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Financial industry developments

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2013

On April 30, the FHFA issued its progress report on the steps being taken to establish a common securitization infrastructure for MBS. The FHFA is

International regulatory update 21 December 2012-4 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 7 2013

Ireland commences EU Council Presidency PRIPS: ECON Committee reports on proposed Regulation on key information documents EMIR: Implementing

Dodd-Frank implementation: navigating the road ahead

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 20 2012

Almost two-and-a-half years after the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the various federal agencies charged with implementation have made measurable

Unintended consequences

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 29 2012

On October 26th, Asset-Backed Alert discussed one of the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act's delegation of authority over derivatives to the CFTC: how the Federal Housing Finance Agency can avoid registration as a commodity pool operator as a result of its use of synthetic derivatives in its securitization of mortgages

Rating agency developments

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 13 2012

On August 9, Fitch updated its UK mortgage loan assumptions

International regulatory update

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, France, Germany, Global, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, United Kingdom
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  • August 6 2012

The EBA, EIOPA and ESMA have published a press release confirming that the deadline for the submission of the joint regulatory technical standards covering risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by central counterparties (CCPs) under the regulation on OTC derivatives and market infrastructures will be postponed

Standardised approach for risk-weighted assets

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 3 2012

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation recently released three proposed rules and one final rule which would substantially revise the federal banking agencies' current capital rules

Banking litigation update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 19 2012

In Lomas, the Court of Appeal heard four joined appeals concerning the interpretation of various provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement

Statutory recognition of netting, contractual subordination and non-petition provisions under Jersey law

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
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  • January 26 2012

With the continuing development of sophisticated cross-border financial transactions, certain contractual practices have evolved and, with the passage of time, become recognised as standard in the relevant marketplace

Proposed changes to the taxation of financial instruments in italy

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • September 7 2011

The Italian government has proposed changing the tax treatment of income arising on various financial instruments, including, inter alia, interest, dividends, income from UCITS, capital gains and derivative income