LIBOR is expected to be phased out by 2021 but US corporates continue to issue LIBOR-based floating-rate notes (FRNs). Although the defined term “LIBOR” in FRN indentures typically in...
Market participants are undertaking significant work to prepare for a transition away from LIBOR. This publication focuses on the legal framework and other issues related to fallback lang...
Market participants are undertaking significant work to prepare for a transition away from LIBOR. The recent launch and reform of preferred alternative reference rates to USD LIBOR and ...
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...
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...
In its ongoing effort to revise and consolidate rules governing members’ communications with retail and institutional investors, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. recent...
On July 14, 2011, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposal to adopt various rules in the Consolidated FINRA Rulebook ...
