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FSOC issues two studies and one proposed rule

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 21 2011

On January 18, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) took three actions to satisfy statutory obligations imposed on it under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Exemption of FX Forwards and Swaps from Swap rules under Dodd-Frank

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2011

On April 29, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a formal notice of its intention to exclude Foreign Exchange Swaps and Foreign Exchange Forwards from the definition of swaps under provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

United States implements sanctions against Libya

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • March 11 2011

On February 25, President Obama signed an Executive Order freezing funds and assets of the Government of Libya, the Central Bank of Libya and Moammar Gadhafi and his sons

Lehman Brothers court, building on Semcrude and Swedbank decisions, denies triangular setoff by swap counterparty

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 11 2011

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Court), has held that section 553(a) of the Bankruptcy Code prohibits a swap counterparty from setting off amounts owed to the debtor against amounts owed by the debtor to affiliates of the counterparty, notwithstanding the safe harbor provision in section 561 of the Bankruptcy Code and language in the ISDA Master Agreement permitting the swap counterparty to effect “triangular” setoffs

SEC retains existing rules on beneficial ownership and derivatives

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2011

Section 766 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act specifies that the Securities and Exchange Commission must set rules to determine the extent to which a security-based swap will be deemed to involve the acquisition of beneficial ownership of underlying equity securities for the purposes of Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

IOSCO publishes report on otc derivatives

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • March 11 2011

The Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions published a report on February 18 entitled "Report on Trading of OTC Derivatives."

SEC issues final rule on beneficial ownership of securities via security-based swaps

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2011

In March, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a proposed rule that was intended to meet the SEC's obligations under Section 766 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to determine the extent to which a security-based swap will be deemed to involve the acquisition of beneficial ownership of underlying equity securities for the purposes of Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

CFTC proposes substantial amendments to speculative position limits

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued proposed rules that would substantially modify the position limit and position accountability rules that currently apply to the trading of various agricultural, energy and metals derivative products

Implementation schedule for Dodd-Frank swap rules

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2011

With the July 16 general effective date of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act fast approaching, Commissioner Gary Gensler of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission outlined his thinking on the finalization and implementation of swap rules in a speech given to the Futures Industry Association on March 16

ISDA publishes long-awaited Equity Derivatives Definitions

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 15 2011

On July 8, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published its 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions