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6 Apr 2015, 5:53 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.The CFTC charged Kraft Foods Group and its former affiliate Mondelēz Global with manipulating and attempting to manipulate the price of cash wheat and wheat futures. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.The derivatives industry has done a good job of meeting tight deadlines for changing regulatory requirements, but in the process has built up a complex web of non-standard systems that some are nervous may not be robust in times of market stress, said the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) in a new white paper. [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Ahead of an expected SEC rule proposal on human capital management disclosures, new research provides hard data in this much-watched area. [read post]
15 Jul 2021, 7:42 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Accelerating momentum to get market participants to switch from the LIBOR benchmark rate to an alternative reference rate, the CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) adopted the "SOFR First" initiative as a market best practice. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 7:21 am
By Lene Powell, J.D. [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Several financial services industry associations and public interest groups have submitted comments on CFTC position limits rules proposed in December 2016, for which the comment period recently closed. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 6:17 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.A group of 86 chief financial officers at major companies around the world signed a statement of support for proposed IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, while making recommendations for further development.Aimed at standardizing disclosures by providing a global baseline, the proposals set forth requirements for the disclosure of material information about a company’s significant sustainability-related risks and opportunities.Also responding to the… [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 6:37 am
[This story previously appeared in Securities Regulation Daily.]By Lene Powell, J.D.One-size-fits all stock trading has disadvantaged small companies and led to a significant decline in the number of listed companies and IPOs since the late 1990s, said investment banker David Weild in a meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 8:37 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Raising the stakes in an already highly contentious set of lawsuits, 49 top law firms have issued a joint statement that they believe special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are not investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA), so long as two commonplace conditions are met. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.A new study by ISS finds that California’s new law requiring public companies to include female directors on their boards could have “significant reverberations” for the entire U.S. market, potentially increasing the number of women on U.S. boards by 22 percent. [read post]
29 Mar 2021, 7:39 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.The Northern District of California dismissed an investor class action suit alleging that a cybersecurity company made misleading statements and failed to disclose damaging adverse facts in order to conceal financial struggles. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 6:37 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.At long last, Rostin Behnam has been confirmed by the Senate as the permanent chairman of the CFTC. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 8:05 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.At a derivatives industry conference, a panel of market participants and a CFTC official discussed concerns arising from the intersection of regulation and technology. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 7:36 am
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27 Apr 2023, 6:19 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Coinbase, Inc., a major cryptocurrency trading platform, has brought an action asking the Third Circuit to require the SEC to act on Coinbase’s petition for rulemaking on digital assets. [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 6:49 am
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23 Oct 2014, 1:21 pm
[This story previously appeared in Securities Regulation Daily.]By Lene Powell, J.D. [read post]
1 Nov 2021, 3:43 pm
By Lene Powell, J.D.The CFTC Whistleblower Office released its annual report for FY 2021, revealing a somewhat lower-than-average total of over $3 million in awards, compared to $15 million in FY 2019 and $20 million in FY 2020. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.International bribery used to be commonplace in competing for overseas contracts. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 7:32 am
[This story previously appeared in Securities Regulation Daily.]By Lene Powell, J.D.A New York-based investment fund sued a group of major banks in a putative class action, alleging that they conspired to restrain trade in and manipulate the Swiss franc London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), from 2005 through at least 2009. [read post]
