Last Friday, November 24, 2017, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) granted a delay of the full applicability date of various exemptions related to the fiduciary rule. Our prior blog...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has taken new steps to delay the full applicability date of its fiduciary rule and related exemptions, according to recent court filings. If the DOL’...
Today, March 1, 2017, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) proposed to delay the applicability date of its fiduciary rule and related prohibited transaction exemptions by 60 days to Ju...
The following is the Davis Polk visual memorandum analyzing the Federal Reserve’s final rule on total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC), eligible long-term debt (LTD) and clean holding com...
Following is the Davis Polk visual memorandum analyzing the Federal Reserve’s proposed rule on total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) and eligible long-term debt (LTD) requirements for (i...
On October 14, 2013, FINRA issued a Report on Conflicts of Interest. The report summarizes FINRA’s observations following an initiative, launched in July 2012, to review conflict manag...
On April 22, 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) issued an Interpretive Letter to ALPS Distributors, Inc. setting forth guidance regarding the use of pre-incep...
A working group of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the Madrid-based international policy forum for securities regulators from more than 115 jurisdictions...
FINRA’s new rules governing members’ communications with customers and the public will become effective on February 4, 2013.1 The revised communication rules represent a significant o...
FINRA has recently released Regulatory Notice 12-55, which provides additional suitability guidance related to FINRA Rule 2111 that partially supersedes the guidance given in Regulatory N...
