The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s report on asset management and insurance recommends, among other things, a delay in implementation of the SEC’s liquidity risk management rule and the Department of Labor’s fiduciary...more
In the last session of the US Congress in mid-2016, representative Jeb Hensarling first introduced the Financial CHOICE (Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumers, and Entrepreneurs) Act. This represented an...more
On June 8, 2017, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 (the “CHOICE Act”) was passed on a party line vote by the U.S. House of Representatives, with nearly all Republicans voting in support and nearly all Democrats voting against...more
6/13/2017
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Orders ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Financial CHOICE Act ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Committee ,
FSOC ,
Trump Administration
Final TLAC Rules and Structured Products -
On December 15, 2016, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) issued its final rules regarding long-term debt and total loss absorbing...more
12/27/2016
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EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Foreign Banks ,
Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) ,
Holding Companies ,
IRS ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Section 871(m) ,
Structured Financial Products ,
TLAC ,
UK ,
UK Brexit