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By Aaron Nicodemus2023-01-25T20:18:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) resurrected an unfulfilled mandate of the Dodd-Frank Act that would prevent the sale of certain securities if there is a conflict of interest.
The proposed rule, revisited for the first time after initially being put forward in 2011, would prohibit securitization participants like underwriters, placement agents, initial purchasers, or sponsors of an asset-backed security, as well as their affiliates and subsidiaries, from engaging in any transaction that would involve or result in a material conflict of interest between the securitization participant and an investor in such an ABS.
“Prohibited transactions would include, for example, a short sale of the ABS or the purchase of a credit default swap or other credit derivative that entitles the securitization participant to receive payments upon the occurrence of specified credit events in respect of the ABS,” the SEC said in a fact sheet accompanying Wednesday’s proposal.
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2023-10-16T14:14:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Securities and Exchange Commission continued its push to get across the finish line the remaining provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act with the adoption of a new rule for institutional investment managers to provide greater transparency regarding short sale data.
2023-06-07T18:22:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted two rules aimed at curbing potential misconduct in the security-based swaps market.
2023-02-08T21:13:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2023 examination priorities report laid out areas under the microscope this year, including compliance with the agency’s Marketing Rule and Regulation Best Interest.
2024-10-22T14:37:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed a new rule that would regulate the use of Americans’ personal information by foreign companies and foreign persons in six “countries of concern,” prohibiting and restricting the sale of data to thwart the use of data for cyber-enabled activities, espionage, coercion, influence and ...
2024-10-17T17:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
New York financial institutions are expected to address cybersecurity risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), and new guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services is aimed at helping firms do just that.
2024-10-17T16:22:00Z By Neil Hodge
Concerns about how robustly European member states may enforce the EU AI Act, which took effect on Aug. 1, are divided between if regulators will take a “light touch” approach or a sledgehammer for noncompliance. One thing’s for sure, the pace of AI innovation will make enforcement very difficult.
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