Key developments of interest over the last month include: draft legislation to regulate BNPL credit in the UK (in contrast to the de-prioritising of enforcement of BNPL regulatory breaches in the US); final confirmation of UK...more
The Markets in Financial Instruments (Equivalence) (United States of America) (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/638) were made on May 14, 2024 and entered into force on June 4, 2024. In...more
A U.K. statutory instrument has been published specifying that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission regime for central counterparties is equivalent to the U.K. regime (which is set out under the U.K. European Market...more
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BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Seeks Comment Regarding Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is seeking comment on rules, operations and administrative processes that may...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee to Discuss Opportunities for Underrepresented Founders and Investors - On April 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that its Small...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Adopts Clearing Agency Rule to Limit Potential for Overlapping or Duplicative Regulation - On December 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it adopted a rule to limit the...more
BoE and CFTC MoU for supervision of cross-border clearing organisations - The Bank of England (BoE) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Additional Disclosure Guidance Related to COVID-19 Pandemic - On June 23, the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) of the Securities and Exchange...more
CFTC - CFTC Approves Proposed Regulations for CPOs and CTAs - On October 9, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved proposed rules intended to simplify regulations for commodity pool operators (CPOs) and...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Commissioner Jackson Gives Speech Regarding the State of America’s Stock Exchanges - On September 19, Commissioner Robert J. Jackson, Jr. of the Securities and Exchange Commission gave a speech...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC and CFTC Approve New MOU - On June 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the approval of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more