by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 27, 2022 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Cross-Post, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Does meaningful proxy voting transparency reveal too much? On November 2, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized the first of its market data rule proposals. The amendments to form N-PX bring greater detail, consistency, and usability to the...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 16, 2022 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Cross-Post
The Common Domain Model (CDM), the International Securities Lending Association’s (ISLA) ambitious securities lending standardization project, is a step closer to reality. And industry leaders already see opportunities for application. In a report jointly...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Sep 29, 2022 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Cross-Post, Disclosure Regimes, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In February of 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new disclosures to provide more transparency into institutional investors’ short-selling activity. According to Chairman Gensler, collecting more granular data from large short sellers...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Aug 19, 2022 | All, Cross-Post, Formal Regulatory Remedies
A collection of the globe’s most significant securities trade associations[1] joined forces to file a comprehensive response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) second public consultation on the prudential treatment of banks’...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jun 19, 2022 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Cross-Post, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In moving to shorten the U.S. securities settlement cycle by one day to T+1, the Securities and Exchange Commission appears to have hit on something upon which virtually everyone can agree. Judging by the comments to the SEC’s T+1 proposal, everyone from State...
