Structured Financial Products

New York State Court Allows Trustee Lawsuit Against DB Structured Products to Proceed

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 5/20/2013

On May 13, Justice Kornreich of the Supreme Court of the State of New York denied DB Structured Products, Inc.’s (DBSP) motion to dismiss an RMBS putback action brought against it by the trustee for the relevant RMBS trust. ...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - May 20, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/20/2013

In This Issue: April Housing Scorecard; Rating Agency Developments; New York State Court Dismisses RMBS Putback Action Against Nomura As Time-Barred; New York State Court Allows Trustee Lawsuit Against DB Structured Products...more

Structured Thoughts -- Volume 4, Issue 8 -- May 15, 2013

by Bradley Berman, Lloyd S. Harmetz, Charles M. Horn | Morrison Foerster - Structured Products on 5/16/2013

In This Issue: Due Diligence Procedures for Structured Note Distributors; Key Issues for Yankee CDs; The SEC and FINRA: Protect Your Elders; The FSOC’s 2013 Annual Report: Increasing Exchange-Traded Product Activity;...more

Structured Thoughts -- Volume 4, Issue 6 -- April 26, 2013

by Bradley Berman, Lloyd S. Harmetz, Anna T. Pinedo | Morrison Foerster - Structured Products on 4/30/2013

In This Issue: FINRA Issues Guidance on Backtested Performance Data; FINRA’s Ketchum Discusses Structured Products; and Update Regarding TRACE and Rule 144A Securities. Excerpt from FINRA Issues Guidance on...more

Structured Thoughts -- Volume 4, Issue 5 -- April 12, 2013

by Peter J. Green, Lloyd S. Harmetz, Jeremy C. Jennings-Mares, Lewis Gavin Lee, Anna T. Pinedo | Morrison Foerster - Structured Products on 4/15/2013

In This Issue: FINRA’s 2013 Communication Rules and Revisions to MSDAs; Regulation R and Bank Sales of Structured Products; FCA Temporary Product; and Intervention Rules: Nipping It in the Bud. Excerpt from...more

Enforcement Heads Reveal All at SIFMA Annual Seminar

by Daniel A. Nathan | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/25/2013

The federal budget sequester and recent Supreme Court decision in Gabelli et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 568 U.S. ____ (2013), will not substantially slow down regulators’ enforcement efforts, according to...more

Structured Thoughts -- Volume 4, Issue 4 -- February 28, 2013

by Bradley Berman, Lloyd S. Harmetz, Anna T. Pinedo | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/1/2013

In This Issue: Additional SEC Guidance on Estimated Value Disclosures; 2013 OCIE Examination Priorities Have Implications for Structured Products Issuers and Dealers; EITF and the Federal Funds Rate; and FDIC Proposes to...more

Dechert OnPoint Details Recent SEC Report on Credit Ratings for Structured Finance Products

by Ralph R. Mazzeo | Dechert LLP on 2/14/2013

While we’re on the topic of Dodd-Frank rules and regs that could have a significant impact on the securitization market, the SEC recently reported the findings of a study it conducted regarding assigned credit ratings for...more

Structured Thoughts -- Volume 4, Issue 3 -- February 6, 2013

by Bradley Berman, Lloyd S. Harmetz, Charles M. Horn, Anna T. Pinedo | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/7/2013

In This Issue: Reverse Inquiry Transactions in the Spotlight; How Will the Fed’s Proposed Foreign Bank Rules Affect Foreign Bank Debt Financing Activities in the U.S.?; IOSCO Commences Consultation on Benchmarks; and...more

Keep it simple - Supervisors have taken an increasing interest in structured products recently. But regulating complexity isn’t...

by Morrison Foerster - Structured Products on 2/5/2013

Originally published in International Financial Law Review on February 5th, 2013. Structured products have come under considerably greater regulatory scrutiny in recent years. In the US, regulators have become...more

Securities and Exchange Commission Report to Congress on Assigned Credit Ratings for Structured Finance Products

by Linda Ann Bartosch, Patrick D. Dolan | Dechert LLP on 2/5/2013

Recently the Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) published a report to Congress outlining the findings from the study the Commission was...more

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