The Situation: Banking regulators in the United States have issued the so-called "Resolution Stay Regulations," which require "global, systemically-important banks" ("GSIBs") to amend a broad variety of "qualified financial...more
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) adopted rules (together, the QFC Stay Rules) in 2017...more
As regulators in Europe and elsewhere have done, U.S. banking regulators have introduced new regulations designed to facilitate the resolution of a global systemically important bank (GSIB)....more
U.S. federal banking regulations that go into effect next year require certain major financial institutions to ensure that their qualified financial contracts (QFCs), such as swaps and repurchase agreements, are subject to...more
The Dodd-Frank Act requires entities that engage in swap activities to either submit their swaps for clearing with a central clearinghouse or to collect and post collateral (margin) based on the daily mark-to-market exposure...more
On September 12, 2017, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) published in the Federal Register final rules (the “Final Rules”) intended to reduce the potential risks posed to the U.S. financial...more
On September 1, 2017 the Federal Reserve voted to adopt a final rule requiring U.S. global systemically important banking institutions ("GSIBs") and the U.S. operations of foreign GSIBs to amend qualified financial contracts...more
SEC/CORPORATE - NYSE Issues Proposed Amendment to Limit Issuance of Material News After Market Close - On August 18, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) issued a proposed amendment to Section 202.06 of the NYSE Listed...more
The Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (Board) recently proposed a rule (Proposed Rule) that will impact parties to any “qualified financial contract” (QFC), as described below, with a global systemically...more