Goodwin Procter: Financial Services Newsletter

Financial Services Newsletter

Goodwin Procter
January 8, 2013
4 pages

In this Issue:

Federal District Court Allows Mutual Fund Shareholders to Proceed with Section 36(b) Claims Asserting That Investment Adviser’s Fees are Excessive Because the Funds’ Sub-Advisers Allegedly Perform Most of the Funds’ Investment Management Services
OCC Provides Guidance on Transition Period for Compliance with the Swaps Push-Out Rule
FinCEN Extends FBAR Filing Deadline Until June 30, 2014 for Certain Individuals With Signature or Other Authority Only Over Certain Foreign Financial Accounts
CFTC Issues Additional No-Action Relief From Swap Dealer De Minimis Calculations for U.S. Banks Wholly Owned by Foreign Entities

Banking Sector Reform Sullivan & Cromwell: Dodd-Frank Stress Tests: Federal Reserve Issues Summary Instructions for Dodd-Frank Company-Run, Mid-Year Stress Tests Davis Polk: Too Big to Fail: The Path to a Solution Sullivan & Cromwell: Basel III Capital Framework: Basel Committee Publishes Consultative Document Proposing Changes to the Capital Treatment of Purchased Credit Protection	Consumer Financial Services Venable: CFPB and Justice Department Team Up on Enforcement Venable: CFPB Targets Service Provider in Real Estate Kickback Enforcement Action Greenberg Traurig: CFPB Makes First Preemption Determinations on State Unclaimed Property Laws Relating to Gift Cards	Investment Funds Bingham: FINRA Issues New Guidance for Broker-Dealer Communications Regarding Real Estate Investments Morrison Foerster: FINRA Focuses on Anti-Money Laundering Procedures and Red Flags Morrison Foerster: FINRA Identifies Concerns with Marketing of Real Estate Investment Products
Capital Markets Hogan Lovells: Equity Capital Markets – Which Market? Ropes & Gray: Bond is Back: Opportunities for investors in European HY Debt Davis Polk: New and Proposed Research Rules Create Compliance Challenges for Banks	SEC & US Securities Law Ropes & Gray: SEC Issues IM Guidance Update on Compliance with Exemptive Orders Bingham: FINRA Issues New Guidance for Broker-Dealer Communications Regarding Real Estate Investments Andrews Kurth: Recent Developments in Securities and M&A Litigation	M&A/Private Equity Paul Weiss: M&A at a Glance (May 2013) Debevoise & Plimpton: Holding the Defensive Line: Delaware Court Rejects Extension of Warn Act Liability to Private Equity Sponsor Gibson Dunn: A Checklist for the Early Stages of an M&A Transaction
Hedge Funds Paul Hastings: Hedge Fund Report - Summary of Key Developments - Spring 2013 Nixon Peabody: Recent BVI decisions offer guidance to investors and funds facing redemption disputes Alston & Bird: How Hedge Funds and Private Equity Firms Can Manage Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Risks	Derivatives Winston & Strawn: Dodd-Frank: Recent Relief from Business Conduct Rules in Respect of FX Transactions Day Pitney: CFTC External Business Conduct Standards - Temporary Relief to Foreign Exchange Transactions Schulte Roth & Zabel: CFTC Grants Temporary Relief for FX and Swaps Prime Brokerage Arrangements: Context for Private Fund Managers and Other Investment Advisers	Securitization Chapman and Cutler: Dodd-Frank Swaps Clearing Requirement Looming for Securitizations ReedSmith: California Court Finds Securitization Entities Subject to California Income Tax Cadwalader: What's Next for the Basel Securitisation Framework?
Senior Lending/Credit Facilities King & Spalding: Voluntary Secondary Market Disclosure About Bank Loans King & Spalding: Bankruptcy Implications of Affiliated Lender Provisions and Debt Buybacks Bryan Cave: Compliance Considerations For End-Users Of Derivatives	Public Finance Ballard Spahr: U.S. Senate Passes Water Resources Development Act Pepper Hamilton: Chapter 9 Bankruptcy of Stockton, Calif., Moves Forward McGuireWoods: The President’s FY 2014 Budget Proposal: Positives and Negatives for Public Finance	China Minter Ellison: New rules for foreign debt in China Allen & Overy: FOREX conversion in China via a RMB Clearing Bank in Singapore Paul Hastings: China Expands RQFII Regime
European Union Shearman & Sterling: The Eurozone Crisis: Legal Implications for the Real Estate Market Hogan Lovells: Scope of implementation of the AIFM-directive in national law Dechert: Irish Central Bank Opens Its Door for AIFMD Business	United Kingdom Clifford Chance: The week at the UK regulators Dechert: Has the FCA Started As It Means To Go On? Dentons: United Kingdom Supreme Court Rules on Setting Aside Trustee Decisions [Futter v. HMRC and Pitt v. HMRC]	Islamic Finance Clifford Chance: Shari'a Compliant Real Estate Financing Clifford Chance: Introduction to Sukuk Clifford Chance: Shari'a Compliant Investment Funds

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