The EU has a comprehensive legal framework, in which many of the rules are regulatory and implementing standards (RTS and ITS, Level 2) that supplement or specify the EU Regulations and Directives (Level 1). In the last legislature, Level 1 legal acts empowered the Commission to adopt around 430 Level 2 measures. A high volume
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Reshaping the Rules: Understanding the NAIC’s Proposed Investment Framework Overhaul
Webinar | July 17, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. EDT
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On June 6th, the NAIC proposed a sweeping redesign of insurance investment regulation—the most significant shift in over 30 years. Aimed at addressing the rise of private, structured, and complex assets in insurer portfolios, the changes could have broad implications for…
US Banking Regulators Propose Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Reform
Last week, the US federal banking regulators proposed changes to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (“eSLR”) requirement for US global systemically important bank holding companies (“US GSIBs”). This proposal is intended to reduce the likelihood of the eSLR requirement being the binding capital constraint for US GSIBs and, thereby, enhance the ability of US GSIBs…
Current US Bank Regulatory Landscape & What Cross-border Financial Institutions Need to Know about EU CRD VI
Webinar | May 21, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. EDT | 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. CET
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Mayer Brown’s Capital Markets Team invites you to our 30 minutes Know-How Webinar Series. Over the course of this series, we will report on the main developments in 2025 relevant to capital markets, structured products…
Refresher: EU Capital Requirements Directive 6 (“CRD6”) – What Cross-Border Financial Institutions Need to Know
Many US and other non-EU financial institutions which lend or undertake trade finance business on a cross border basis into Europe do so in reliance upon exemptions under local law. These exemptions typically permit these non-EU entities to undertake such business without the need to obtain authorisation or licence from the local regulator (the “…
FINRA Publishes 2025 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) published its 2025 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “Report”), which builds on the structure and content of FINRA’s prior reports for 2021-2024. This year, the Report adds new topics relating to the third-party risk landscape, registered index-linked annuities and extended hours trading. The Report also includes new content…
SEC Drops Appeal of “Dealer Rule” Litigation
On February 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or “SEC”) dropped its appeal of a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (“District Court”) on November 6, 2024 that struck down the Commission’s “Dealer Rule.”
The Dealer Rule, adopted by the SEC on February 6, 2024, further…
FINRA Provides Guidance on Timing Requirements under Certain Broker-Dealer Financial, Operational and Reporting Rules in the Event of an Unexpected Close of Securities Markets (January 9, 2025 National Day of Mourning in Honor of President Carter)
On December 31, 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) issued Regulatory Notice 24-18 (“RN 24-18”) to provide updated guidance to members regarding Rules 15c3-1, 15c3-3 and 17a-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“SEA”), Rule 204 under Regulation SHO, FINRA Rules 4210, 4230(b), 4521 and 4524, and Regulation T of the Federal…
SIFMA C&L 2024 New York Regional Seminar
Seminar | Wednesday, October 16, 2024
8:00am – 5:00pm EDT
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Mayer Brown is pleased to sponsor SIFMA’s C&L Regional Seminar in New York City. C&L Regional Seminars gather compliance and legal professionals working in the financial services industry to share best practices, informative content and focused networking opportunities in the increasingly complex…
Regulation M: the Basics, the Amendments and their Effect on Offerings
- An overview of Reg M, specifically, Rules 101 and 102
- An overview of the

