BROKER-DEALER -
Nasdaq Proposes Rule Change to SEC to Assume Operational Responsibility for Certain Investigation and Enforcement Functions Currently Performed by FINRA -
On April 3, the Securities and Exchange...more
4/8/2019
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Nasdaq ,
No-Action Letters ,
No-Action Relief ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SEFs ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
BROKER-DEALER -
FINRA Proposes Data Service for Corporate Bond New Issues -
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to establish a...more
4/1/2019
/ Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Derivatives ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Margin Requirements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Regulatory Organizations ,
Swap Dealers ,
TRACE ,
UK Brexit
SEC/CORPORATE -
California Adopts Law Regarding Female Representation on Boards of Directors of Publicly Held Companies -
On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law California Senate Bill 826 (SB...more
10/8/2018
/ Australia ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Benchmarks ,
Board of Directors ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
Corporate Governance ,
CPOs ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Diversity ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
FinTech ,
Gender Equity ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Swaps ,
UK Brexit ,
Woman Board Members
BROKER-DEALER -
FINRA Proposes Rule Change Regarding ATS Reporting of Transactions to TRACE -
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority recently filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
6/11/2018
/ Alternative Trading System (ATS) ,
Banking Sector ,
CFTC ,
De Minimus Quantity Exemption ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Futures ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Swap Dealers ,
TRACE ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Volcker Rule
SEC/CORPORATE -
SEC Expands Nonpublic Review of Draft Registration Statements -
On June 29, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, beginning on July 10,...more
7/10/2017
/ Bitcoin ,
CFTC ,
Consultation ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
JOBS Act ,
MiFID II ,
NFA ,
No-Action Relief ,
Registration Statement ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SEFs ,
UK
BROKER-DEALER -
SEC Approves FINRA’s Proposed Expansion of Supplement Schedule for Derivatives and Off-Balance Sheet Items -
On April 5, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority released Regulatory Notice 16-11...more
4/11/2016
/ CFTC ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
FDIC ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Guidance Update ,
MiFIR ,
Natural Gas ,
Remuneration ,
Swaps ,
UCITS V
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) has issued CFTC Letter No. 16-10, which provides temporary no-action relief from certain trade option reporting requirements to market participants...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order authorizing National Futures Association (NFA) as a designee of the CFTC for purposes of receiving direct electronic access to swap data repository (SDR) data. All...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) has granted no-action relief to certain intermediaries located outside the United States. As background, CFTC Regulation...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, German regulators Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) and Deutsche Bundesbank (Bundesbank) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) related to the...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued orders granting permanent registration to 18 swap execution facilities (SEFs) that had been operating under temporary registration status. The SEFs approved for registration...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed to amend Regulation 3.21 to provide an exemption for the fingerprinting requirements for an individual who is a principal or associated person of a registrant, if such...more
The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has published for comment draft technical specifications for certain swap data elements, including data that are currently reportable under Part 45 of CFTC Regulations as...more
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued temporary no-action relief to swap execution facilities (SEFs) from certain audit trail requirements related to post-trade allocations....more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has amended Regulation 1.35(a) to ease recordkeeping obligations for certain entities with respect to commodity interest transactions and related cash or forward transactions....more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed rules that would require all derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs), swap data repositories (SDRs), designated contract markets (DCMs) and swap execution facilities...more
SEC/CORPORATE SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DIs on FAST Act -
As previously reported, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) on December 4. The...more
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has extended relief from swap data reporting obligations for swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs) that are non-US persons...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Risk Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on November 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Committee will discuss a subcommittee’s recommendations on the effectiveness...more
SEC/CORPORATE -
House Passes Disclosure Modification and “4(a)(1)(1/2)” Bills -
On October 6, the US House of Representatives passed the Disclosure Modification and Simplification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1525), which, if...more
10/12/2015
/ Advisory Committee ,
CFTC ,
Derivatives ,
EMIR ,
Equity Research Rule ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Form 10-K ,
Market Risk Capital Rule ,
NASD ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order to ICE Trade Vault, LLC that adds two additional asset classes of swaps—interest rate and foreign exchange—to the list of asset classes that ICE Trade Vault may...more
The Division of Clearing and Risk of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has further extended temporary no-action relief to Eurex Clearing AG and its clearing members that are US persons, which authorizes US clearing...more
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has extended no-action relief from certain of the CFTC’s ownership and control reporting (OCR) regulations, including electronic reporting via new...more
SEC/CORPORATE -
ISS Publishes Results of 2015–2016 Annual Global Policy Survey -
On September 28, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading proxy advisory firm, published the results of its 2015–2016...more
10/5/2015
/ Banks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Bylaws ,
CEOs ,
CFTC ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Corporate Governance ,
Derivatives ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
Director Compensation ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
GAAP ,
Independent Boards ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Proxy Access Rule ,
Proxy Season ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Trade Market Abuse
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has granted registration to Nodal Clear, LLC as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). Pursuant to the registration order, Nodal Clear may clear contracts executed on or through...more