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Navigating the Financial Markets Regulatory Landscape: Takeaways After the TOTSA Settlement

In the dynamic world of financial regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been actively addressing market manipulation with enforcement actions to ensure market integrity. The CFTC's recent settlement...more

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Regulatory Redux: FDIC Proposes Brokered Deposit Revisions

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On July 30, 2024, the FDIC proposed revisions to the restrictions on brokered deposits. The revisions would undo many of the key elements of the 2020 revisions, and would dramatically expand the number of deposit brokers and...more

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Structured Finance Spectrum - Summer 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the new UK securitization regime, eHELOCs, and climate risk disclosures....more

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EU Statement on Transition of OTC-Transactions to New Post-Trade Transparency Regime

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The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a public statement on the transition to the new regime for post-trade transparency of OTC-transactions in light of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) – 2024 Update

As implementation of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) approaches, financial market participants and their technology service providers (both in and out of Europe) face a critical compliance deadline. The new...more

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Labour's Plans for Financial Services Regulation: What We Know

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Labour have won the general election, with a landslide victory of 412 seats. We address the question for financial services firms: what are their regulatory plans for financial services? Although their election manifesto was...more

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Covered bond issuance climbs as investors seek traditional asset classes

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Demand for covered bonds is rising as investors seek opportunities to deploy capital in low-risk assets during a period of market uncertainty - Issuance of covered bonds—bonds issued by financial institutions and backed by...more

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European Commission Reports on Extending Empowerment to Adopt Delegated Acts Under the Benchmark Regulation

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The European Commission has published a report addressed to the European Parliament and Council of the European Union on the delegation of power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to the Benchmark...more

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Statutory Powers of Sale

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In 2023, we saw an increase in both voluntary administration and receivership appointments in Australia. In the context of Australia's economic climate this was unsurprising — debtor companies were grappling with volatile...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 25: Virtual Currencies: Exploring the Regulatory Landscape with Jerry Comizio

Jerry Comizio joins RegFi cohosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a conversation about the intricate world of virtual currencies. Professor Comizio is Associate Director of the Business Law Program at American...more

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Erlaubnispflicht für Kreditdienstleister – Dienstleistungen für Non-Performing-Loans sind jetzt erlaubnispflichtig

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Mit dem Inkrafttreten des Kreditzweitmarktgesetzes am 30. Dezember 2023 sind Dienstleistungen in Bezug auf sogenannte Non-Performing-Loans, also Kredite, die nicht mehr bedient werden oder vom Ausfall bedroht sind,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The New CCI Regulations: Changes to the UK PRIIPs Regime

Following a series of consultations, and as part of its wider overhaul of the UK’s financial services regime, in November 2023, the UK government published a draft statutory instrument that will replace existing European...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs - February 2024 Edition

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On 20 December 2023, the FCA published consultation paper CP23/31 setting out detailed proposals for the new UK listing regime....more

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Regulatory monitoring Newsletter - January 2024

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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) Germany - BaFin: Report on risks in focus 2024 (Report über Risiken im Fokus 2024) Status: Final - BaFin has published its annual report on the risks...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - January 2024

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

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MiCAR under the microscope - Part 3: The issuance of stablecoins under MiCAR: Scope and requirements

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The huge expansion of crypto-assets over recent years and the popularity of their underlying technology (distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain) have come with their share of challenges, including a significant...more

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UK Regulators Publish New CTP Regulatory Framework Proposal

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Critical Third Parties serving the UK financial sector must ready themselves for compliance with the newly proposed operational resilience requirements. On 7 December 2023, the PRA, FCA, and BoE jointly published a...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK’s FCA Shares Observations on ‘Market Soundings’

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has devoted issue 75 of Market Watch (a newsletter on market conduct and transaction reporting issues) to share observations on practices around ‘market soundings’....more

Gray Reed

Release the Kraken Tax Transaction Information

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On June 30, 2023 the District Court in the Northern District of California granted a petition to enforce the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to release customer information.  Specifically, Kraken was ordered to produce the...more

Troutman Pepper

Current Landscape of Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement - The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis is joined by colleagues Ethan Ostroff and Trey Smith to discuss the current landscape of cryptocurrency regulation and enforcement. Our...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - July 2023 Updates

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates these stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

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UK wholesale markets review update: Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 and latest developments

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On 7 July 2023, the new Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (the Act) was published, marking a significant step in the development of the UK’s post-Brexit ‘Smarter Regulatory Framework’....more

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Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Financial Services finally signed between the UK and EU – a substantive development...

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On 27 June 2023, the UK signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with the European Union ("EU") to increase co-operation on financial services. The MoU has been a long time coming: regulatory cooperation...more

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International Securities Watchdog IOSCO Proffers Global Crypto Standards

Stepping into a breach that finds the United States without a comprehensive cryptocurrency framework while the EU is about to implement its own cryptocurrency framework this July (called Markets in Crypto Assets or MiCA,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

IOSCO urges global harmonization of crypto oversight

Earlier this month, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released draft policy recommendations to support greater regulatory and oversight consistency within the crypto and digital assets markets....more

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