On September 22, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a comprehensive package of rules that would require open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, to implement liquidity risk...more
On September 23, DBRS published the methodologies it will use to rate and monitor U.S. Property Assessed Clean Energy securitization. On September 22, Moody’s published its updated rating methodology for consumer loan-backed...more
9/29/2015
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On September 16, the SEC released its updated compliance and disclosure interpretations for the rules adopted under Regulation AB, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Among others, the updated interpretation clarified...more
On August 18, Moody’s extended comment period on proposed clearing house global rating methodology to September 17, 2015. On August 17, Fitch released its updated corporate rating methodology. On August 13, DBRS published its...more
On August 18, the Treasury Department extended the comment period for responding to the Request for Information (RFI) on marketplace lending titled “Public Input on Expanding Access to Credit through Online Marketplace...more
On August 13, 2015, CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, Clearing and Risk, and Market Oversight extended a time-limited no-action relief to swap dealers registered with the CFTC that are established under...more
On August 18, CFTC issued an order of exemption from registration as a derivative clearing organization (DCO) to ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited (ASX). The order is the first of its kind issued by CFTC based on its authority...more
On August 19, The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed amendments to existing rules relating to swap data reporting in connection with cleared swaps. The amendments are aimed at providing additional...more
On July 22, Moody’s republished its credit rating methodology report on EMEA CMBS transactions. On July 20, DBRS published updated Canadian surveillance methodology for CDOs of large corporate credit....more
On June 16, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finalized revisions to the regulatory capital rules adopted in June 2013 that apply to...more
On June 26, Fitch released its updated criteria for rating credit card asset-backed securities. On June 23, Fitch released its updated criteria for rating thermal power projects. On June 23, Fitch released its updated global...more
On June 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed amendment to delay the effective date of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Act, also known as the Know Before You Owe mortgage disclosure rule,...more
On June 10, CFPB published a final rule today that allows the agency to begin supervising large, nonbank auto finance companies for the first time. The newly adopted rule will extend the CFPB’s supervision to any nonbank auto...more
On June 15, CFTC Division of Market Oversight published a letter extending the time-limited relief provided by previously issued no-action letter 14-90, expiring on June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2016. The relief applies to the...more
On June 1, DBRS released its RMBS Insight 1.2: U.S. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Model and Rating Methodology. On June 1, Fitch released its U.S. RMBS Surveillance and Re-REMIC Criteria. On June 1, Moody’s issued...more
On June 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission provided additional analysis related to its proposed rules for pay ratio disclosure. The staff believes that the analysis will be informative for evaluating the potential...more
On June 2, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reiterated the disclosure requirements for annual stress tests conducted by...more
On May 29, DBRS released its updated methodology for rating U.S. asset-backed commercial paper. On May 29, Fitch republished its criteria for rating supranationals. On May 28, Fitch released its updated criteria for rating...more
6/3/2015
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On May 15, the FHFA released an update on the structure of the Single Security, a project involving the development of a single mortgage-backed security that would be issued by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The update contains...more
On May 21, the Federal Reserve Board proposed adding certain general obligation state and municipal bonds to the range of assets a banking organization may use to satisfy the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) requirements...more
On May 20, the FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are issuing new finalized operational and financial eligibility requirements for mortgage seller/servicers. The updated requirements will be communicated through...more
On May 22, DBRS released its methodology for rating entities in the real estate industry. On May 21, DBRS released its methodology for reviewing ratings of Canadian structured finance and covered bond transactions. On May 20,...more
5/28/2015
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On April 30, DBRS published its methodology for evaluating the mortgage servicers in a Canadian structured finance transaction. On April 30, DBRS released its updated methodology for rating Canadian structured finance...more
On April 30, six federal regulatory agencies jointly issued a final rule establishing minimum requirements for state registration and supervision of appraisal management companies that provide appraisal management services to...more
On May 4, CFTC Division of Clearing and Risk published a letter clarifying that a securitization SPV that is wholly-owned by, and consolidated with, a captive finance company under Section 2(h)(7)(C)(iii) of the Commodity...more