Trading and Markets (US) Content

On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Board") issued a final rule ("Final Rule") implementing the US Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, which was enacted on March 15, 2022. The Final Rule establishes the benchmark replacements that will...

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on January 4, 2023. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...

Over the last month, FINRA has proposed or adopted three separate reporting requirement changes to the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE). On December 13, 2022, FINRA adopted amendments to require the reporting of transactions in US dollar-denominated foreign sovereign debt...

On December 23, ICI filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission on its proposed rules ("Proposal") that would mandate the clearing and settlement of certain secondary market transactions in US Treasury securities in which one of the counterparties is a direct...

At a public session on December 19, the US Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC or Council) issued its 2022 annual report to Congress. As required by statute, the FSOC report addresses significant financial market and regulatory developments, provides an assessment of those...

On November 30, the SEC staff provided updated no-action relief from the application of Rule 15c2-11 for broad categories of fixed income securities (the "letter"). The letter provides temporary relief with respect to those fixed income securities until January 4, 2025.

​​​​​​​Earlier this month, the Financial Stability Oversight Council issued a report reviewing financial stability risks and regulatory gaps from digital assets, and providing recommendations to address such risks.