News & Analysis as of September 19, 2024

Volcker Rule › Accredited Investors

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The Volcker Rule is a rule limiting certain financial institutions' ability to own, invest or sponsor hedge funds, private equity or other proprietary trading operations. The Rule seeks to separate financial institutions' proprietary trading activity from consumers' FDIC- insured deposits. The Volcker Rule is a part of the broader Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and aims to diminish potential conflicts of interest between banks and consumer clients. less -

Checklist for Non-U.S. Fund Managers Making a Private Fund Offering in the U.S.

King & Spalding on 7/6/2022

The United States represents a large source of potential capitalthat non-U.S. fund managers often find impossible to ignore. To assist non-U.S. fund managers, we have prepared a checklist that sets out key considerations for...more

Dodd-Frank and Other Laws Facing Indefinite Future in 2017

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 1/5/2017

As 2017 begins, financial markets and the regulators that oversee them are facing significant uncertainty. When President-elect Donald Trump assumes the Oval Office on Jan. 20, all indications suggest that it will mark a...more

Big Regulatory Changes in Store for Funds and Advisers? No One Knows for Certain, but Here’s Our Best Guess

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/8/2016

While no one knows for sure what the future holds for investment management regulation, the tea leaves indicate that we may expect a slowdown on new regulations, some pullback on parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more

Dodd-Frank at 4: Where do we go from here?

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/6/2015

Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/13/2015

EIOPA Updates Risk Dashboard - On December 18, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("EIOPA") published an updated version of its risk dashboard (dated December 19), together with a background...more

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