BROKER-DEALER -
Nasdaq Proposes Rule Change to SEC to Assume Operational Responsibility for Certain Investigation and Enforcement Functions Currently Performed by FINRA -
On April 3, the Securities and Exchange...more
4/8/2019
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Nasdaq ,
No-Action Letters ,
No-Action Relief ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SEFs ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
SEC/CORPORATE -
SEC Expands Nonpublic Review of Draft Registration Statements -
On June 29, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, beginning on July 10,...more
7/10/2017
/ Bitcoin ,
CFTC ,
Consultation ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
JOBS Act ,
MiFID II ,
NFA ,
No-Action Relief ,
Registration Statement ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SEFs ,
UK
SEC/Corporate -
SEC Releases Rule 504 Small Entity Compliance Guide for Issuers -
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released a Small Entity Compliance Guide for Issuers, which provides a brief summary...more
2/6/2017
/ AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Conflict Mineral Rules ,
EDGAR ,
Electronic Blue Sheets ,
Electronic Filing ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Form SHC ,
MiFID II ,
No-Action Relief ,
Rule 504 ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
SEC/CORPORATE -
SEC Proposes Rules Updating Mining Registrant Disclosure Requirements -
On June 16, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules (Proposed Rules) to modernize the property disclosure...more
SEC/CORPORATE -
SEC Issues No-Action Relief Pursuant to Rule 14a-8(i)(9) -
As previously reported in the Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest edition of October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission's...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) has issued CFTC Letter No. 16-10, which provides temporary no-action relief from certain trade option reporting requirements to market participants...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
SEC/CORPORATE -
SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies to Discuss Capital Formation Landscape for Small and Emerging Companies -
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that its Advisory...more
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued temporary no-action relief to swap execution facilities (SEFs) from certain audit trail requirements related to post-trade allocations....more
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has extended no-action relief from certain of the CFTC’s ownership and control reporting (OCR) regulations, including electronic reporting via new...more
National Futures Association (NFA) has notified its member commodity trading advisors (CTAs) that do not direct trading of commodity interest accounts that they are no longer required to file NFA Form PR under NFA Compliance...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) has further extended no-action relief from the valuation data reporting requirements for cleared swaps under CFTC Regulation 45.4(b)(2)(ii)....more
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued permanent no-action relief from the filing deadline for chief compliance officer (CCO) annual reports....more
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued no-action relief to swap dealers (SDs) from certain business conduct standards in dealing with...more
The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have issued an advisory on ownership and control reporting (OCR) for futures...more
On November 25, 2014, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a no-action letter permitting the chief compliance officer (CCO) of a provisionally registered...more
In this issue:
- SEC Proposes Rule Amendments to Implement JOBS Act Registration Thresholds
- ISS Releases FAQs on Equity Plan Scorecard and Independent Chair Policy
- FINRA Issues Annual Regulatory and...more
1/12/2015
/ CFTC ,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) ,
Equity Plans ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Independent Boards ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
JOBS Act ,
NASD ,
No-Action Relief ,
REIT ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, Division of Clearing and Risk and the Division of Market Oversight (Divisions) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have extended the no-action relief previously...more
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued no-action relief and interpretive guidance for futures commission merchants (FCMs) with customers that trade...more
The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an extension of no-action relief for swap execution facilities (SEFs), designated contract markets (DCMs) and swap counterparties...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) granted no-action relief from the proviso in CFTC Regulation 1.57(a)(1), which requires an introducing broker (IB) that has...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed to amend the “special entity” de minimis exception from swap dealer designation to exclude certain swaps with public utility providers. The proposed regulations are...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight has issued temporary no-action relief to non-US swap dealers (SDs) and non-US major swap participants (MSPs) established in Australia, Canada, the...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued no-action relief to non-US persons that are not guaranteed or conduit affiliates of US persons (Non-Guaranteed Non-US...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) has granted no-action relief from certain reporting obligations to commodity pool operators (CPOs) of registered investment...more