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On March 22, the SEC approved a rule amendment to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities transactions to two business days after the trade date (T+2) from...
The House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Tuesday held a hearing to explore the constitutional design of the CFPB. At the hearing, three ...
A group of senators have written to SEC Acting Chair Piwowar opposing any delay in the implementation of the pay ratio rules. The senators are “extremely troubled” by Commissioner Piw...
As the second quarter of 2017 comes to a close, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nom...
A group of investor organizations sent a letter to Gary Cohn, the Director of the National Economic Council, disputing the Business Roundtable’s assertion that the shareholder proposal ...
The OCC’s fintech charter proposal is generating a lot of political and media sound and fury. Comptroller Curry’s speech in strong defense of the fintech charter was followed by a let...
While those of us in parts of the Mid-West and the East Coast received a snowy reminder this week that winter is still with us, a modest thaw of sorts nevertheless arrived on Thursday in ...
On the heels of his nomination by President Trump to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commissioner Giancarlo delivered a noteworthy speech outlining his vision for...
BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship team of over 30 specialists globally is responsible for engagement with portfolio companies, viewing engagement as an important way to provide feedbac...
When this blog began in November 2016, we noted that the Financial CHOICE Act proposed by Rep. Jeb Hensarling was only the beginning. While many eyes continued to be fixed on the House Fi...