Long a mainstay of the financial world, the floating “IBOR” rates, based on the rates of actual or purported interbank offered loans, are now being swept slowly into the dustbin of history. The quantity, in both number and...more
SEC Rolls Out “POSITIER” -
The SEC’s Office of the Investor Advocate used a recent March 9, 2017 open meeting and related “Evidence Summit” to announce its new investor research initiative, “POSITIER.”1 This new acronym...more
4/14/2017
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Banks ,
Canada ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Hyperlink ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
RTS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Settlement Cycles ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
On 11 July 2016, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a draft of its second Report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (“AT1”) instruments of EU institutions. The Report was undertaken pursuant to Article 80...more
The Bank of England (“BoE”) recently published a consultation paper1 (“Consultation”), detailing its approach to setting a minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (“MREL”) to be maintained by UK banks and...more
ESMA Final Report on Complex Debt Instruments and Structured Deposits -
On 26 November 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its Final Report on its “Guidelines on complex debt...more
12/15/2015
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Derivatives ,
EU ,
EURIBOR ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
MiFID II ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Structured Finance
Under the EU’s Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (“BRRD”), one of the key powers given to national resolution authorities is the ability to impose losses on, or “bail-in”, certain financial liabilities of the failing...more
7/23/2015
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Comment Period ,
Derivatives ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Exclusions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Valuation
In This Issue:
- What to Expect in 2015
- EU Regulatory Agenda: Into 2015
- FINRA Issues Report Relating to its Communication Rules
- Structured Product Offerings and RIAs
- The SEC, Investment Funds and...more
12/24/2014
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Banks ,
Derivatives ,
EU ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Structured Financial Products
It has been three years since the Independent Commission on Banking (the “IBC”), chaired by Sir John Vickers, published its final report and recommendations on the reform of the UK banking system in response to lessons learnt...more