In This Issue. President Biden issued an executive order banning new investments in Russia in response to Russia’s continued war against Ukraine; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notification to all...more
4/15/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Executive Orders ,
FDIC ,
Fees ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Notification Requirements ,
Retail Investors ,
Russia ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Transactions ,
Standard of Conduct
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
9/17/2020
/ Accredited Investors ,
Amended Rules ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Brokers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crowdfunding ,
Data Collection ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Disparate Impact ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Extensions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Flood Insurance ,
HUD ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investors ,
Leverage Ratio ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Public Comment ,
Qualified Institutional Buyers ,
Relief Measures ,
Savings and Loan Companies ,
Section 1071 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Time Extensions
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that would permit funds to enter into derivative and certain other transactions, notwithstanding leverage restrictions under the Investment Company...more
In This Issue. Federal banking regulators proposed the long-awaited “community bank leverage ratio,” which would exempt community banks with a leverage ratio of at least 9% from Basel III capital requirements; the Federal...more
11/29/2018
/ Antitrust Division ,
ATDS ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Basel III ,
Blockchain ,
CFIUS ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
FASB ,
FDIC ,
FFIEC ,
FHFA ,
NYSE ,
Real Estate Development ,
Regulation CC ,
Regulation J ,
Regulation M ,
Regulation Z ,
SCRA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
Editor's Note -
Third Circuit Affirms AXA Section 36(b) Decision. On July 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision in favor of the investment adviser in the Sivolella v....more