The Florida Division of Bond Finance published a notice (the Notice) on June 29, 2023, providing guidance on Florida House Bill 3 (HB 3), which was signed into law on May 2, 2023, by Gov. Ron DeSantis. HB 3, in part,...more
The forthcoming guidelines will set supervisory expectations to steer financial institutions’ transition planning processes to facilitate decarbonisation efforts by their clients. On 8 June 2023, the Monetary Authority...more
Back in the febrile, hyperventilated times that birthed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (blessedly known simply as Dodd-Frank), one of the issues that energized the activists’ intent on “fixing”...more
On April 23, DBRS published a revised report on its rating methodology of Entities in the Real Estate Industry....more
On April 9, Fitch published a report entitled: “U.S. Credit Card ABS Performance Mixed.” Report....more
On March 14, DBRS published an updated methodology entitled “Rating Structured Aircraft Transactions“. Methodology....more
On March 11, Moody’s issued a revised rating methodology for Transactions Backed by Trade Receivable Obligations. Methodology. On March 8, Fitch issued criteria relating to Counterparty Risk Assessment in Relation to the...more
On February 13, DBRS Publishes Updated Methodology for Rating U.S. Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Conduits....more
U.S. Financial Industry Developments - Community Reinvestment Act: Revisions to Impact of Evidence of Discriminatory or Other Illegal Credit Practices on Community Reinvestment Act Ratings... ...more
On August 13, 2018, Fitch issued a report entitled: Covered Bonds Rating Criteria. Report. On August 10, 2018, Fitch issued a report entitled: U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Loan ABS Rating Criteria....more
On May 4, 2018, DBRS issued a report entitled: Rating U.S. Timeshare Loan Securitizations. On May 4, 2018, DBRS issued a report entitled: General Corporate Methodology....more
Morningstar has published a proposed method for rating single-asset/single-borrower (SASB) transactions. The new approach is slated to replace the “U.S. CMBS Subordination Model” with respect to SASBs and other forms of CMBS...more
On April 6, DBRS published its methodology for rating U.S. Film Rights Securitizations. Release. On April 6, Moody’s updated its methodology for rating Environmental Services and Waste Management Companies. Release....more
Federal Court Sends Colorado's Case Against Online Lending Platform Back to State Court - Colorado's ongoing challenge to the bank partnership model of online lending will next play out, at least in part, in state court. ...more
On March 19, 2018, DRBS issued a report entitled: Mapping Financial Institution Internal Ratings to DRBS Ratings for Global Structured Credit Transactions. Release....more
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: FFIEC's Revised 'A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!' On March 14, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published an updated resource providing guidance for complying...more
On March 8, 2018, Fitch issued a report entitled: Fitch U.S. RMBS Loss Metrics. Release. On March 8, 2018, Kroll issued a report entitled: Financial Institutions: Securities Firm Rating Methodology. Release....more
On February 14, Fitch updated its criteria for rating state housing finance agency general obligations. Release. On February 12, Fitch updated its criteria for rating investment holding companies. Release....more
On January 25, 2018, Moody’s Analytics Research reported that despite tax law changes, high-yield bond issuance is thriving. Release. On January 27, 2018, Moody’s updated its homebuilding and property development industry...more
On December 13, 2017, DBRS published a report entitled: Canadian Surveillance Methodology for CDOs of Large Corporate Credit. On December 12, 2017, Fitch published a report entitled: Exposure Draft: Non-Bank Financial...more
On November 14, 2017, DBRS published its global methodology for rating finance companies. Release. On November 14, 2017, Fitch updated its U.S. RMBS seasoned, re-performing, and nonperforming loan criteria. Release....more
OFR Issues Report Challenging Standard for Identifying Systematically Important Banks - On October 26, 2017, the Office of Financial Research ("OFR"), an arm of the Treasury Department, issued a Report of its Director that...more
CFTC Comparability Determination on EU Margin Requirements and a Common Approach on Trading Venues - On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") announced determinations by the CFTC and the...more
Federal Reserve and FDIC Post Resolution Plans for Eight Major Financial Firms - On July 5, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") posted the public portions of...more
On July 7, 2017, Kroll published its Research Recap for Q2 2017. Here are several articles of interest: ABS: KBRA Comments on Alitalia Extraordinary Administration Request - AVIATION: 2017 Update Aircraft leasing...more