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Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley price public offerings

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2009

Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo wasted no time in seeking to raise additional capital in the wake of the Federal Reserve's publication last evening of the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program (SCAP) results for them and 17 other U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs

FSA and FINRA sign memorandum of understanding

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • September 20 2010

Today, the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support more robust cooperation between the two regulators

Bank of New York Mellon announces $1.2 billion common stock offering

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2009

Yesterday, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BONY) announced the pricing of a $1.2 billion common stock offering

The subprime debt market fallout

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2008

A new issue came to the forefront in 2007 the collapse of the subprime debt market

The SEC to focus on issues concerning the subprime debt industry in 2008

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 3 2008

The Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently unveiled the issues that will be a priority for the agency during the upcoming year

SEC adopts new rules related to bank broker-dealer activities

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2007

At an open meeting on September 19, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) voted unanimously to adopt, jointly with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”), new Regulation R

GAO issues report regarding recommendations for US financial regulatory reform

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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”

The Group of Thirty publishes report outlining a framework for financial stability

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

Yesterday, the Group of Thirty (G30), a private, nonprofit, international body that aims for further understanding of international economic and financial issues, released a report entitled “Financial Reform: A Framework for Financial Stability."

Treasury Market Practices Group releases fails charge trading practice to address excessive settlement fails in U.S. Treasuries

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

The Treasury Markets Practices Group (TMPG), comprised of leading sell-side and buy-side participants in the U.S. Treasury market and sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), yesterday published the U.S. Treasury Securities Fails Charge Trading Practice (the “Trading Practice”), as part of TMPG’s measures to remediate widespread settlement fails in the Treasury market

Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on Madoff Ponzi scheme and the need for regulatory reform

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 27 2009

Today, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled “Madoff Investment Securities Fraud: Regulatory and Oversight Concerns and the Need for Reform."