BROKER-DEALER -
SEC Adopts Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks -
On December 19, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had voted to conduct a Transaction Fee Pilot in national market system (NMS)...more
BROKER-DEALER -
Amended FINRA Registration Rules To Take Effect October 1 -
Amended Financial Industry Regulatory Authority registration, qualification and continuing education rules will become effective on October 1....more
9/10/2018
/ CFTC ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
MiFIR ,
NFA ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Swaps ,
Volcker Rule
BROKER-DEALER -
Nasdaq Has Proposed a New Rule Change To Modify Its System of Volume-Based Credits -
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to...more
4/16/2018
/ Broker-Dealer ,
CCPs ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Derivatives ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
IOSCO ,
MiFID II ,
Nasdaq ,
National Market System (NMS) ,
New Rules ,
Over The Counter Derivatives (OTC) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Record Retention ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Securities Regulators ,
Stress Tests ,
Trading Platforms ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
ISS Releases 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates -
On November 21, ISS published its 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates, which will be in effect for meetings held on or after February 1, 2017. The US 2017 updates cover...more
12/5/2016
/ C&DIs ,
CFTC ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Forex ,
Glass Lewis ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
NFA ,
Proxy Season ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On March 15, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted an equivalence decision in regards to US central counterparties (CCPs). The equivalence decision will allow CCPs authorized and registered with the Commodity...more
On March 9, the European Commission adopted a delegated Regulation (and an accompanying Annex) in relation to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). The delegated Regulation sets out arrangements, systems and procedures and...more
On March 1, the European Commission (EC) adopted new rules in the form of a delegated regulation (Delegated Regulation) to impose clearing obligations on certain index credit default swaps (CDSs). The contracts captured by...more
As discussed in our Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of February 12, 2016, on February 10, the European Commission (the Commission) announced proposals to provide for a one-year extension to the application dates...more
On February 10, the European Commission (EC) announced its legislative proposal (Proposal) that would provide for a one-year extension to the application of the amended Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the...more
BROKER-DEALER -
Change to the No-Action Relief Regarding Definition of “Ready Market” With Regard to Foreign Equity Securities Pursuant to SEC Rule 15c3-1(c)(11)(i) -
On February 9, the Securities and Exchange...more
2/15/2016
/ AML/CFT ,
Central Counterparties ,
CFTC ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
No-Action Relief ,
Private Placements ,
Public Offerings ,
Terrorism Funding ,
UCITS
On January 19, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published on its website a letter it received from the European Commission (Commission), dated December 17, 2015. The letter is in response to guidance and...more
On January 1, the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) became fully operational. The SRM implements the European Union Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The SRM is designed to strengthen the resilience of the...more
On October 2, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) finalized and issued a draft regulatory standard (RTS) for the mandatory clearing of certain credit default swaps (CDS) as required under the European Market...more
On September 28, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a final report (Report) containing draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and implementing technical standards (ITS) on the new EU Market...more
On August 27, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a discussion paper (Discussion Paper) on the review of Article 26 of ESMA’s Regulatory Technical Standards (153/2013) (RTS) under the European...more
On June 29, 2015, the Council of the European Union announced that its Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) approved a final compromise text of the proposed regulation on reporting and transparency of securities...more
On August 6, the European Commission (EC) adopted new rules in the form of a delegated regulation (Delegated Regulation) requiring the mandatory clearing of certain over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivatives contracts...more
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Timothy Massad, and Jonathan Hill, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, released a joint statement on May 7 relating to the...more
On November 14, the European Banking Committee (Committee) of the European Commission (EC) voted to extend the December 15 transitional deadline under the EU Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). If the extension had not...more
In this issue:
- US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Grants Petition for Rehearing of Decision on Conflicts Minerals Rule
- Register for Our 2015 Proxy Season Update Webinar
- SEC...more
11/24/2014
/ Amnesty International ,
Appeals ,
CFTC ,
Conflict Mineral Rules ,
Crowdfunding ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
FinCEN ,
Fixed Income Investments ,
Forward Contract Exclusion ,
Forward Contracts ,
MSRB ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swap Dealers
On October 30, the European Commission (EC) adopted its first equivalence decision for the regulatory regimes of central counterparties (CCPs) located in four jurisdictions: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. ...more
In this issue:
- ISS Announces Launch of QuickScore 3.0
- SEC Provides Relief to GSEC From Rule 204 Close-Out Requirements
- CFTC Extends Relief to FCMs from Certain Commingling Requirements
-...more
11/3/2014
/ Banks ,
CCPs ,
CFTC ,
Class Action ,
Commingling ,
Commodities ,
Compliance ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Fixed Income Investments ,
Flood Insurance ,
Foreign Banks ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
OCC ,
Risk Retention ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
UK