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MiFID II ESG product governance amendments in force from 22 November 2022

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MiFID II ESG product governance amendments in force from 22 November 2022 The new product governance amendments will require firms to specifically take into account ESG factors throughout their product governance processes....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Bank Report: December 2019

FDIC and OCC Propose CRA Modernization Rule with Opt-Out for Small Banks The FDIC and the OCC have jointly proposed amendments to modernize the agencies’ Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations, which are intended...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

IMF Finds Leveraged Lending an Area of Concern, But Risks Are Mitigated

On April 10, 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held a press conference to discuss its semiannual Global Financial Stability Report (the GFSR), which assesses key risks facing the global financial system. The GFSR...more

White & Case LLP

Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Small-dollar loans

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In February 2019, the CFPB released the highly anticipated revamp of its Payday Rule, reinforcing its more lenient attitude towards payday lenders. In light of the Bureau’s softer touch, as well as similar developments at the...more

Vedder Price

EU Risk Retention Undertakings in U.S. General Equipment ABS: Evolving Market Practice

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For companies seeking to finance general equipment assets via asset backed securitization (ABS) instruments, risk retention has become an important consideration. In response to the latest financial crisis, both the U.S. and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 10.4.16

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The Journal gives us a closer look at Italy’s Monte dei Paschi—the world’s oldest bank (founded in 1472)—that’s deeply tied to Siena and that’s threatening to drag the whole of the region’s economy down with it if it fails,...more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.29.16

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OPEC has reached a tentative deal among its 14 member nations to “modestly cut” their oil output toward the end of the year in an effort to shore up sagging oil prices–an announcement that immediately sent global oil prices...more

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2017 OCC Bank Supervision Plan, House Committee Passes Dodd-Frank Reform

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OCC Releases 2017 Bank Supervision Plan - The OCC’s Committee on Bank Supervision (CBS) yesterday published its Fiscal Year 2017 Bank Supervision Operating Plan and announced the following five oversight objectives...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Classifying a Loan Underwriter is a Risk Worth Taking, Says Sixth Circuit

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The demise of bank loan underwriters’ exempt status has been greatly exaggerated—at least according to a recent Sixth Circuit decision upholding the dismissal of a putative collective action against Huntington Bank. The court...more

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OCC Releases Semiannual Risk Perspectives Report

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On December 16, 2015, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its Semiannual Risk Perspectives report for the fall of 2015. The OCC’s Semiannual Risk Perspective report “addresses key issues facing banks,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Summary of Final Rule Amending HMDA and What It Means for Covered Institutions

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a final rule amending Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), requiring most lenders to report certain information about mortgage...more

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5th Circuit Revives FDIC’s Suit Against Goldman, Deutsche Bank, and Royal Bank of Scotland

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On August 10, 2015, the Fifth Circuit revived a securities fraud suit brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as receiver for Guaranty Bank against Goldman Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, and the Royal...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Treasury Department RFI on Online Marketplace Lending Signals Potential Shift Towards Regulation of Small Business Loans

The Treasury Department recently issued a request for information to explore various aspects of “online marketplace lending.” The RFI seeks comment on a broad array of online financial services companies that lend not only to...more

BakerHostetler

The Nuclear Deal With Iran: The Lifting of Sanctions and Implications for Business

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On July 14, 2015, after two years of sometimes intense negotiations, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, and China (known as the “P5+1” countries), along with the European Union, signed a Joint...more

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Opportunities and Risks in Municipal Underwritings and Derivatives

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In the current economic climate, opportunities are expanding significantly for municipal underwriters and derivatives specialists as states and municipalities across the country clamor to pay for infrastructure and services,...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

RBS Motion to Dismiss RMBS Fraud Claim Granted in Part

On March 20, U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss a complaint filed by several HSH Nordbank affiliates against several RBS...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

OCC Report Highlights Wide Range of Potential Risks

Why it matters - The OCC’s most recent report on current key risks should be read by all banks, regardless of size or regulator, as a road map in preparing for the next examination. Few banks would ever admit they may...more

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Regulators Increase Scrutiny of Wall Street Lending

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Federal bank regulatory agencies are significantly increasing their scrutiny of Wall Street bank lending, moving from annual reviews to a system of monthly audits in a major effort to curtail aggressive underwriting...more

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Editorial: Banks Can Fight Buyback Claims with a Little Help from BofA

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Bank of America took a big hit when it reached a record-breaking $16.65 billion mortgage settlement with the United States Department of Justice in August. The company is likely to attempt to recoup as much of the penalty as...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Volcker Rule and Covered Bonds

The subtler aspects of the Volcker Rule continue to emerge. One of the subtleties is the extraterritorial reach of the Rule in connection with underwriting, investments in, and market making for covered bonds by foreign...more

Allen Matkins

9th Circuit Holds Issuer Is Investment Bank’s “Customer” And “Actions and Proceedings” Include Arbitrations

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In 2005 and 2006, the biggest little city in the world (aka Reno, Nevada) issued approximately $211 million in securities employing Goldman, Sachs & Co. as its sole underwriter and broker-dealer. The financing didn’t work...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Bank Regulators Eye Leveraged Lending"

Historically low interest rates in the United States have helped to fuel tremendous growth in leveraged loans. Leveraged loan volume in 2013 surpassed record levels set just prior to the global financial crisis, as banks and...more

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A Review of, and Insights into, the Volcker Rule Regulations

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Executive Summary: ..The final regulations (Regulations) adopted by the five federal financial regulatory agencies (Agencies) on December 10, 2013 to implement the proprietary trading and private fund prohibitions of...more

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