The National Futures Association (NFA) has issued Notice I-15-28, which discusses the legal entity identifiers (LEIs) that are now being used in the NFA’s swap dealer/major swap participant registry (SD/MSP Registry). The...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Division of Market Oversight (collectively, Divisions) have issued CFTC Letter No. 15-65, which indefinitely extends the...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, December 16 at 10:30 a.m. (ET). The meeting agenda includes a discussion of proposed rules regarding the Division of Clearing and...more
SEC/CORPORATE -
FAST Act Legislation and Impact on Securities Law -
On December 4, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). This transportation bill includes...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an Investor Alert warning investors about a phone scam involving phone calls allegedly coming from the Internal Revenue Service. Since 2013, more than 700,000 investors have...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority released Regulatory Notice 15-43 to alert member firms of its authority to designate certain member firms as mandatory participants in FINRA’s business continuity/disaster recovery...more
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FINRA Issues Investor Alert Regarding IRS Phone Scam -
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an Investor Alert warning investors about a phone scam involving phone calls allegedly...more
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