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...
There is a broad consensus that the MMF reforms adopted in the wake of the 2008 crisis have not fully achieved their intended aims. A report released by the President’s Working Group on...
This deck describes our view of the road ahead for financial regulatory reform under a Biden Presidency, and updates the deck we published shortly after the 2020 election to reflect the D...
On December 15, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that w...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Enforcement Division’s Annual Report highlights the agency’s record number of enforcement actions in 2020, a focus on retail fraud case...
In a very significant development, the administrator of LIBOR announced on November 30 that it expects in early December to consult on its intention to cease the publication of most USD L...
On November 18, the administrator of LIBOR announced that it will, in the near future, consult on its intention to cease the publication of all GBP, EUR, CHF and JPY LIBOR settings after ...
This deck describes our view of the road ahead for financial regulatory reform under a Biden Presidency and a Republican Senate. We see most of the action coming from the regulators, not...
A divided SEC voted last week to issue a Proposed Exemptive Order (the Proposal) that would, if adopted, permit natural person “finders” to engage in certain private capital raising a...
The Fed has announced details of the FedNow Service, a 24x7x365 instant payments service slated for initial launch in 2023 or 2024. This Davis Polk memo describes the big picture of the U...
