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A global financial transaction tax by any other name?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 26 2013

On 14 February 2013, the European Commission published a proposal for a financial transaction tax ("FTT") to be introduced in a subset of the EU:

A quick start guide to EMIR: what you need to do and when

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 17 2013

On 19 December 2012 the Commission adopted the majority of the subordinate legislation necessary to implement Regulation (EU) No 6482012 of the

Short selling and credit default swaps - new EU rules enter into force on 1 November 2012

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 30 2012

The provisions of Regulation (EU) No 2362012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (“the Regulation”)1 will come into force on 1 November 2012

New statutory price sensitive information disclosure regime to take effect on 1 January 2013

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 10 2012

The Securities and Futures (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 which aims to, among others, codify the new statutory price sensitive information disclosure requirement was gazetted on 4 May 2012

Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext merger blocked

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 23 2012

The European Commission has adopted its decision prohibiting the $10.2 billion merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext

Dodd-Frank swaps regulation update - joint proposed rules and interpretive guidance published in Federal Register

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2011

On 23 May 2011, the rules and interpretive guidance that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") jointly proposed on 27 April 2011 to further define key terms pertaining to the regulation of derivatives under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act were published in the Federal Register

The potential impact of Dodd-Frank on the energy industry

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2011

In a dramatic demonstration of Congressional "Fire, Ready, Aim" and fully six-months before the scheduled report of the specially-charged Financial Crisis Investigation Commission, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act1 into law in July last year

Morrison strikes againsecurities claims against porsche based on plaintiffs’ purchase of security-based swap agreements dismissed

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2011

The US Supreme Court’s decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank foreclosing the extraterritorial application of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) has scuttled another fraud complaint

The CFTC and SEC jointly propose definitions for swap market

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2010

The Dodd-Frank Act requires the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to define certain so-called "key" terms used in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act

US SEC proposes rule prohibiting fraud, manipulation and deception in connection with security-based swaps

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 8 2010

Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 763(g) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Release 34-63236 has proposed a new Rule 9j-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act