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The current SEC administration has expressed the view that most crypto assets are offered and sold as securities and has proposed several rules that address “digital asset securities” or “crypto asset securities.” In this...more
Second Circuit upholds SDNY’s finding that under Reves syndicated loans are not securities under federal law. Introduction - On August 24, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its highly...more
Germany has introduced a new regulation on crypto fund units (Verordnung über Kryptofondsanteile - KryptoFAV), that allows fund managers to issue fund units on an electronic instead of a physical basis. The new rules come...more
The heads of the SEC Enforcement Division, in remarks today, reminded market participants of the need to keep a close eye on the persons that may have material nonpublic information. In the remarks, they noted, “[f]or...more
Recent SEC guidance on digital assets cleared a path for at least certain stable coins or payment tokens to avoid securities regulation. However, Latham & Watkins attorneys say there are still a number of open questions that...more
FCA finalises guidance on cryptoassets and consults on product intervention measures. FCA guidance on the regulation of cryptoassets - As previously reported in this blog, the FCA consulted on guidance on cryptoassets...more
The UK FCA launched on 23 January 2019 its highly anticipated consultation1 (CP19/3) on Guidance for market participants as to where certain cryptoassets sit in relation to the regulatory perimeter - and whether relevant...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission has solicited the views of exchanges, broker-dealers and investors on a range of questions related to market data since at least 1999 when it published SEC Concept Release: Regulation of...more
The staff of the Divisions of Enforcement and Trading and Markets (collectively, Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 7, 2018 jointly issued a statement on digital asset trading platforms...more
On August 25, 2015, a 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 the CMA, the...more
On June 29, the Council of the European Union announced that its Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) approved a final compromise text of the proposed regulation on reporting and transparency of securities financing...more
The Ontario government has amended Ontario’s Securities Act (Act) to expand the scope of prohibited insider trading and enhance the record-keeping requirements imposed upon capital market participants in the province. This...more
Since the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID”) came into force in 2007, European legislators and market participants have sought to harmonise the diverging European securities settlement framework, with a view...more
On June 25, the SEC announced that it has ordered the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to act jointly to develop and file with the Commission a national market system plan...more
On June 25, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it had ordered the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) to act jointly to develop...more
The SEC has announced that it ordered the national securities exchanges and the FINRA to develop and file a plan to implement a targeted 12 month pilot program that will widen tick sizes for specified small-cap stocks. The...more