On Jan. 30, 2020, the SEC proposed amendments to modernize Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K....more
2/5/2020
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Deregulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Statements ,
MD&A Statements ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On Dec. 23, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a letter to New York-regulated depository and non-depository institutions, insurers and pension funds directing them to submit their plans for...more
On Nov. 15, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) released its semiannual Financial Stability Report. The report presents the Board’s current assessment of the resilience of the U.S. financial...more
11/20/2019
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Debt Market ,
Economic Impact Analysis ,
Economic Reform ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FRB ,
GDP ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Loans ,
Mutual Funds ,
Regulatory Oversight
In its first fee rate advisory for fiscal year 2020, the SEC announced that filing fees applicable to securities registrations by public companies and other issuers will be increased by 7.1%: from $121.20 to $129.80 per...more
9/6/2019
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Filing Fees ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions ,
Stock Repurchases
As reported in a press release issued by the Securities and Exchange Comission (the SEC) on Aug. 8, 2019, the SEC voted to propose amendments to modernize Regulation S-K disclosures, in particular, Item 101(a) (the...more
On May 24, 2018, Joseph Otting, the comptroller of the currency, the principal regulator of all national banks, announced in a telephonic press conference that he does not expect that the Office of the Comptroller of the...more
Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency -
After years of allowing cryptocurrency transactions to fly under the radar, financial market regulators are beginning to turn their attention to virtual...more
2/2/2018
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
EU ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Funds ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securitization ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform ,
Token Sales ,
Virtual Currency