On July 23 the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation’s general counsel, Robert Bostrom, called Randall Guynn, head of the financial institutions group at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Davis P...
Although predictions are inherently risky, even a cursory review of recent business headlines in the United States might raise the question whether, after years of increasing leverage and...
This Chapter discusses the principal federal laws, and certain other legal considerations, involved in the acquisition of an insured U.S. bank or thrift (depository institution) by a fore...
This Chapter discusses the expanded powers that a foreign bank or its parent [herein foreign banking organization or FBO] may exercise in the United States if it successfully elects to be...
Recently, the Investment Company Institute released the broadest study ever conducted on proxy voting by registered investment companies (“Funds”), covering more than 3.5 million prox...
Much as the demand for auditor independence followed the wave of accounting scandals several years ago, there has been increasing focus on the “independence” of the compensation consu...