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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
Welcome to the first edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to...more
Financial regulators in the United Kingdom, European Union, and United States are proposing new rules to regulate how financial products are promoted on social media platforms. There is a particular focus on financial...more
Washington is in a period of closely divided government. The Democrats have the White House; the Republicans have a bare majority in the House; and Democrats have a bare majority in the Senate. In practice, this means policy...more
In response to changes in business practices, regulations and laws eventually change, too. During the past few years derivatives markets are witnessing this change as it applies to trading facilities as well as to entities...more
This OnPoint summarizes the panel discussion at Dechert’s annual investment funds conference that took place in Luxembourg in the last quarter of 2022. At the conference, we discussed the Regulation on the Markets of Crypto...more
Welcome to our January 2023 Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the non-listed funds sector. We have grouped the...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
This week, attendees at the FIA L&C conference are gathered in Washington, D.C., for the first time in three years to discuss several issues with significant potential impact on the markets. One such issue is redefining the...more
In This Issue. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a proposed rule about the establishment of a limited-duration pilot program for sharing suspicious activity reports (SARs); FinCEN published the final...more
BROKER-DEALER - Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Adopt a Supplemental Liquidity Schedule - The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comments on a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Issues Amendments, Seeks Public Comment on Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act - On March 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted interim final amendments to implement...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Acting SEC Chair Lee Provides Public Statement Welcoming Public Comment on Climate Change Disclosures - On March 15, Acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Allison Herren Lee made a public...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Acting SEC Chair Issues Statement on Climate-Change Disclosures - On February 24, acting Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission Allison Herren Lee issued a statement that she has directed the...more
On 27 January 2021, the European Commission adopted an equivalence decision determining that the legal and supervisory arrangements applicable to US central counterparties (CCPs) registered with the Securities and Exchange...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Signed Into Law by President Trump - In December 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the HFCAA). The...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes Rule 144 Tacking Amendments - On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)...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
This newsletter provides a snapshot of the principal U.S. and selected international governance and securities law developments during the third quarter of 2020 that may be of interest to Latin American corporations and...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC and CFTC Chairman Issue Joint Letter Regarding CFTC Orders Implicating Regulations A and D - On October 23, Chairman Jay Clayton of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Chairman Heath P....more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Auditor Independence Rules - On October 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments (the Amendments) to its long-standing auditor independence rules....more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Issues C&DI on Use of Form S-3 by SPACs - On September 21, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI)...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Amends Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11 to Enhance Retail Investor Protections and Modernize Governing Quotations for Over-the-Counter Securities - On September 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Stays Implementation of New NYSE Direct Listing Rules - As discussed in the August 31, 2020 edition of the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, on August 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more