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New Verus unclaimed property audit initiative branches out

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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October 9 2012

We have learned that Verus Financial, LLC (“Verus”), the contract audit firm recently known for conducting multistate unclaimed property examinations of the insurance industry, has begun to focus its audit activity on companies in the securitiesfinancial products and services arena

Joint Economic Committee holds hearing on “Unregulated Markets: How Regulatory Reform Will Shine A Light in the Financial Sector”

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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December 2 2009

Today, the Joint Economic Committee held a hearing entitled "Unregulated Markets: How Regulatory Reform Will Shine A Light in the Financial Sector."

Congressman Barney Frank introduces legislation to establish the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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July 9 2009

Yesterday, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA.), joined by twelve cosponsors, introduced H.R. 3126, the "Consumer Protection Financial Agency Act of 2009," which would, as its name implies, establish a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA

CFPB moves quickly to launch nonbank supervision program

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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January 12 2012

Despite Republican efforts to prevent such a move, on January 4, 2012, President Obama used a recess appointment to install Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”

Special master for TARP executive compensation rules on supplemental requests by AIG and Ally

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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August 4 2010

On Tuesday, Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, Kenneth R. Fienberg, issued supplemental determinations with regard to the 2010 compensation payments and structures of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and Ally Financial Inc. (Ally

GAO issues report regarding recommendations for US financial regulatory reform

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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January 14 2009

On January 8, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on Financial Regulation proposing a broad framework for “crafting and evaluating regulatory reform proposals”

Treasury and other financial regulators issue financial sector self-assessment reviews to IMF

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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August 31 2009

Today, the U.S. Treasury and various other U.S. financial system supervisors and regulators, including the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and National Association of Insurance Commissioners, submitted financial sector self-assessment reviews for banking, securities, insurance, and payment systems to the International Monetary Fund (IMF

Secretary Geithner testifies before House Financial Services Committee on Administration's proposals for financial regulatory reform

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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September 23 2009

Today, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the Obama Administration's proposals for financial regulatory reform

AIG announces intention to sell part of its stake in Transatlantic Holdings

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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May 29 2009

Yesterday, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced its intentions to sell a portion of its 59 stake in Transatlantic Holdings Inc. (TRH), a reinsurer that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, in an underwritten secondary offering intended to raise capital for AIG

Rep. Paul Kanjorski releases legislation addressing investor protection, registration of certain unregistered investment companies and creation of an Office of National Insurance

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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October 5 2009

On Thursday, Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, released discussion drafts of the following legislation to "address many of the shortcomings and loopholes laid bare by the current financial crisis"

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