This report comes to you at the turning of the tide for energy storage: after two years of rising prices and supply chain disruptions, the energy storage industry is starting to see price declines and much-anticipated supply...more
This Insight comes to you at the turning of the tide: after a period of increased pricing and supply chain disruptions, we are starting to see a return to reliable supply and declining prices in the battery energy storage...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 14, 2022, finalized amendments to Rule 10b5-1 that will both amend the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) affirmative defense to insider trading liability and create new disclosure...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments on February 10 with respect to reporting beneficial ownership on Schedules 13D and 13G that, if adopted as proposed, would significantly shorten the period for...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules on December 15, 2021, with respect to security-based swaps that, if adopted as proposed, would prohibit fraud and manipulation, require reporting of large...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed Rule 10c-1 would create a sweeping new reporting and disclosure regime for participants in the securities lending markets. Among other things, the proposal increases the...more
The LIBOR transition encompasses far-ranging legal issues in the investment management space. Investment managers should consider the various implications and prepare now to mitigate regulatory and litigation risks as well as...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted on December 19, 2018, to propose rules that would require the mandatory use of certain risk mitigation techniques by registered security-based swap dealers and major...more
On December 11, 2015, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3–1 in favor of proposing a new rule—Rule 18f-4 (Proposed Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act). If adopted, the rule will have a...more
If adopted, the proposed requirements would significantly alter funds’ ability to enter into derivatives and other financial transactions, present new operational challenges, expand reporting requirements, and impose new and...more
The reporting relief applies to commodity trading advisors that do not “direct” trading of any client commodity interest trading accounts.
On July 23, the CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued...more
The letter modifies previous No-Action Letter 13-22, to expand relief for treasury affiliates entering into swaps on behalf of non-financial end-user affiliates that could otherwise elect the exception in section 2(h)(7) of...more