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Valuation Financial Services Industry

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NAV Facilities: Appraisal and Valuation Challenge Rights

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Net Asset Value ("NAV") credit facilities are lending arrangements underwritten on the borrower’s portfolio of investments, where the amount available for borrowing is based on the value of such...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

M&A Insights and Outlooks Regarding Financing: A Conversation with Gary Grote of Bridgepoint Investment Banking

Below is his conversation with Gary Grote, Managing Director at Bridgepoint Investment Banking, which focuses on capital raising and M&A advisory solutions. Gary focuses on deals in the healthcare, leveraged finance,...more

Saul Ewing LLP

CFPB and Other Federal Agencies Enact New Rule to Regulate Use of Automated Valuation Models for Mortgage Transactions

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On July 1, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”)—the primary federal watchdog of the consumer finance industry—along with several other federal agencies, approved a new rule to regulate the use of automated...more

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CFPB and Other Federal Agencies Finally Adopt AVM Rule

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What Happened? On June 20, 2024, a group of federal regulators published a rule addressing for the use of automated valuation models (AVMs) in mortgage origination and secondary market transactions....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – a Deep Dive on the Evolution of the SAFE

As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Federal Regulators Publish Final Rule on Automated Valuation Models and AI That Imposes Obligations on Secondary Market Issuers,...

On June 6, 2024 federal regulators published a final rule addressing Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models. This was a collaborative rulemaking effort that included regulators from the Office of the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – Valuation Cap vs. Discount Variants

So you decided to use a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) to raise money for your new startup – congratulations! And you’re off to a good start because you read our previous article, which summarized how to use the...more

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NAV Facilities Appraisal and Valuation Challenge Rights

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Net Asset Value ("NAV") credit facilities are lending arrangements underwritten on the borrower’s portfolio of investments, where the amount available for borrowing is based on the value of such underlying portfolio...more

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Federal Regulators Continue their Focus on Fair Lending and Appraisal Bias

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As 2024 gets off the ground, federal regulators are continuing their focus on fair lending issues. In February, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released a statement on examination principles...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FFIEC Issues Statement on Examination Principles Related to Valuation Discrimination and Bias in Residential Lending

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On February 12, 2024, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a statement of principles that relate to valuation discrimination and bias for its member entities to consider in preparation for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

High Court Ruled That Lender Suffered No Loss Despite Negligent Valuation of Security

On 27 September 2023, the British High Court ruled that the claimant relying on the defendant’s report suffered no actionable loss, despite the defendant’s admission of negligence. ...more

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Agencies Propose Quality Control Standards for AVMs

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Mortgage originators and secondary market issuers use automated valuation models (AVMs) in determining the worth of collateral securing mortgages on consumers’ principal dwellings. As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more

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CFPB Director Addresses the Final Report of the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity

The current leadership of the CFPB has not been shy about highlighting the importance of fair lending—and it is becoming increasingly clear that fair lending and equity within the financial services industry is one of the...more

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1940 Act Regulatory Checklists

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Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 permits funds to enter into “funds of funds” arrangements notwithstanding the prohibitions of Section 12(d)(1) of the Act of 1940, provided that certain conditions are met....more

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New CFPB Factsheets Addressing ECOA Valuations Rule Are Likely to Create Confusion Regarding Coverage

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The CFPB recently issued two factsheets regarding the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B provisions that require creditors to provide the applicant with a copy of any written appraisal or other valuation...more

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CFPB Addresses Rescission And TRID Rule Waiting Periods And Changed Circumstances In View Of COVID-19

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On April 29, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an interpretive rule addressing the waiting periods under the Regulation Z right to rescind provisions and the TRID rule in view of COVID-19, and...more

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Financial Services Quarterly Report - Fourth Quarter 2018: U.S. SEC Focus Areas in the Registered Funds Industry

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In November of last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued an alert announcing a series of risk-based examinations focused on mutual funds and exchange-traded...more

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2016 M&A Report

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Our 2016 M&A Report offers a detailed review of, and outlook for, the global M&A market. Other highlights include a comparison of deal terms in public and private acquisitions; updates on takeover defenses and public company...more

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