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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Going for Gold August 2024 - Credit Portfolio Finance – A Primer on Back-Leverage

The combination of increased regulatory pressure and additional investor demand for higher yield has seen numerous banks gradually displaced by private debt funds in the corporate lending sector (particularly for mid-market...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Deal Academy 2024: Data Center – Erwerb und Vertragsgestaltung - March 20th, 9:30 am - 10:30 am CET

We would like to invite you again to our McDermott Deal Academy. This time, our online seminar will focus on the real estate asset class “data centers”. Our real estate and regulatory experts would like to discuss the...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Silicon Valley Bank: What Happens Next?

US regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, marking the second largest US bank failure in history and largest since the 2008 global financial crisis. In response, investors began selling off stocks of other...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Green Banks Express Frustration After Net-Zero Banking Alliance Declines to Impose Restrictions on Fossil-Fuel Financing

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (“NZBA”), the UN-led coalition of global banks “committed to aligning their lending investment portfolios with net-zero emissions by 2050,” is facing backlash from certain sustainability-focused...more

Goodwin

Fintech 2020: A Global Survey on the State of Financial Technology

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Letter from Our Co-Chairs - As the digital transformation of financial markets accelerates at breakneck speeds, fintech presents significant opportunities and challenges for both investors and innovators around the world. ...more

Vedder Price

Volcker Rule: Community Bank Exemption

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On July 9, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”), U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

CFTC Staff Issues Interpretive Guidance Regarding Exemption from Aggregation - On May 2, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's ("CFTC") Division of Market Oversight issued a CFTC staff letter with interpretive...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 5.13.16

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We learned yesterday of the effect that broken mergers are having on some hedge funds. Now comes news that, like many other institutional investors, large US insurance companies are yanking huge sums of money out of their...more

Troutman Pepper

Observation 3.0: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on the Volcker Rule and the Implications for Foreign Banks Investing in...

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1. Question: What is the Volcker Rule, and when does it take effect? Answer: The Volcker Rule was enacted into law as section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update - October 2015

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Below is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry. Schwab...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

UK Financial Conduct Authority Regulation Round-Up

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The FCA, in its September Regulation Round-up, outlined recent changes to its supervisory model. The new strategy aims to take a more holistic approach to the classification of firms, focusing increasingly on how markets work...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Pay to Play: Appellate Division Upholds Ruling that Payment is Required to Qualify for Champerty Safe Harbor Provision

In Justinian Capital SPC v. WestLB AG, etc. et al., 2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 04381 (1st Dep’t May 21, 2015), the Appellate Division affirmed the February 25, 2014 decision of the New York County Supreme Court, Commercial Division...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

EBA Publishes RWA Assessment as the Next Step in Improving Consistency of Internal Model Outcomes

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published two reports on the consistency of Risk-Weighted Assets (RWAs) across large EU institutions for large corporate, sovereign and institutions’ Internal Ratings-Based (IRB)...more

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