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2009 SEC trends

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

What does 2009 hold in store for the SEC?

NCOIL debates credit default swaps regulation

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2009

At a hearing held by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (“NCOIL”) on Saturday, January 24, 2009, a panel of state legislators heard testimony from a number of experts regarding the advantages and disadvantages of regulating the credit default swap (“CDS”) market on a state, rather than federal, basis

Lawsuit challenges termination of insured credit default swaps

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2008

In a lawsuit filed in New York federal court on March 19, 2008, Merrill Lynch International (“MLI”), an affiliate of the investment banking firm Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., alleges that bond insurer XL Capital Assurance Inc. wrongfully terminated a series of insured credit default swap agreements based on XL’s claim that MLI repudiated the agreements by assigning voting rights with respect to the insured reference securities to a third party

Treasury releases blueprint for stronger regulatory structure

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2008

On March 31, the U.S. Treasury released its “Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure.”

FSA may publish guidance on admissibility of "quasi-derivatives"

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 31 2008

The FSA’s recent decision to consider clarifying how insurance asset admissibility rules apply to “quasi-derivatives” is helpful

A regulatory Mulligan for the 21st century

  • Jorden Burt LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2008

By now, almost everyone can agree that current regulatory regimes (or the implementation thereof) have not adequately addressed new financial products and practices that have developed in the past few years

Financial services regulatory reform - issues to watch

  • Dentons
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

After months of Congressional hearings, principally in the House of Representatives, financial services regulatory reform is likely to be taken up, at least by the House, this year

Parliament makes Pittsburgh resolution

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 16 2009

The European Parliament made a resolution following the Pittsburgh G20 Summit

FSB reports to G20 summit

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • October 12 2009

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published two reports submitted to G20 leaders, Improving Financial Regulation, and Overview of Progress in implementing the London Summit Recommendations for Strengthening Financial Stability

Treasury Department publishes financial regulatory reform plan

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 19 2009

On June 17, the United States Department of the Treasury (UST) released a white paper (the Plan) outlining the Obama administration’s blueprint for financial regulatory reform