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On March 12, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) released two documents regarding “event contract” derivatives traded on prediction markets. The CFTC issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) requesting public comment on the regulation of prediction markets. The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issued a staff advisory providing guidance to designated contract…

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Join us for our defined outcome products series.  Defined outcome products include a range of products designed to provide investors with some level of certainty (a “predictable” outcome if held for the specified period) usually based on a buffer, while providing equity market exposure.  In…

On November 21, 2025, the Structured Finance Association, on behalf of the risk transfer market, received no-action relief on the issue of registration as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) from the staff of the Division of Market Participants of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). This long-awaited relief provides greater certainty that participants in certain…

On February 10, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed amendments to Schedules 13D and 13G relating to beneficial ownership reports (the “Proposed Amendments”).

The Proposed Amendments are intended to modernize the rules that govern reporting on Schedules 13D and G by, among other things, making information available to the public in a…

The US federal banking and functional regulators (“Agencies”) have finalized revisions to the proprietary trading and compliance program provisions of the Volcker Rule, which implement some, though not all, of the changes that had been proposed by the Agencies in a May 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking. This Legal Update discusses the revisions.

On October 30, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) filed a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 5110 (Corporate Financing Rule – Underwriting Terms and Arrangements) (the “Rule”), which is the main FINRA rule regarding compensation in securities offerings, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

The proposed Rule includes the following…

The New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”) proposes to amend Rule 2 to remove the FINRA or other national securities exchange membership requirement for member organizations.  Rule 2 was previously amended in 2007 to require FINRA membership as part of the transition plan for the consolidation of NYSE Regulation, Inc. and the National Association of…

Last month’s announcement by FINRA marks the completion of the consolidation of FINRA’s enforcement functions under the leadership of Susan Schroeder.  One of the key outcomes of FINRA360,  the new structure is designed to ensure a more consistent enforcement program.  Schroeder noted, “The consolidation of our enforcement function enables us to better target developing issues…