person.

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  • Today’s financial market is abundant with solutions, but navigating through various opportunities can feel disjointed and overwhelming for the average person.
  • Fierce provides customers with best-in-class financial offerings all in one beautiful yet powerful app that helps them feel more confident with their finances.
  • Fierce’s mission is to empower people to feel confident about their finances, which starts with customers staying well-informed.
  • The Fierce app is now available for customers to download on iOS and will be launching for Android later this year.

Raising the Standard for Security and Integrity in Crypto and DeFi: Solidus Labs Secures a $45 Million B-round

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Thursday, May 12, 2022
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Crypto-native market integrity and risk monitoring leader Solidus Labs announced today it has secured a $45 million Series B funding round, led by Liberty City Ventures.

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  • Crypto-native market integrity and risk monitoring leader Solidus Labs announced today it has secured a $45 million Series B funding round, led by Liberty City Ventures.
  • Solidus Labs, named by Citigroup as category-definer for crypto market surveillance, has been the first company to focus on addressing crypto market integrity since the industrys early days.
  • Solidus Labs is the category-definer for crypto-native triple T (T3) market integrity solutions - trade surveillance, transaction monitoring, and threat intelligence.
  • Crypto and DeFi platforms, financial institutions and regulators globally rely on Solidus HALO - our real time, comprehensive, testable, and future-proof platform.

Crypto-Native Risk Monitoring Firm Solidus Labs Raises Additional $15 Million in Strategic Round

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Friday, November 5, 2021
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Crypto-native risk monitoring and market surveillance leader Solidus Labs announced today it has closed a strategic round of $15 million, six months after announcing a $20 million A-round in May.

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  • Crypto-native risk monitoring and market surveillance leader Solidus Labs announced today it has closed a strategic round of $15 million, six months after announcing a $20 million A-round in May.
  • Solidus Labs, named by Citigroup as category-definer for crypto market surveillance, will utilize the additional funds to address skyrocketing demand for advanced crypto-native risk monitoring solutions.
  • Solidus Labs is a team of finance veterans on a mission to enable safe and regulated crypto markets through tailored compliance and risk monitoring solutions.
  • The firm offers the first crypto-native, comprehensive, automated and testable market surveillance and risk monitoring hub tailored for digital assets.

HUMBL Welcomes Robert Cornish as Sr. Technology Advisor

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San Diego, California, Aug. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUMBL, Inc. (OTC Markets: HMBL) is proud to announce that Robert Cornish has joined HUMBL as its new Sr. Advisor, Technology.

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  • San Diego, California, Aug. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUMBL, Inc. (OTC Markets: HMBL) is proud to announce that Robert Cornish has joined HUMBL as its new Sr. Advisor, Technology.
  • Rob most recently served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Gemini, where he was broadly responsible for all aspects of technology, including technology vision, roadmap, delivery and operations across the organization.
  • He expanded his technology management over the years to span across all of technology to become the Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at the International Securities Exchange.
  • Robs global leadership experience in both digital assets and the traditional, financial markets makes him the perfect technology advisor for us, said Brian Foote, CEO of HUMBL.

CI Financial Announces New Chief Financial Officer

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Monday, April 12, 2021
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b'CI Financial Corp. (\xe2\x80\x9cCI\xe2\x80\x9d) (TSX: CIX; NYSE: CIXX), a diversified global asset and wealth management company, today announced the appointment of Amit Muni as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.

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  • b'CI Financial Corp. (\xe2\x80\x9cCI\xe2\x80\x9d) (TSX: CIX; NYSE: CIXX), a diversified global asset and wealth management company, today announced the appointment of Amit Muni as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.
  • Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Kurt MacAlpine, Mr. Muni will oversee the company\xe2\x80\x99s global finance operations and investor relations teams.
  • Prior to WisdomTree, Mr. Muni served as Chief Accounting Officer of International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. (\xe2\x80\x9cISE\xe2\x80\x9d), one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading electronic options exchanges, where he led ISE\xe2\x80\x99s successful public offering in 2005.
  • CI managed and advised on approximately C$236.5 billion (US$185.7 billion) in client assets as at February 28, 2021.

MIAX and MGEX Announce SPIKES Futures December 14 Relaunch

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Thursday, December 10, 2020
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MIAX's parent holding company, Miami International Holdings (MIH), operates and manages Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX), MIAX Pearl, LLC (MIAX Pearl) and MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald and together with MIAX and MIAX Pearl, the MIAX Exchange Group), three national securities exchanges, and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, LLC (MGEX), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO).

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  • MIAX's parent holding company, Miami International Holdings (MIH), operates and manages Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX), MIAX Pearl, LLC (MIAX Pearl) and MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald and together with MIAX and MIAX Pearl, the MIAX Exchange Group), three national securities exchanges, and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, LLC (MGEX), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO).
  • MIAX, MIAX Pearl and MIAX Emerald options exchanges leverage MIAX's industry-leading technology and infrastructure to provide their member firms with traditional pricing and pro rata allocation (MIAX), maker-taker pricing and price-time allocation (MIAX Pearl) market structures, and a hybrid market structure with maker-taker pricing and pro rata allocation (MIAX Emerald).
  • MIAX serves as the exclusive exchange venue for cash-settled options on the SPIKES Volatility Index (Ticker: SPIKE), a measure of the expected 30-day volatility in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).
  • Under MIAX Pearl's exchange license, MIAX Pearl Equities provides its members with best-in-class performance through a combination of high determinism, low latency and high throughput.

MIAX and MGEX Announce SPIKES Futures December 14 Relaunch

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Thursday, December 10, 2020
Finance, Financial markets, Exchange-traded funds, Money, Futures exchanges, S&P Global, SPDR, Option, Minneapolis Grain Exchange, International Securities Exchange, VIX

MIAX's parent holding company, Miami International Holdings (MIH), operates and manages Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX), MIAX Pearl, LLC (MIAX Pearl) and MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald and together with MIAX and MIAX Pearl, the MIAX Exchange Group), three national securities exchanges, and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, LLC (MGEX), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO).

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  • MIAX's parent holding company, Miami International Holdings (MIH), operates and manages Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX), MIAX Pearl, LLC (MIAX Pearl) and MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald and together with MIAX and MIAX Pearl, the MIAX Exchange Group), three national securities exchanges, and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, LLC (MGEX), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO).
  • MIAX, MIAX Pearl and MIAX Emerald options exchanges leverage MIAX's industry-leading technology and infrastructure to provide their member firms with traditional pricing and pro rata allocation (MIAX), maker-taker pricing and price-time allocation (MIAX Pearl) market structures, and a hybrid market structure with maker-taker pricing and pro rata allocation (MIAX Emerald).
  • MIAX serves as the exclusive exchange venue for cash-settled options on the SPIKES Volatility Index (Ticker: SPIKE), a measure of the expected 30-day volatility in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).
  • Under MIAX Pearl's exchange license, MIAX Pearl Equities provides its members with best-in-class performance through a combination of high determinism, low latency and high throughput.

Atomyze Appoints FinTech Industry Veteran Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto as Chief Executive Officer

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Thursday, September 24, 2020
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GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Atomyze , LLC (Atomyze), the US arm of a global fintech platform that will digitize and modernize trading markets for products, assets and commodities today announced the appointment of Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 27, 2020.

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  • GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Atomyze , LLC (Atomyze), the US arm of a global fintech platform that will digitize and modernize trading markets for products, assets and commodities today announced the appointment of Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 27, 2020.
  • Prior to Gemini, she served as Chief Operating Officer of Nasdaq subsidiary, International Securities Exchange (ISE), which operates three U.S. securities exchanges.
  • Her combination of financial services and blockchain experience make her uniquely qualified to build and scale Atomyze," said Board Chairman John Macfarlane.
  • Jeanine is the right leader to usher in this new era of trading and help Atomyze achieve our vision."

OCC August 2020 Total Volume Up 28.7 Percent from a Year Ago

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
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OCC, the worlds largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that August 2020 total cleared contract volume was 615,972,402 contracts the third highest month on record and up 28.7 percent from August 2019.

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  • OCC, the worlds largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that August 2020 total cleared contract volume was 615,972,402 contracts the third highest month on record and up 28.7 percent from August 2019.
  • Year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume through August was 28,466,064 contracts, up 44.7 percent from August 2019.
  • Options: Total exchange-listed options cleared contract volume was 611,784,615, up 30.4 percent from 469,284,227 contracts in August 2019.
  • Equity options cleared contract volume was 582,394,732 contracts, up 39.1 percent from August 2019.