by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Dec 29, 2014 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In October 2014, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) adopted final standards for the “net stable funding ratio” (NSFR), the last plank in the Basel III banking reforms. The NSFR was first proposed in 2009, and elicited much concern from the industry...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Dec 20, 2014 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Cross-Post, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Borrower default indemnification, sometimes referred to as a “securities replacement guarantee,” is fairly common in the securities lending industry. Under the typical arrangement, should a borrower of a security fail to return it at the end of the loan, the...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 18, 2014 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies, ROSE
On November 13, the Financial Stability Board published a consultation report that sets forth proposed standards and processes for global securities financing and data collection and aggregation. Previously, the FSB recommended that national/regional authorities...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 13, 2014 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On November 6, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted Eaton Vance’s request to launch an “exchange traded managed fund” (ETMF), a new kind of exchange traded fund. Only a week before, the SEC provisionally denied similar requests for ETMFs...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Oct 19, 2014 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On June 25, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission finalized new rules and interpretive guidance addressing the cross-border application of a security-based swap regulatory framework called for under the Dodd-Frank Act. These final rules are the first of a...
