The US federal banking regulators recently proposed extensive revisions to the regulatory capital requirements, referred to as the Basel Endgame. The July and August proposals – targeted at banks with $100 billion (or more) in assets – are of critical importance, as the amount of capital a bank must maintain with respect to any particular
MB Microtalk: New Requirements for Clawback Policies
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown’s Ryan Liebl provides an overview of the new requirements for clawback policies for public companies, which require such companies to recoup excess incentive-based compensation awarded or paid to current and former executive officers in the event of a restatement of a company’s financial statements.
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MB Microtalk: BCBS Core Principles
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown’s Matt Bisanz discusses a recent proposal from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regarding revisions to the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. These changes to the Core Principles come on the heels of the recent disruptions in the banking sector.
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Mayer Brown Microtalk: Recent Amendments to Regulation M
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown’s Ryan Castillo discusses the SEC’s recent amendments to Regulation M, which remove references to credit ratings from Regulation M, replace them with alternative measures of credit worthiness, and impose related recordkeeping requirements on broker-dealers.
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Business Development Companies: Facts & Stats
In recent years, private non-bank lending to private equity-owned, small- and middle-market companies has significantly increased. Within this growing sector, private and non-traded business development companies (“BDCs”) have outperformed other non-bank lenders in many respects. Since 2020, assets under management by private and non-traded BDCs has increased from approximately $34 billion to approximately $118 billion
Mayer Brown Microtalk: Form PF Amendments
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown’s Adam Kanter discusses the SEC’s amendments for Form PF, which affects large hedge fund advisors and private equity fund advisors.
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Top 10 Practice Tips: PIPE Transactions by SPACs
This practice note discusses 10 practice points that can help you, as counsel to a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) or its placement agent, execute a private investment in public equity (PIPE) transaction alongside a SPAC business combination transaction. A SPAC is a public shell company that uses proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO)
Greenwashing: Navigating the Risk
The risk of an accusation of “greenwashing” is now an important concern for many companies. Greenwashing is an ill-defined concept but, nevertheless, is increasingly a source of litigation and regulatory scrutiny – with more of both expected. It carries with it reputational, regulatory and litigation risks for which companies should be prepared. Whilst the risks
Capital Markets Insight: The EU Green Bond Standard
In this briefing, we take a look at the EU Green Bond Standard.
The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament recently announced that provisional agreement on the European Green Bond Standard had been reached. The consolidated legal text is now widely available and can be viewed here along with a blackline against
Capital Markets Insight: Sustainability-linked Bonds
Sustainability-Linked Bonds: Some practical considerations for documenting and structuring transactions
In this briefing, we take a look at sustainability-linked bonds (“SLBs”), which have fast become an important feature of the sustainable finance market. According to Climate Bonds Initiative, SLB issuance reached US$76.3 billion in 2022, and we have seen an increasingly wide variety of corporate