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Access to TARP program and Fed funding: insurance company strategies and implications

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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January 14 2009

Less than 2 weeks after the enactment of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), the Department of the Treasury began implementing the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), albeit not in the form initially presented to Congress

Senate Banking Committee Chairman unveils draft financial reform package

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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December 7 2009

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT), joined by fellow committee members, announced a bill to reform the way that the U.S. financial system is regulated, which is called “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009.”

A scorecard on the systemic risk regulator and federal insurance regulation

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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February 9 2009

As we move nearer to the second month of the new administration, the contours of the regulatory reform landscape are coming into sharper focus

House may hold hearings on a possible adviser SRO

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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September 4 2009

It has been reported that the U.S. House Financial Services Committee may hold a hearing in October 2009 on whether the investment adviser industry should have a self-regulatory organization (SRO

House approves the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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January 8 2010

The House of Representatives approved the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, H.R. 4173, which will purportedly overhaul regulation of the financial services sector with tough new controls and create a new agency to protect consumers

Obama administration proposes Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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January 15 2010

Perhaps the biggest news in the financial world this week, overshadowing the announcements of exceptional bank profits, is the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee (the "FCR Fee") proposed yesterday by President Obama

The Dodd Bill redux: the Senate takes aim at financial regulatory reform

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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March 19 2010

After an initial effort to draft financial reform regulation was panned in late 2009, Senator Chris Dodd, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee), proposed a revamped financial regulatory reform bill on Monday, March 15, 2010 (Dodd Bill

White House proposes significant and comprehensive regulatory reform (HF, IA & MF)

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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July 6 2009

The Obama Administration introduced a white paper, Financial Regulatory Reform A New Foundation: Rebuilding Financial Supervision and Regulation (the White Paper), proposing significant and comprehensive regulatory reform in response to what the White Paper calls the “most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression.”

Obama Administration proposes to create a Financial Services Oversight Council

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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August 4 2009

Continuing its push to establish new rules of the road and make the financial system fairer for consumers and investors, the Obama Administration delivered proposed legislation to Capitol Hill that would require strong, consolidated supervision and regulation for all financial firms

SEC Chairman Schapiro testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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August 4 2009

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs concerning the regulation of systemic risk