by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Dec 19, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Though the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) March 4, 2015 consultation paper on Global SIFI designation is only a week old, it has already generated a chorus of criticism and condemnation from some of the asset management industry’s most powerful players. This second...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Dec 14, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On Friday, December 11, as previously announced, the SEC voted to propose a new rule regarding the use of derivatives by mutual funds, closed-end funds, ETFs, and business development companies. Since as far back as the 1990s under Chairman Aurthur Levitt, the SEC has...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Dec 13, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Reforms following the financial crisis have made ti-party repo far safer, finds a report published by BNY Mellon and PWC, but even greater changes lie in store. Based on a survey of market participants, the report found that the repo markets remain in a period of...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 19, 2015 | All, Disclosure Regimes, Procedural Changes, ROSE
On November 18, 2015, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its final Standards and Processes for Global Securities Financing Data Collection and Aggregation. The final standards are based on the FSB’s previous November 2014 consultation paper and define the...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 19, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In a January 30, 2015 address, Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel K. Tarullo once again voiced the Fed’s concerns about the systemic risk posed by potential firesales in the asset management industry. Tarullo indicated that as regulators implement reforms...
