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Camping on "the street": a first step in the reform of the taxation of financial instruments and products

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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January 29 2013

On January 24, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Camp (R-MI) released a discussion draft of proposals to reform the taxation of certain

CFTC issues first set of mandatory clearing determinations and time-limited no-action relief

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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November 30 2012

On November 28, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued final clearing determinations with respect to four classes of interest rate swaps and two classes of credit default swaps

CFTC and SEC finally issue product definitions

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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July 11 2012

Yesterday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved final rules and interpretative guidance (Final Rules) to (1) further define the terms “swap,” “security-based swap” and “security-based swap agreement,” (2) prescribe regulations regarding “mixed swaps” and (3) establish books and records requirements for “security-based swap agreements.”

CFTC and SEC define “swap dealer” and “major swap participant”

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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April 19 2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted highly anticipated final rules yesterday to further define the terms “swap dealer,” “security-based swap dealer,” “major swap participant,” “major security-based swap participant” and “eligible contract participant” (Final Entity Rules

FinCEN extends due date for certain FBAR filers

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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February 17 2012

On February 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued Notice 2012-1, which extended the filing deadline for both the 2010 and 2011 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts to June 30, 2013, for certain officers and employees with signature authority but no financial interest in a foreign financial account

SEC proposes business conduct standards for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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June 30 2011

Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to establish business conduct standards for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants (Proposed Rules), as mandated by Section 764 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act

CFTC and SEC seek public input on the timetable for effective dates of final rules to implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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April 15 2011

Earlier this week the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it will host, jointly with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a public roundtable to solicit market participants' views on the effective dates of final rules to implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank or the Act) and a schedule for compliance with such rules

Model privacy forms

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

As you may be aware, on November 16, 2009, various Federal regulatory agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and various Federal banking regulators, adopted model privacy forms that financial institutions may rely on as a safe harbor to provide disclosures under the agencies' privacy rules (in the case of the Commission, Regulations S-P and S-AM

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

SEC and CFTC Request Comments on Significant Defined Terms in Title VII of Dodd-Frank

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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September 14 2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have recently undertaken the unprecedented task of implementing the multitude of regulatory changes recently brought about by the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) signed into law in July, and in particular, under Title VII of the Act, known as the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010

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