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Navigating the Hazy Landscape: Challenges and Solutions in Cannabis Payment Processing

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The sale of adult-use cannabis has been legalized in 24 states in the United States. But this does not mean there are no other legal impediments to the cannabis industry in those jurisdictions. For example, cannabis...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Florida ESG Law Impacts Rating Agencies, Market Participants, Municipal Issuers

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The Florida Division of Bond Finance published a notice (the Notice) on June 29, 2023, providing guidance on Florida House Bill 3 (HB 3), which was signed into law on May 2, 2023, by Gov. Ron DeSantis. HB 3, in part,...more

BCLP

A Time of Transition for the CFTC

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Over the past year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission continued moving its focus away from practices like spoofing, instead bringing high-profile actions in the crypto space and reaching significant settlements with...more

Jones Day

JONES DAY TALKS®: Derivatives Market Volatility Brings New Concerns and More Regulatory Scrutiny

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A turbulent global economy leaves financial institutions and other market participants in challenging positions as they try to hedge and protect their interests in an increasingly uncertain environment. Jones Day partner...more

BakerHostetler

Treasury Department Releases AML Study on the Art Market

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On Jan. 1, 2021, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA) which expanded the definition of “financial institution” to impose anti-money laundering (AML) requirements on persons “engaged in the trade of...more

Sullivan & Worcester

And Spring Heralds SONIA….and Alternative Rates

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The end of March has welcomed Spring, and this year it marks a new era for the financial markets, particularly for loans and financial products which would usually use Sterling LIBOR as the benchmark for calculation of...more

White & Case LLP

The G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative – Reaction from Key Market Participants

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In response to the COVID-19 "call to action" from the World Bank and the IMF, the G20 announced a debt service suspension initiative (the "DSSI") on 15 April, supporting an NPV-neutral, time-bound suspension of principal and...more

Hogan Lovells

When is an obstacle not an obstacle? EBA publishes Opinion on Article 32(3) of the SCA RTS

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The EBA has published an Opinion under Article 32(3) of the RTS on SCA and CSC on obstacles to the provision of PIS and AIS in the context of dedicated interfaces. The EBA issued this Opinion to ensure consistent...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

LIBOR to SOFR – Five Things Every Financial Services Provider Should Know

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1. What is LIBOR and why is it going away? The London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” is a reference rate commonly used in a broad range of financial contracts. In fact, it serves as a reference rate for tens of...more

Morgan Lewis

LIBOR Transition Updates – More Certainty in Spread Adjustments Calculations?

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Recent updates from the Bank of England, the New York Federal Reserve, and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and Bloomberg in connection with publication of IBOR fallback rate adjustments should be welcomed...more

A&O Shearman

European Systemic Risk Board Recommends Options for Addressing Procyclicality in Derivatives Markets and Securities Financing...

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The European Systemic Risk Board has published a report on mitigating the procyclicality of margins and haircuts in derivatives markets and securities financing transactions. The report assesses the systemic risks arising...more

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How the Leveraged Finance market is evolving to encompass ESG factors

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The year 2019 has seen responsible business, climate change and impact financing feature high on the agenda with increasing focus on the sector by investors, regulators, trade bodies and financial institutions. As a result,...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

FCA Urges Firms to Fight Financial Crime with Technology

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According to Megan Butler, Executive Director of Supervision at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), financial crime is big business; the estimated annual cost of fraud is £190 billion. In Butler’s view, although...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Staff Issues Statement on LIBOR Transition; Practical Considerations for Investment Companies, Investment Advisers and Other...

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The staffs of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management (IM Division), Division of Trading and Markets, and Office of Chief Accountant (collectively, Staff) on...more

Sullivan & Worcester

ITFA launches new Unfunded Master Risk Participation Agreement

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Early in September ITFA launched its new Unfunded Master Risk Participation Agreement (MRPA) and associated user guidelines for use by its members. Later this month it has also arranged for Sullivan to issue a CRR compliant...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

The Federal Reserve’s Entry into Real-Time Payments

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Real-time payments (RTP) has been the rave of recent payments industry news. With the Federal Reserve announcing that it is about to embark upon the creation of a ubiquitous real-time payments framework, the topic is...more

A&O Shearman

Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates Publishes Summary of Responses to Discussion Paper on SONIA Referencing...

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The Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates has published a summary of the responses it received to its March 2019 discussion paper on conventions for referencing SONIA in new financial contracts....more

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US-UK Financial Innovation Partnership Announced

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The U.S.-U.K. Financial Regulatory Working Group has announced the establishment of a Financial Innovation Partnership between the U.S. and the U.K. The objective of the Partnership is to strengthen bilateral engagement on...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Powell Finds That Leveraged Lending Presents No Notable Risks to Financial Stability

Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chairman Jerome H. Powell, in remarks made yesterday in Amelia Island, Florida, at the 24th Annual Financial Markets Conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, stated that...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

How the Revised Draft Capital Markets Act Affects Registrants, Other Market Participants

The comment period on the recently published revised consultation draft of the uniform provincial and territorial Capital Markets Act (CMA) and draft initial regulations under the CMA (Initial Regulations and, together with...more

Dechert LLP

Risk Retention: Flash – These Rules Don’t Work!

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As we begin to close in on the initial implementation of the Risk Retention Rule, we are looking beyond the headlines and trying to figure out how the Rule will actually work.  The result is troubling....more

WilmerHale

SEC Approves NMS Plan to Implement Tick Size Pilot for Small Cap Stocks

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In June 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) issued an order directing the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (collectively, the “Participants”) to...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 49

In this issue: - Delaware Chancery Court Declines to Dismiss Fraud Claims Against Private Equity Fund and Directors - Agencies Amend Regulatory Capital and Liquidity Coverage Ratio Rules - FINRA Proposes...more

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