In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): (i) adopted amendments clarifying auditor independence rules in light of lending relationships with shareholders of an audit client; (ii) adopted a set of new...more
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In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management staff announced plans to seek industry input on custodial practices relating to trading that is not...more
3/21/2019
/ CFTC ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
UK Brexit
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When will the government shutdown end? The government shutdown has forced many federal agencies, including those mentioned in the articles below, to operate in accordance with the agency's emergency plan for...more
1/10/2019
/ BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HMDA ,
Interest Rates ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stress Tests
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 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
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In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert announcing that it was conducting a series of examination...more