A DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenge to a recent Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) enforcement action brings into question whether FINRA should be held accountable to constitutional restrictions on state...more
SEC/CORPORATE -
SEC Proposes Rule 144 Tacking Amendments -
On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)...more
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
National Futures Association (NFA) has issued a notice reminding its swap dealer (SD) and major swap participant (MSP) members of their obligations under the new uncleared swap margin requirements adopted by the Commodity...more
National Futures Association (NFA) has issued a reminder that its interpretive notice on information systems security programs becomes effective on March 1. The interpretive notice, which was discussed in detail in the...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
SEC/CORPORATE -
SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies to Discuss Capital Formation Landscape for Small and Emerging Companies -
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that its Advisory...more
National Futures Association (NFA) has revised its review process for swap dealer (SD) and major swap participant (MSP) applications under Section 4s of the Commodity Exchange Act. Effective immediately, SDs and MSPs are no...more
The CFTC has adopted a rule, Rule 170.17, requiring all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and certain commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to become a member of a registered futures...more
National Futures Association (NFA) will hold an audio conference on Thursday, September 24, at 11:00 a.m. ET to help prepare swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs) for their upcoming examinations. Interested...more
SEC/CORPORATE -
US District Court Orders SEC To Revise Resource Extraction Issuer Rule -
On September 2, the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the SEC to file with the District Court in 30...more
9/14/2015
/ Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
C-Suite Executives ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Consultation ,
Corporate Executive Boards ,
Failure To Disclose ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment Funds ,
Major Swap Participants ,
NFA ,
NYSE ,
Oxfam America ,
Resource Extraction ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Trade Market Abuse ,
UCITS ,
UK
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amendments to National Futures Association’s (NFA’s) rules and an accompanying interpretive notice governing Forex Dealer Members (FDMs). Specifically, the rule amendments...more
National Futures Association (NFA) has notified its member commodity trading advisors (CTAs) that do not direct trading of commodity interest accounts that they are no longer required to file NFA Form PR under NFA Compliance...more
On February 10, National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice to members describing minor changes to its EasyFile system for annual pool financial statement filings submitted by commodity pool operators (CPOs)...more
In this issue:
- SEC Publishes Rules for Reporting Security-Based Swaps
- SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Companies’ Hedging Policies
- CFTC Extends Relief From Certain OCR Requirements
- NFA...more
2/17/2015
/ Arbitration ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Bribery ,
Brokered Deposits ,
Capital Requirements ,
CFTC ,
Clawbacks ,
FDIC ,
Haiti ,
Hedging ,
NFA ,
OCC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
Subordination
In this issue:
- SEC Chair Directs Staff to Review Commission Rule Excluding Conflicting Proxy Proposals
- SEC Comments on FINRA's Proposed Rule Amendment to Increase Pricing Disclosure
- CFTC Grants...more
1/26/2015
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Canada ,
CFTC ,
Class Action ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Forex ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Hong Kong ,
Mary Jo White ,
Mexico ,
Mining ,
Mortgages ,
NFA ,
OCC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proxy Access Rule ,
PSLRA ,
Scienter ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Whole Foods
In this issue:
- SEC Sanctions 10 Companies for Disclosure Failures Surrounding Financing Deals and Stock Dilution
- Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Entire Fairness Review in Absence of Conflicted...more
11/10/2014
/ CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Dilution ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financing ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Mutual Funds ,
NFA ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency
In this issue:
- CME Delays Prohibition on Transitory EFRPs
- JAC Issues Guidance on Margin Funds
- CFTC Hands Out First Whistleblower Award
- NFA Adopts Fee for Registration...more
5/27/2014
/ Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fees ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Margin Requirements ,
NFA ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Oil & Gas ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
In this issue:
- CFTC Exempts MTFs from US Registration Requirements
- CFTC Guidance Relating to Trading on SEFs and DCMs
- NFA Issues Notice to Members Regarding Member Obligations Under NFA Bylaw 1101...more
National Futures Association (NFA) has requested comments from its commodity pool operator (CPO) and commodity trading advisor (CTA) members on whether to adopt capital requirements to ensure that CPOs and CTAs have adequate...more
In this issue:
- ISS Updating QuickScore Methodology and Opening Data Validation Period
- First MAT Determinations Are Deemed Certified
- CFTC Interdivisional Working Group to Review Swap...more
The National Futures Association (NFA) issued guidance on the annual affirmation requirement for persons operating under an exemption or exclusion from commodity pool operator (CPO) or commodity trading advisor (CTA)...more
Pursuant to Commodity Futures Trading Commission No-Action Letter No. 13-40, swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs) are required to comply with the portfolio reconciliation requirements in CFTC Regulation...more
The National Futures Association (NFA) has amended the financial requirements applicable to member futures commission merchants (FCMs) acting as counterparties in foreign exchange (forex) transactions...more
National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice to members relating to reporting requirements for commodity trading advisors (CTAs)...more