Finance & Banking Updates – May 23, 2012

by Miller Canfield on 5/23/2012

Sleep better at night knowing that the loan you made to your borrower is supported by collateral from the borrower’s subsidiaries? You may want to keep one eye open. On May 15, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...more

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 5/23/2012

Looks like Florida is getting popular in real estate investment circles again. Builders are building, planning to build, looking for places to build. It's an amazing thing to consider, given the past few years of dire...more

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/23/2012

Yesterday morning, the Little Hoover Commission voted to approve the Governor’s Reorganization Plan, subject to the members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly (Mark Vargas) and the Senate Rules Committee (Jonathan...more

by Thomas Fox on 5/23/2012

Put another way, what is the best one-stop database site for anti-corruption and anti-bribery on a worldwide basis? I think that the answer is will lead you to one resource that I would suggest you take a very hard look and...more

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/22/2012

On 17 May 2012, the FSA and the Bank of England (BoE) published a short paper on how the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) will exercise its powers to designate certain investment firms....more

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/22/2012

On 15 May 2012, the Council of the EU announced that the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (“ECOFIN”) has reached agreement on the CRD IV proposals. CRD IV is a package of EU reforms on prudential requirements for credit...more

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/22/2012

In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments · FHFA Releases Draft Strategic Plan · Large Bank Stress Testing Guidance Finalized · Stress Testing for Community Banks · CFTC Rule on Swap...more

by Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 5/22/2012

In This Issue: Leading The Past Week; Legislative Branch; House of Representatives; Executive Branch; OCC; CFTC; SEC; FHFA; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading The Past Week The news last week was...more