The SEC finalized a package of amendments to Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS) to reduce minimum pricing increments (or “ticks”) for certain stocks to half-penny increments,...
While scaled back from the original proposal, the final rules expand the scope of firms required to register as dealers as a result of engaging in trading activity that has “the effect?...
The SEC has proposed a package of reforms to equity market structure rules that would make significant changes, including to how stock orders are priced, executed and reported.
The SEC’s amendments modernize recordkeeping requirements for broker-dealers, while applying the revised requirements to security-based swap dealers for the first time.
SEC Chair Gensler has directed SEC staff to consider significant changes to the pricing and execution of securities orders, including possible auction requirements for retail stock orders.
In light of the global transition away from interbank offered rates, the CFTC has proposed amendments to its list of interest rate swaps subject to mandatory clearing to remove swaps refe...
The SEC has issued a broad request for information and public comment on the use of “digital engagement practices” and analytics technology by broker-dealers and investment advisers.
The Group of Thirty (G30) has published a report analyzing weaknesses in the U.S. Treasury market and setting out recommendations designed to improve market resilience in periods of stress.
The SEC has finalized rules that will replace Guide 3, the industry guide for banking organizations. The final rules eliminate a number of the requirements under Guide 3, which now appea...
The U.S. prudential regulators have finalized amendments to their non-cleared swap and security-based swap margin regulations. Among other things, the amendments:
permit prudentially r...
