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DeFi development carried quietly on throughout 2023, but DeFi protocols also faced significant hurdles. In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) increased their...more
A U.K. statutory instrument has been published specifying that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission regime for central counterparties is equivalent to the U.K. regime (which is set out under the U.K. European Market...more
This latest edition of the regulatory initiatives paper sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact private fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Adopts Clearing Agency Rule to Limit Potential for Overlapping or Duplicative Regulation - On December 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it adopted a rule to limit the...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Adopts Amendments to MD&A and Other Financial Disclosures - On November 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it adopted amendments (the Amendments) to certain financial...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Conducts Review of Waiver and Rebate Systems and Procedures with Respect to Mutual Fund ROR Purchases The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it is conducting a review of...more
BoE and CFTC MoU for supervision of cross-border clearing organisations - The Bank of England (BoE) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding...more
CFTC - CFTC Warns Customers About Precious Metal Schemes - On August 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach (the OCEO) issued a Customer Advisory regarding suspicious...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Approves Extension of Temporary NYSE Waiver of Stockholder Approval Rules - Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release (the Release) approving, with immediate effectiveness,...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Revises Problem Codes for Reporting Customer Complaints and for Filing Documents Online - On June 10, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice 20-17, which...more
BROKER-DEALER - CBOE Exchange Proposes to Temporarily Extend the Filing Deadline for Certain Supervision-Related Reports - On June 1, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (Cboe) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a...more
CFTC - CFTC Proposes Rule to Amend Regulation 160.30 - On November 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a proposed rule that would amend CFTC Regulation 160.30 by establishing specific...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC-Proposed Amendments to Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses - As a result of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2015 request for comments on Regulation S-X, the...more
BREXIT - On 7 February, ordinance no. 2019-75 relating to the preparatory measures in connection with the United-Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union in respect of financial services (the Ordinance) was published. ...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Issues Information Notice Regarding Suspicious Email Sent to Member Firms - On February 13, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published an information notice alerting member firms...more
EU /BREXIT DEVELOPMENTS - EEA Passport Rights Regulations 2018 Published - On November 7, the European Economic Area (EEA) Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018...more
DERIVATIVES - SEC Issues Statement on Swap Business Conduct Rules - On October 31, the Securities and Exchange Commission took an unusual additional step towards implementing its rules for security-based swaps (SBS) by...more
FHFA Updates Progress on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit Risk Transfer Programs - On November 22, 2017, the Federal Housing Finance Agency ("FHFA") issued a status report on credit risk transfer transactions done in...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Releases New Targeted Exam Letter Regarding Order Routing Conflicts - On November 10, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority released the contents of a new Order Routing Conflicts targeted...more
BREXIT - Please see the Financial Crime section for an update on the new Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill which is presently being considered by the UK Parliament in preparation for Brexit. TheCityUK publishes...more
Agencies Propose Simplifying Regulatory Capital Rules - On September 27, 2017, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced a proposed...more
Financial Industry Developments - CFTC Launches LabCFTC as Major Fintech Initiative - On May 17, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") approved the creation of LabCFTC, which it describes as "a new...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more
BROKER-DEALER SEC - Extends Specified Temporary Relief Related to Security-Based Swaps - On September 15, the SEC issued an order extending temporary exemptions and exceptions from compliance with certain...more
Alleged Flash Crasher's Formal Indictment Provides More Details Regarding His Purported Spoofing - The US Department of Justice filed a formal indictment against Navinder Singh Sarao in a US federal court in Chicago on...more