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Posted on May 3rd, 2012
Contents: I. Developments in Mergers and Acquisitions II. Developments in Corporate Governance, Public Company Regulation and Shareholder Activism III. Public Company Regulatory and Disclosure Developments IV. Developments in Insurance Capital Markets V. Developments in the Swaps and Derivatives Markets VI. Regulatory Developments Affecting Insurance Companies Posted on April 24th, 2012
On April 3, 2012, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) released a final rule (the “Release”) and interpretive guidance (the “Guidance,” and together with the Release, the “Final Rule”) implementing section 113 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which may be of particular interest to certain insurance companies, asset managers, investment advisers, private equity funds, [...] Posted on April 23rd, 2012
Unlike in the U.S. and other jurisdictions, U.K. financial institutions and other firms in the U.K. regulated sector not only have to report suspicions of money laundering (including suspicions about their own clients) but they must also seek consent from the authorities to carry out any transactions which relate to the proceeds of [...] Posted on February 23rd, 2012
On February 8, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), which targets income tax noncompliance by U.S. taxpayers holding certain financial accounts in foreign countries by imposing disclosure and withholding obligations on foreign entities. With notable exceptions, the proposed regulations generally incorporate and [...] Posted on July 11th, 2011
SEC Adopts Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Investment Adviser Exemptions and Registration RequirementsThe new rules, adopted under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, implement key investment adviser exemptive, reporting and registration provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). The new rules are of particular importance to private fund managers and others evaluating whether they must register as investment [...] 2 pages
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