SEC/CORPORATE -
California Adopts Law Regarding Female Representation on Boards of Directors of Publicly Held Companies -
On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law California Senate Bill 826 (SB...more
10/8/2018
/ Australia ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Benchmarks ,
Board of Directors ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
Corporate Governance ,
CPOs ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Diversity ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
FinTech ,
Gender Equity ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Swaps ,
UK Brexit ,
Woman Board Members
BROKER-DEALER -
FINRA Proposes Rule to Modify Fees and Transaction Credits for the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility -
On September 28, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority proposed an amendment to modify...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) has granted no-action relief to certain intermediaries located outside the United States. As background, CFTC Regulation...more
BROKER-DEALER -
FINRA Issues Investor Alert Regarding IRS Phone Scam -
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an Investor Alert warning investors about a phone scam involving phone calls allegedly...more
11/16/2015
/ CPOs ,
EU ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Form PQR ,
Internal Investigations ,
Major Swap Participants ,
MiFID II ,
Risk Management ,
Tax Scams ,
UK ,
Volcker Rule
The CFTC has adopted a rule, Rule 170.17, requiring all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and certain commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to become a member of a registered futures...more
National Futures Association (NFA) has issued a notice requiring all commodity pool operators (CPOs) that have filed a notice of claim under Commodity Futures Trading Commission Letter No. 14-112 to submit an additional...more
In this issue:
- Court of Appeals for Third Circuit Overturns District Court Ruling Regarding Exclusion of Shareholder Proposal From Proxy Statement
- FINRA Updates Its Interpretation of the SEC's Financial...more
7/20/2015
/ Carried Interest ,
CFTC ,
CPOs ,
DSIO ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Forward Contracts ,
Oil & Gas ,
Price Manipulation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders ,
UK
On February 10, National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice to members describing minor changes to its EasyFile system for annual pool financial statement filings submitted by commodity pool operators (CPOs)...more