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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: November 2021

Federal Banking Agencies Publish Policy Road Map for Crypto-Asset Activities - The federal banking agencies have issued a joint statement summarizing their interagency “policy sprints” focused on crypto-asset activities...more

King & Spalding

Covered Funds Slightly Uncovered

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The federal regulatory agencies charged with deriving and maintaining regulatory provisions pursuant to section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act (commonly referred to as the Volcker Rule) have revised the “covered fund”...more

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U.S. Federal Agencies Finalize Revisions to Volcker Rule Covered Funds Restrictions

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The five U.S. federal regulatory agencies responsible for implementing the Volcker rule — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the...more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update - February 2020

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – PROPOSED RULES – Agencies Propose Volcker Rule Amendments Relating to Covered Funds – On January 30, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, OCC, SEC and CFTC proposed...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Regulatory Relief Act Benefits Community and Regional Banks

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• The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), which engendered substantial bipartisan support and was recently signed into law by President Donald Trump, amends parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Trump Administration Issues Guidance on Asset Management and Insurance Regulation

On Oct. 26, 2017, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) released the latest installment in a series of reports on financial regulation required by the president’s Feb. 3 executive order on the financial system....more

Sullivan & Worcester

Volcker Rule Developments

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At the end of last week, the Fed and the other banking agencies issued an interpretation that applied to investments in certain foreign funds by foreign banking organizations that are subject to the Volcker rule. Such banks...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

Federal Reserve Board Announces Guidelines for Banking Entities Seeking an Extension to Conform Certain “Seeding” Investments in...

On July 24, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board “announced guidelines for banking entities seeking an extension to conform certain ‘seeding’ investments in hedge funds or private equity funds (‘covered funds‘) to the requirements...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

FSOC to Review Volcker Rule; Regulators Defer Enforcement for Foreign Funds

On Friday, July 28, 2017, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin will preside over an executive session of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) at the Treasury Department. The preliminary agenda includes a discussion about...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 8.15.16

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More details have emerged from the February cyberheist that resulted in the theft of more than $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the NY Fed, including a pretty significant lack of critical concern from the bank itself....more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

Federal Reserve Board Formalizes Previously Announced One-Year Conformance Period Extension for Certain Volcker Rule Legacy Fund...

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On July 7, 2016, the Federal Reserve Board approved the final extension – to July 21, 2017 – for bank entities to comply with the Volcker Rule and “to divest ownership in certain legacy investment funds and terminate...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Agencies Issue Guidance on Capital Deduction Requirement under the Volcker Rule for Investments in Collateralized Debt Obligations...

On Friday, March 4, 2016, the Volcker Inter-Agency Group posted a new frequently asked question (FAQ 21), clarifying the capital deduction requirement under the Volcker Rule for investments in Qualifying TruPS CDOs. FAQ 21...more

Troutman Pepper

Observation 3.0: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on the Volcker Rule and the Implications for Foreign Banks Investing in...

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1. Question: What is the Volcker Rule, and when does it take effect? Answer: The Volcker Rule was enacted into law as section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank...more

Morgan Lewis

Volcker Rule: New FAQs Regarding Foreign Public Funds and Joint Venture Covered Fund Exclusions

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Additional guidance issued five weeks before the July 21, 2015 conformance date. On June 12, the five federal agencies jointly responsible for implementing the Volcker Rule (the Agencies) released two new “Frequently...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - May 2015 #3

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SEC Proposals to Enhance Investment Company and Investment Adviser Reporting: As we went to press, the SEC commissioners announced that they had voted to approve two proposals. The first was for new and amended rules and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update

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In This Issue: - SEC Announces First-of-Its-Kind Whistleblower Award To an Audit and Compliance Professional - SEC Issues No-Action Letter To Allow for Amendment of a Sub-Advisory Agreement without Shareholder...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Parallel Fund Structures Under the Volcker Rule"

Skadden was one of 15 law firms that participated in the development of a recently released consensus interpretation letter regarding the ability of non-U.S. banking entities to invest in certain parallel funds organized by...more

Carlton Fields

Final Volcker Regulations Ease Mutual Fund Concerns

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Adopted in December 2013, the final interagency rulemaking to implement the Volcker Rule resolves a number of concerns raised by the mutual fund industry. Under the Volcker Rule, banking entities are generally prohibited from...more

Troutman Pepper

Observation 1.3 On The Volcker Rule: What Fund Managers Need To Know About The Volcker Rule Impact On Client Bank Investors

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On April 1, 2014, the final regulations implementing the “Volcker Rule” became effective. The regulations were jointly adopted on December 10, 2013 by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Office of...more

Dechert LLP

SEC’s Division of Investment Management Issues Recommendations for Funds and Fund Advisers in Light of Reduced Market-Making...

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The Division of Investment Management (“Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently published guidance (“Guidance”) addressing steps that funds and fund advisers should consider in light of...more

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Banking Regulators Say That Volcker Rule Does Not Require Immediate Sale of Collateralized Debt Obligations Backed by Trust...

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The FRB, the FDIC, and the OCC (the “Agencies”) issued a joint FAQ clarifying certain aspects of the treatment of interests in collateralized debt obligations backed by trust preferred securities (“TruPS CDOs”) under the...more

Dechert LLP

CLOs Under the Volcker Rule: New Exemptions, New Issues, New Obligations

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Under the final version of the Volcker Rule issued this week, issuers and sponsors of new CLO issuances should consider structuring CLOs to conform to the exclusions contained in the rule, and banks and bank affiliates that...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Alert: 2013 Outlook for Insurance Regulation

We end the first month of the year with a report on major insurance topics that we will be watching in 2013. Many of these developments can be traced to discrete events or market or political forces. This year, those...more

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