In August 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which significantly reformed national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...more
11/1/2018
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CFIUS ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Fund Managers ,
General Partner ,
Indirect Investors ,
Investment Companies ,
Mandatory Declarations ,
National Security ,
Non-Controlling Interests ,
Trump Administration
On April 20, 2015, more than three years after withdrawing a similar proposal that was staunchly opposed by the financial services industry, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published in the Federal Register a proposed...more
4/29/2015
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Best Interest Contract Exemptions ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Exemptions ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Pension Funds ,
Prohibited Transactions
On December 10, 2013, five U.S. financial regulators (the Agencies) adopted a final rule implementing the Volcker Rule. The text of the final rule and its accompanying preamble are available here. The Volcker Rule was created...more
12/12/2013
/ Asset-Backed Securities ,
Banks ,
CEOs ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Exemptions ,
Hedge Funds ,
Market Making ,
Private Equity ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sovereign Debt ,
Volcker Rule