On April 21, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage of guidance on the United Kingdom’s national private placement regime (NPPR) for the marketing of non-EU funds in the United Kingdom by non-UK managers...more
On March 13, the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published finalized guidance on its supervisory approach to financial promotions in social media (the “Guidance”). The range of social media within the...more
On March 10, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage relating to the review of and forthcoming changes to the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). MiFID sets forth the...more
Further to the Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest article published on August 29, 2014, in which we described a letter (Letter) that the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) had sent to the FCA Practitioner Panel the week...more
In this issue:
- CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee To Hold Meeting
- CFTC Announces Members of Market Risk Advisory Committee
- NFA Notifies SDs and MSPs of Annual Questionnaire...more
2/23/2015
/ CFOs ,
CFTC ,
Derivatives ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Statements ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
MiFID II ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stock Sale Agreements ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers
In this issue:
- SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DI Related to Resales Under Regulation S
- SEC Announces Proxy Voting Roundtable
- CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief From Certain...more
2/2/2015
/ AIFM ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Brokers ,
C&DIs ,
CFTC ,
Clawbacks ,
CME NYMEX ,
EU Directive ,
Forex ,
Insider Trading ,
Major Swap Participants ,
Netherlands ,
No-Action Relief ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Regulation S ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swap Dealers ,
UK
On December 15, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed a financial industry ban on Jonathan Paul Burrows in light of Mr. Burrows’ repeated failures to purchase a valid ticket for his daily commute to London. In the...more
On November 17, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a report setting out its findings pursuant to a review it carried out earlier in the year into FCA-regulated firms’ complaint handling arrangements. The FCA...more
On November 7, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that it will require all financial institutions conducting business in or from the United Kingdom to have a Legal Entity Identification (LEI). This...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
Now that three months have passed since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive became binding law in all European Union jurisdictions, US private fund managers (whether hedge funds, private equity funds or...more
On September 15, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a press release in which it announced that a group of persons found guilty of insider dealing in 2012 and 2013 have now been ordered to pay more than £3.2...more
On August 26, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a letter dated August 22, 2014 (Letter) addressed to the FCA Practitioner Panel. The Panel is a statutory body representing the interests of the financial...more
On August 5, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued temporary product intervention rules introducing restrictions on the ability of authorized persons to distribute contingent convertible instruments (CoCos) to...more