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International regulatory update 10-14 December 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 17 2012

The European Council (Heads of State or Government) has published the conclusions from its meeting on 13 and 14 December 2012, at which it agreed on a roadmap for the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union

House Financial Services Committee releases staff report on MF Global

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 16 2012

The US House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Committee) has released a report on the collapse of MF Global (Report

Financial services legislative and regulatory update - 14 May 2012

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • May 14 2012

What was heading to be a rather routine week of hearings and the continued implementation of Dodd-Frank was shaken by the end of the week news that JP Morgan had a $2 billion dollar trading lost

Recent Seventh and Ninth Circuit cases affect federal equity receiverships

  • Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 1 2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and Commodities Futures Trading Commission often seek appointment of receivers in civil enforcement actions, including in actions alleging operation of Ponzi-like investment schemes

Financial services legislative and regulatory update - December 19, 2011

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • December 19 2011

In what now accounts for standard operating procedure, the past week saw a flurry of last minute activity, as the threat of having to stay in Washington, DC for the week before Christmas appeared to provide the leverage necessary for Congress to finish up much of its end of the year business

U.S. senator plans investigation of MF Global bankruptcy and role of its primary regulator

  • Sedgwick LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 30 2011

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is leading an investigation into the bankruptcy of brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd. and the role that its primary regulator, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), played leading up to its recent bankruptcy

MF Global's missing money

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 7 2011

As MF Global, Inc. declared bankruptcy on October 31st, the CFTC and SEC released a statement advising that MF Global had informed them of possible deficiencies in customer futures segregated accounts

International regulatory update 18-29 April 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Global, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 3 2011

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a progress report on the implementation of OTC derivatives market reforms

Dodd-Frank Act creates significant changes in bankruptcy law affecting derivatives and other trading counterparties

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 22 2010

After months of negotiations and conferences among key legislators, President Obama signed into law a final version of regulatory reform legislation on July 21, 2010

Republicans circulate substitute summary of Financial Regulatory Reform Bill; cloture motion on Senate bill fails for third time

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 28 2010

Yesterday, Senate Republicans circulated a brief summary of the Financial Regulatory Improvement and Taxpayer Protection Act, a Republican substitute to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S.3217) previously passed by the Senate Banking Committee along party lines, and which has failed to reach the Senate floor for debate following three failed cloture motions by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), including today's 56-42 rejection of the motion