Today the Federal Reserve Board (the Board) adopted its final rule implementing the LIBOR Act. The final rule establishes SOFR-based Board selected benchmark replacements for so called ?...
Davis Polk partners Christopher Schell, Yan Zhang and Derek Walters served as editors of the fourth edition of The Structured Products Law Review and authored the editors’ preface and t...
The SEC requested public comments and information on whether index providers, model portfolio providers and pricing services are acting as investment advisers under the Advisers Act, incl...
In a welcome development for so-called “tough legacy” contracts, Congress has passed legislation with the goal of establishing a clear and uniform nationwide process for replacing LIB...
Davis Polk partners Christopher Schell, Yan Zhang and Derek Walters served as editors of the third edition of The Structured Products Law Review and authored the editors’ preface and th...
In important developments in the transition from LIBOR to alternative reference rates, LIBOR’s regulator and its administrator, as well as trade groups, have made recent announcements r...
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The Law Reviews – The Structured Products Law Review, First Edition
Davis Polk partners Christopher Schell, Yan Zhang and Derek Walters edited the first edition of The Structured Products Law Review and authored the editors’ preface and the “United St...
The SEC adopted its long-awaited Regulation Best Interest, establishing new standard of conduct regulations for SEC-registered broker-dealers and their associated persons that are natural...
On April 22, 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) issued an Interpretive Letter to ALPS Distributors, Inc. setting forth guidance regarding the use of pre-incep...
A working group of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the Madrid-based international policy forum for securities regulators from more than 115 jurisdictions...