by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | May 20, 2017 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In a May 10, 2017 address, acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) J. Christopher Giancarlo highlighted some unintended consequences regulation is having on the swaps markets. In his speech before the International Swaps and Derivatives...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Feb 28, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On February 10, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved final rules intended to ensure that both U.S. and foreign dealers are subject to U.S. regulation when they engage in security-based swap dealing activity in the United States. The new rules require...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jan 20, 2015 | All, Disclosure Regimes, Formal Regulatory Remedies
The SEC has issued final rules governing security-based swap data repositories (SDRs) prescribing reporting to regulators and setting public disclosure requirements for security-based swap transaction data. These new rules implement mandates under Title VII of the...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jan 19, 2015 | All
On November 25, 2015, the Chicago Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund and other institutional investors filed a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging that ten of the world’s largest investment banks conspired to rig the lucrative interest rate...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 19, 2014 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
The financial crisis of 2007-08 was a crisis of liquidity. Facing deep uncertainty about the condition of counterparties and the value of collateral assets, investors refused to offer new short-term lending or even to roll over existing repos and similar extensions of...
