Charting New and Dangerous Waters -
Lloyd George and Epictetus may be long gone but their words have much resonance with the events of 2016. The political fallout from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (“EU”)...more
1/17/2017
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Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Banking Reform ,
Basel III ,
Capital Markets Union ,
Deposit Insurance ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
MiFID II ,
MREL ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Prospectus ,
Ring-Fencing ,
Shadow Banking ,
TLAC ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
2016 will mark the eighth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the raft of regulatory reforms introduced in the aftermath of that event and the wider financial crisis will continue to be implemented during the...more
2/5/2016
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Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Banking Reform ,
Benchmarks ,
Capital Markets Union ,
Corporate Counsel ,
CRD IV Directive ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions (GSIFI) ,
Market Abuse ,
MiFID II ,
MREL ,
Prospectus ,
Ring-Fencing ,
Securitization ,
Senior Managers Insurers Regime (SMIR) ,
Shadow Banking ,
TLAC ,
UK ,
Young Lawyers
Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more
8/6/2015
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AIF ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Capital Rules ,
CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
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Covered Funds ,
Credit Cards ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Debt Collection ,
Derivatives ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Exemptions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Transaction Tax ,
Foreign Banks ,
FSOC ,
HMDA ,
HOEPA ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
IOSCO ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
MiFID II ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
NRSRO ,
OCC ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Prudential Standards ,
Remittance Transfer Rule ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
Shadow Banking ,
SIFIs ,
Stand-Alone SBSDs ,
Swap Execution Facilities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Transparency ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UCITS ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule
With the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the “AIFMD”) implementation deadline of July 22, 2013 fast approaching, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) and UK’s HM Treasury have been ramping up their...more
By July 22, 2013, EU member states must adopt the provisions of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the “AIFMD”). On May 13, 2013, the UK’s HM Treasury further clarified how AIFMD will affect alternative...more