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WilmerHale

Strategic Considerations for Transactions Involving CFTC-Registered Entities

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With the Presidential and Congressional transitions taking place this month, we expect increased investment and transactional activity in capital markets. This will likely include trading platforms, exchanges, clearinghouses,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Taking Stock of Commodity Derivatives Regulation in the UK and EU

In July 2021, HM Treasury published the Wholesale Markets Review consultation (WMR), which included proposals to reform the U.K.’s secondary markets framework. There was broad support for reforms to (a) modify the ancillary...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC Charges Binance and its Founder with Multiple CEA Violations

On March 27, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the U.S. derivatives regulator, charged three Binance entities (collectively “Binance”) and its founder and chief compliance officer (“CCO”) with numerous...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

First Attempt to Regulate Spot Digital Asset Activities

On March 29, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) promulgated Compliance Rule 2-51, setting forth Requirements for Members and Associates Engaged in Activities Involving Digital Asset Commodities, which includes both...more

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UK Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022

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The recently published Financial Services and Markets Bill (FSM Bill) is intended to recast the U.K.’s regulatory architecture post-Brexit. It was introduced to Parliament on 20 July 2022. The Bill implements the outcomes of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The SEC’s Final Rule Regarding Price Quotes and Research Reports Relating to Security-Based Swaps

This month the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) that provides that certain communications relating to security-based swaps (either singular or plural, “SBS”) will not...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Treasury Report Addresses Regulatory Approaches Affecting Investment Companies and Their Advisers

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As required by President Trump’s Executive Order 13772, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a report, “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities, Asset Management and Insurance,” addressing the regulatory...more

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