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Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 112: How Europe is Filling Enforcement Gaps for Digital Gatekeepers with Robert Klotz and Ciara Barbu-O’Connor
Nota Bene Episode 106: The Corporate Investor Movement Toward Environmental, Social, and Governmental Policies with Allison Troianos and Ariel Yehezkel
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ
Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Nota Bene Episode 65: European Check In: Environmental Protection, Privacy Regulations, Digital Market Definition, and Brexit with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 55: Updates on the European Commission and Brexit with Isabelle Rahman and Oliver Heinisch
Jones Day Talks: EU's New Foreign Direct Investment Regulations Eye Specific Sectors
This OnPoint summarizes the panel discussion at Dechert’s annual investment funds conference that took place in Luxembourg in the last quarter of 2022. At the conference, we discussed the Regulation on the Markets of Crypto...more
This latest edition of the regulatory initiatives paper sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact private fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Releases an Updated Security Futures Risk Disclosure Statement - On August 14, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice 20-28 that included an updated Security...more
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
BREXIT/UK DEVELOPMENTS - ESG and Sustainable Investments: House of Lords EU Committee Queries Taxonomy Regulation With HMT - On January 16, the House of Lords European Union Committee published a letter from the...more
BROKER-DEALER - CBOE Proposes Amendments to Rule 6.49A Concerning Off-Floor Position Transfers Including RWA Transfers - CBOE Exchange, Inc. (CBOE) recently filed a proposal to amend its Rule 6.49A to amend provisions...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Adopts Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks - On December 19, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had voted to conduct a Transaction Fee Pilot in national market system (NMS)...more
BROKER-DEALER - Amended FINRA Registration Rules To Take Effect October 1 - Amended Financial Industry Regulatory Authority registration, qualification and continuing education rules will become effective on October 1....more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal Asian, US, European and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to Asian corporates and financial institutions. ...more
CFTC Files Eight Anti-Spoofing Enforcement Actions against Three Banks (Deutsche Bank, HSBC & UBS) & Six Individuals - On January 29, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), along with the Department of...more
Both U.S. and European Union (EU) law require that certain swaps and derivatives trades take place only on approved trading platforms. On October 13, 2017, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) Chairman J....more
On December 5, 2017, an Implementing Decision was adopted by the European Commission which recognized certain US trading venues under MiFIR. The Implementing Decision outlined that the European Commission considers US...more
CFTC Comparability Determination on EU Margin Requirements and a Common Approach on Trading Venues - On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") announced determinations by the CFTC and the...more
On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC“) announced determinations by the CFTC and the European Commission (“EC“) on comparability and equivalence of margin requirements for uncleared swaps....more
The European Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission have published a joint statement announcing a common approach for recognizing certain derivatives trading venues authorized in the EU and the US for the...more
ISS Releases 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates - On November 21, ISS published its 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates, which will be in effect for meetings held on or after February 1, 2017. The US 2017 updates cover...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more
Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Issue Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards - On October 19, 2016, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance...more
Antitrust and competition - A welcome limitation on the investigatory powers of the Commission when requesting information from companies - On 10 March 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) set aside...more
Recent regulatory actions by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the European Commission (EC) are bringing an end to years of negotiation on how to regulate central clearing counterparties (CCPs)...more
On March 15, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted an equivalence decision in regards to US central counterparties (CCPs). The equivalence decision will allow CCPs authorized and registered with the Commodity...more
Regulatory Developments - Federal Reserve Board Repeals Regulation AA and Proposes Repeal of Regulation C - On Feb. 11, the Federal Reserve Board took steps towards transferring some of its rulemaking authority to...more
On February 10, the European Commission published a statement setting out details of the common approach it has agreed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on requirements for transatlantic central...more
On February 10, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the European Commission (EC) announced that they had reached an agreement on a harmonized approach to central clearing counterparties (CCPs). The agreement ensures...more
The European Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced a “common approach for transatlantic CCPs” on 10 February 2016. Under this “common approach,” the European Commission has pledged to...more