United States: Financial Services Bulletin: Action At The CFTC (11.01.2012) - Perkins Coie LLP
On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") proposed new regulations and amendments to existing regulations pursuant to Sections 4d(a)(2) and Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (the "CEA"), as amended by Section 724(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act").
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Goldman CEO Blankfein warns 'fiscal cliff' threatens confidence in U.S. economy
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 02:00 John Moore/Getty Images Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Marketplace Morning Report for Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Jeremy Hobson: Lloyd Blankfein, the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs -- he rarely does interviews, but he decided to take a few minutes to sit down with us. Lloyd Blankfein, welcome to Marketplace. Lloyd Blankfein: Thank you. Hobson: Well, a lot of ordinary Americans are listening to this are going to hear that the head of Goldman Sachs, which for some epitomizes what they don’t like about Wall Street is putting on a conference to help small businesses, and they are going to ask ‘what’s this all about?’ Blankfein: Well, we’ve had this program for a number of years now, called 10,000 Small Businesses, where Goldman Sachs has convened a group of partners to basically give business education to small business owners. Now, these are people who are not going to start small businesses, in many cases these are small business ...
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United States: Financial Services Bulletin: Action At The CFTC, OCC, And SEC - Perkins Coie LLP
On Friday, June 15, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") proposed regulations pursuant to Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act").
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U.S. Sues S&P over Pre-Crisis Mortgage Ratings
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor’s of fraud for giving high ratings to risky mortgage bonds that helped bring about the financial crisis. The government said in a civil complaint filed late Monday that S&P misled investors by stating that its ratings were objective and “uninfluenced by any conflicts of interest.” It said S&P’s desire to make money and gain market share caused S&P to ignore the risks posed by the investments between September 2004 and October 2007. (MORE: Standard & Poor’s Downgrades Itself) The charges mark the first enforcement action the government has taken against a major rating agency involving the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. According to the government filing in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the alleged fraud made it possible to sell the investments to banks. The government charged S&P under a law aimed at making sure banks invest safely. S&P, a unit of New York-based McGraw-Hill ...
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United States: Swaps Regulation Under Dodd-Frank: Key Issues For Fund Sponsors And Advisers - Bingham McCutchen
Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act provides a detailed framework for regulating the swaps market and market participants.
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