136 results found
Sidley Austin LLP | Global, USA | 31 Jul 2018
Initial Margin Requirements on the Horizon: FAQs for Buy Side Firms
The regulatory requirements for posting and collecting initial margin (IM) currently apply principally to the uncleared over-the-counter (OTC)…
Taylor Wessing | European Union | 4 Jun 2018
Six Recent Representations and Warranty Trends in Tech-Heavy and Disruptive Technology Transactions
Market evolution, geopolitical change and continued efforts towards the best practice amongst M&A practitioners have each lead to a number of recent…
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | USA | 29 Jun 2017
SEC Proposes Modifications to Rule 15c2-12 to Increase Event-Driven Disclosures by Municipal Issuers
Disclosure in the municipal securities markets has been a focus of the Securities and Exchange Commission for some time, but it has recently returned…
Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 13 Mar 2017
SEC Proposes Rule 15c2-12 Amendments to Require Bank Loan/ Private Placement Disclosure
On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published proposed amendments to SEC Rule 15c2-12 [Release No. 34-80130] that would…
Bracewell LLP | USA | 19 Dec 2016
U.S. Futures Exchanges Disciplinary Actions Report - November 2016
Between November 2014 and March 2015, a member trader, with no intent to trade, entered or layered orders in futures contracts in order to motivate…
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 29 Aug 2016
Separate but Equal
One of the shining examples of successful family businesses at the highest level is Power Corp. of Canada. In 1968, after nearly two decades of…
Conduent Inc | USA | 17 Aug 2016
Bloomberg Chat Is No Idle Chatter
Gone are the days when brokers or buy-side professionals picked up the phone to make bids and close deals. Instead, they “chat” through their…
Clyde & Co LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 31 Jul 2016
6 or 7 things to do about MAR
On 3 July 2016 the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) became effective, bringing a significant change to the regulatory landscape of the European…
NautaDutilh | European Union, Luxembourg | 26 Jul 2016
EU Market Abuse Regulation shakes up local legal framework
The EU Market Abuse Regulation recently came into force in Luxembourg and a new market abuse regime affecting listed companies has been implemented. In addition, a wider set of rules covering the disclosure of inside information, insider list manager transactions and modifications relating to multilateral trading facility (MTF) platforms – including the Luxembourg Euro MTF market – have been......
Thompson Hine LLP | USA | 25 Jul 2016
Buy-Side Representation and Warranty Insurance in M&A Transactions - A Continuing Trend
The use of buy-side representation and warranty insurance has steadily increased in the past few years in the United States, particularly for…
