The U.K. Short Selling Regulations 2025 (“SSR 2025”) have been made. This paves the way for the U.K. to repeal and replace the regime implemented while the U.K. was in the European Union and then onshored into U.K. domestic...more
On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) staff (“Staff”) issued a statement (the “Statement”), which summarizes certain observations made by the SEC’s Standards of Conduct Implementation...more
On April 8, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adopted amendments that would allow business development companies (BDCs) and registered closed-end funds (CEFs), to use the securities offering rules that are...more
On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to rules governing investment adviser advertisements and payment to solicitors under the Investment Advisers Act. The comment period...more
11/18/2019
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Form ADV ,
General Solicitation ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
New Guidance ,
No-Action Letters ,
OCIE ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reasonable Care ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On April 25, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) filed proposed amendments to FINRA Rule 5110 (“FINRA Rule 5110” or “the Rule”), commonly referred to as the “Corporate Financing Rule”, with the...more
6/7/2019
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Corporate Financing ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Offerings ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Underwriting ,
Venture Capital
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
4/12/2018
/ Annual Reports ,
Appraisal ,
Banks ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU Prospectus Regime ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FinCEN ,
FRBNY ,
Fund Managers ,
Global Economy ,
Investor Protection ,
MiFID II ,
Regulatory Standards ,
UK
On April 12, 2017, the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) published proposed amendments to FINRA Rule 5110, which regulates the terms and arrangements of securities underwriting conducted by FINRA...more
Currently, U.S. broker-dealers are not required to disclose their compensation in respect of fixed-income transactions effected as principal. In November 2016, the SEC approved a rule proposal of the U.S. Financial Industry...more
On May 27, 2015, FINRA solicited comment on a proposed rule (the “proposed rule”) that would require a firm to which a representative has recently transferred to provide material prepared by FINRA (the “FINRA Disclosure...more
In this issue:
- Compensation
- Capital and Prudential Regulation
- Bank Structure
- Financial Services
- Consumer Protection
- Enforcement
- People
- Events...more
6/18/2014
/ Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Executive Compensation ,
FDIC ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
OCC ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Stress Tests ,
Volcker Rule