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ESMA statement on treatment of settlement fails following incident affecting T2S and T2 in February 2025

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a statement confirming that national competent authorities do not expect central securities depositories (CSDs) to impose cash penalties under the Central...more

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Financial Markets Standards Board publishes standard for sharing standard settlement instructions

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The Financial Markets Standards Board has published the final version of its standard for sharing standard settlement instructions. The standard establishes core principles which set out expected practices for the sharing of...more

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Global Foreign Exchange Committee publishes amended FX Global Code of Conduct

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The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has published the updated version of the FX Global Code of Conduct (dated December 2024), which supersedes the previous version (from July 2021). Updates have been made to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.8.2020 | Top Story: Deutsche Bank to Pay $150 Million Over Epstein-Related Failures

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German lender Deutsche Bank has reached a $150 million settlement with NY’s Department of Financial Services over its years long failure to “detect or prevent millions of dollars of suspicious transactions” from flowing...more

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Financial Industry Developments - SEC Adopts T+2 Settlement Cycle for Securities Transactions - On March 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted an amendment to Rule 15c6-1(a), shortening the...more

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SEC Adopts T+2 Securities Settlement Cycle

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On March 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) adopted a rule amendment that shortens the time by which most securities transactions effected by a broker-dealer are required to settle. Under the amendment,...more

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SEC Approves T+2 settlement; Abides by T+4 settlement for Firm Commitment Deals

On February 10th, the SEC took action to formally approve of changes proposed by the NASDAQ Stock Market, NYSE MKT LLC, and New York Stock Exchange LLC’s, to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer...more

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Moody’s Settles RMBS/CDO Ratings Claims with DOJ, States

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After markets closed on Friday the 13th, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced an $864 million settlement regarding Moody’s credit ratings of residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) and collateralized debt...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Financial Industry Developments - CTFC Approves Re-Proposal of Position Limits Regulation - On December 5, 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") unanimously approved to re-propose rules that...more

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Merrill Lynch has already staked out the position in response to the DOL’s retirement account fiduciary duty rule that it would no longer offer commission-based IRAs to retirement savers. Yesterday, it effectively doubled...more

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SEC Proposes Shortening Broker-Dealer Settlement Cycle to T+2

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On September 28, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) submitted a proposal to shorten the settlement cycle for broker-dealer transactions to two days after the trade date (T+2). The proposal would amend...more

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SEC’s Proposed Rules for Expedited Settlement May Impact Long-Standing Exception for Firm Commitment Offerings

The SEC has agreed to propose rules that would shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from three business days after the trade date (also known as T+3 settlement) to two business days after...more

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Cy Pres Standard Dispute Settled With Reasonable Approximation

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The District Court for the Southern District of New York recently addressed whether the “next best” or “reasonable approximation” standard should apply when the court evaluates proposed cy pres designations in class action...more

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Bank of America and Midland Settle RMBS Litigation

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On September 8, 2015, Bank of America NA and Midland Loan Services settled Bank of America’s lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that it did not breach the representations and warranties in connection with a CMBS...more

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Union Pension Fund Requests Approval of Settlement With Goldman Sachs in RMBS Litigation

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On August 13, 2015, union pension fund NECA-IBEW Health & Welfare (“NECA”) and the Police and Fire Retirement Systems of the City of Detroit (“PFRS”), acting on behalf of proposed classes of institutional and individual...more

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