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Financial services regulatory reform will continue to be active in 2021, with the Biden Administration focused on activity at the intersection of financial regulation and social policy. ...
Rules and Regulations
Effective Date Set for Final Rule on Registered Fund Valuations
Effective Date Set for Modernized Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers
SEC Staff Statement on ...
Rules and Regulations
Effective Date Set for Modernized Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers
Industry Update
SEC Division of Examinations Releases Examination Priorities f...
As a further response to the February 1, 2021 military coup in Burma, on March 25, 2021, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced additional sanctions on Bur...
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill adopted by Congress in response to the economic fallo...
Digital dollars and central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are in the spotlight, and questions abound as to the potential design, availability and functionality of a CBDC in the United St...
On March 16, 2021, a coalition of international and U.S. antitrust authorities announced their formation of a joint working group to reevaluate their approach to reviewing mergers in the ...
In important developments in the transition from LIBOR to alternative reference rates, LIBOR’s regulator and its administrator, as well as trade groups, have made recent announcements r...
On 4 March 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines on disclosure requirements under the EU Prospectus Regulation. These guidelines will a...
On March 5, the SEC announced charges against AT&T for violating Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure), the agency’s marquee rule forbidding companies from “selectively disclosing” materi...