This year, regulators, supported by a slate of new legislation, have focused more of their efforts on AML violations and compliance deficiencies than ever before. As we have written about in the "AML Enforcement Continues to...more
8/24/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
IRS ,
Money Laundering ,
NDAA ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
U.S. Treasury
CFTC Extends Designation of DTCC-SWIFT as Provider of Legal Entity Identifiers -
On July 20, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order extending the designation of the Depository Trust and Clearing...more
7/27/2015
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Banking Sector ,
CFTC ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
EU ,
FATF ,
Federal Reserve ,
FinCEN ,
Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud
In This Issue:
- SEC Denies Motion to Stay Regulation A+
- SEC Requests Public Comment on ETPs
- CFTC Further Extends Valuation Data Reporting Relief for SDs and MSPs
- Eleventh Circuit Upholds...more
6/22/2015
/ Alternative Investment Funds ,
AMF ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Brokers ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Corporate Governance ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
FDIC ,
Food Commodities ,
Insider Trading ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Regulation A ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Wire Fraud
In This Issue:
- FINRA's NAC Strengthens Sanction Guidelines Related to Fraud and Suitability
- CFTC Revises Interpretation on Forward Contracts with Embedded Volumetric Optionality
- CFTC Requests Public...more
In this issue:
- Meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies
- Financial Action Task Force Publishes Updated List of Deficient Jurisdictions
- CFTC to Host Roundtable on...more
3/9/2015
/ CFTC ,
Cybersecurity ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
EU ,
FATF ,
Foreign Banks ,
Jurisdiction ,
Risk Alert ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Volcker Rule
In this issue:
- SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DI Related to Resales Under Regulation S
- SEC Announces Proxy Voting Roundtable
- CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief From Certain...more
2/2/2015
/ AIFM ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Brokers ,
C&DIs ,
CFTC ,
Clawbacks ,
CME NYMEX ,
EU Directive ,
Forex ,
Insider Trading ,
Major Swap Participants ,
Netherlands ,
No-Action Relief ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Regulation S ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swap Dealers ,
UK
In this issue:
- SEC Sanctions 10 Companies for Disclosure Failures Surrounding Financing Deals and Stock Dilution
- Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Entire Fairness Review in Absence of Conflicted...more
11/10/2014
/ CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Dilution ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financing ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Mutual Funds ,
NFA ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission accepted an offer of settlement submitted by the owner of Peak Capital Group, Inc., Scott Beatty, in anticipation of an administrative proceeding resulting from Beatty’s alleged...more
In this issue:
- ISS Launches New Equity Plan Data Verification Portal
- ISDA Publishes Protocol for 2014 Credit Derivatives Definitions
- FinCEN Issues Advisories for US Financial Institutions
-...more
8/25/2014
/ CFTC ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Compliance ,
Contests & Promotions ,
Derivatives ,
EMIR ,
Equity Plans ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinCEN ,
Fraud ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
ISDA ,
Judge Rakoff ,
OCC ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
SEFs ,
Social Media ,
Swap Dealers ,
Swaps
In this issue:
- SEC Approves FINRA Rule Limiting Expungement
- CFTC Issues No-Action Relief from Certain Ownership and Control Reporting Requirements
- CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review of ICE...more
In this issue:
- SEC Requests Comment on FINRA Rules
- CFTC Issues Interpretation Regarding Auditor Independence Standards
- OTC Derivatives Regulators Group Issues Report to G20
- NFA...more
In this issue:
- FTC Announces New Filing Thresholds for Hart-Scott-Rodino Pre-Merger Notifications
- SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Three C&DIs Relating to “Unbundling Rule”
- NFA Members...more
2/4/2014
/ Bitcoin ,
Bundling Rules ,
CFTC ,
Derivative Suit ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinCEN ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Insider Trading ,
NFA ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
The Clayton Act ,
Virtual Currency
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed rules requiring that all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) become members of at least one...more