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SEC Deals New Proposal to Expand Reach of Dealer Registration Requirements

Key Points - - New proposed SEC rules would expand who may be considered a dealer or a government securities dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. - If the proposed new rules are adopted, a large group of...more

Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approval Chart March 2021

Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of March 25, 2021. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Please note the following developments...more

The CFTC Adopts Comprehensive Amendments to Its Bankruptcy Rules

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently adopted final amendments to Part 190 of the CFTC's regulations (the "Final Rules"), governing bankruptcy proceedings with respect to commodity brokers.1 The Final Rules...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on SEC proposes amendments to Rule 144, Elad Roisman named Acting Chairman...

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

CFTC Adopts New Rules on Position Limits for Derivatives

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted to adopt new rules on position limits (Final Rules) in an open meeting on October 15. Once effective, the Final Rules will implement one of the remaining key provisions of...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on New Position Limits Requirements and Amended Margin Requirements From...

CFTC - CFTC Adopts New Position Limits Requirements - On October 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted new rules on position limits. As described in greater detail in Katten’s advisory, CFTC Adopts New...more

CFTC Adopts New Position Limits Requirements

On October 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted new rules on position limits. The new rules mark an important step forward in a decade-long journey to enact one of the remaining key provisions of Title VII of...more

Time for a Change: The CFTC Adopts Extensive Amendments to Swap Reporting Regulations to Improve Data Quality

Eight years after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) established a comprehensive swap data reporting and public dissemination regulatory regime, on September 17, the Commission adopted extensive...more

A Call to Internalize Greenhouse Gas Cost Externalities: CFTC Subcommittee Publishes First-of-Its-Kind Report Regarding Climate...

Amid the recent, almost daily news of raging wildfires in the western United States  and elsewhere, increasingly destructive and deadly hurricanes in the southeast, and record high temperatures in many locations around the...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on SEC Guidance on Expiring Confidential Treatment Orders and the CFTC's...

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Additional Guidance Related to Expiring Confidential Treatment Orders - On September 9, the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) of the Securities and...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on New Standardized Approaches to Cybersecurity Preparedness, FINRA's...

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Approves Extension of Temporary NYSE Waiver of Stockholder Approval Rules - Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release (the Release) approving, with immediate effectiveness,...more

Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approval Chart April 2020

Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of April 15, 2020. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Please note the following developments...more

4/30/2020  /  Derivatives , Financial Markets

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on Our New Fireside Chat and Rule Changes Stemming From COVID-19 Market...

BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Updates Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Developments - In recent weeks, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has offered various forms of relief and published information in response to...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA New Issue Rules, CFTC Announces...

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Approves Amended Rule Change to FINRA Rule 5110 - On December 23, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) proposed amendments to...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on ISS Releases Updates to 2020 Proxy Voting Guideline, FINRA Proposes...

SEC/CORPORATE - Glass Lewis Releases 2020 US Proxy Paper Guidelines - On November 1, Glass Lewis released its 2020 US Proxy Paper Guidelines. The updates to the voting guidelines primarily add additional factors that...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on Proposed SEC Changes for Off-Floor Transfer Options and Guidance From...

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes Modernization of Filing Fee Disclosure and Payment Methods - On October 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to update filing fee disclosure and payment methods....more

Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approval Chart - October 2019

Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of October 29, 2019. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Please note that since we last...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on Global AML Warnings and Guidance, US Agencies Join the GFIN

FINANCIAL MARKETS - FATF Updates List of AML/CFT Deficient Jurisdictions - On October 18, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published its updated list of jurisdictions that have strategic anti-money laundering...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on SEC's Proposal to Amend OTC Securities Quotation Rule, FINRA's...

BROKER-DEALER - SEC Proposes to Amend Quotation Rule for OTC Securities - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed to amend Rule 15c2-11, which governs the publication and submission of quotations by...more

Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approval Chart - September 2019

Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of September 1, 2019. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Please note the following...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on FINRA's Stock Fraud Warning to Investors after Hurricane Dorian, New...

BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Warns Investors of Potential Stock Fraud in Wake of Hurricane Dorian - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently released an investor alert cautioning investors of potential...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on the Latest Guidance From FINRA and the CFTC, and an FCA Paper...

BROKER-DEALER - Division of Trading and Markets and FINRA Staffs Issue Joint Statement on Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities - On July 8, in response to questions raised by market participants regarding...more

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