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Regulating retail structured productsthe IOSCO toolkit

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • May 2 2013

The regulation of retail structured products in established markets such as in Europe and the United States is not a new concept. Since the onset of

Indices

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Global
  • -
  • October 12 2012

Recently, the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) published a statement of Principles for Financial Benchmarks, which are intended to represent best practices for financial benchmarks

The approach to developing common suitability standards for the sale of complex financial products: an industry view

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Global
  • -
  • July 14 2011

Following the demise of Lehman Brothers, concerns arose globally relating to the suitability and business conduct standards employed in the sales of financial products, and in June 2009 the Technical Committee of International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) announced that it had mandated a standing committee (“TCSC3”) to review the suitability obligations that relate to intermediaries’ distribution to investors of complex financial products

Regulators turn to the stability risks presented by the explosive growth of exchange-traded funds

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • June 7 2011

Global regulators have raised concerns over the increased prevalence of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) as investment vehicles, as well as the new uses to which these vehicles are being put

ISDA 2010 HIRE Act protocol

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • October 13 2010

As discussed in more detail in a prior issue of MoFo Tax Talk, the HIRE Act treats as a U.S.-source dividend any “dividend equivalent” for purposes of U.S. withholding tax provisions

Basel Proposals abound

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • March 2 2010

December 2009, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") published its documents on "Strengthening the resilience of the banking sector" and the "International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" (collectively "Basel Proposals"

More, more, more: a summary of the Basel proposals

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • February 2 2010

Released in 1976, the song "More, More, More" became a disco chart-topper

A primer on foreign-currency linked structured notes

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • October 2 2009

Foreign-currency linked structured notes are a fast-growing segment of the structured products market

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