March 26, 2020
1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
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During this session, we will discuss the learnings from SEC comments relating to the implementation of the revenue recognition and lease accounting standards. We also will discuss trends relating to critical audit matters, or CAMs. Looking ahead, we will discuss the CECL…
On March 6, 2020, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) released its “Proposed Legislative Solution to Minimize Legal Uncertainty and Adverse Economic Impact Associated with LIBOR Transition.” This Legal Update summarizes the proposed legislation and discusses why, though well-intentioned, it may not be sufficient to meet the ARRC’s objective.
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FINRA’s 2020 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter identifies a number of areas of focus for the examination program in the coming year. Here we highlight particular areas of focus for capital markets practitioners:
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This article discusses the public statement dated July 12, 2019, made by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance, Investment Management and Trading and Markets, and the Office of the Chief Accountant, encouraging market participants to begin the transition away from U.S. dollar LIBOR, which is expected to cease publication in 2021.…
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
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Please join Mayer Brown’s Bradley Berman and David Duffee and for a discussion of the upcoming cessation of LIBOR quotations and the market’s transition to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). We will discuss what market participants should expect to see…
We previously blogged about the recent AICPA conference. At the conference, representatives from the Office of Chief Accountant also shared some views regarding the discontinuation of LIBOR. The Staff of the OCA joined in the July 2019 statement with the SEC Staff from the Division of Corporation Finance, the Division of Investment Management and the…
On Friday, July 12, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Divisions of Corporation Finance, Investment Management and Trading and Markets, and the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant issued a statement regarding the LIBOR phase out, focusing attention on the “urgency” of implementing alternative reference rates. The statement references the work of the Alternative Reference…
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