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FX weekly forecast: US labour market resilience to lift the US dollar?
Movement in the currency market remained highly volatile last week amid conflicting signals surrounding a potential US-Iran peace agreement, the uncertainty surrounding which is likely to continue to influence trends this week....By: IR Global
Why Most Investment Lineups Are Just Noise
Walk into most 401(k) plans and you’ll see the same thing: a bloated investment lineup filled with options that all start to look the same after a while. Large cap blend A, large cap blend B, large cap blend C—different names, same story. Somewhere along the way, more became confused with better....By: Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.
ESG Focus: UK/EU/International ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – May 2026
This month’s edition highlights key ESG developments across the UK, EU and international landscape for May 2026. In the UK, the FCA published a report on its Transition Finance Pilot, identifying barriers to scaling climate investment and the Climate Change Committee highlights persistent gaps in climate adaptation. In the EU, attention remains on advancing and streamlining the sustainability reporting framework, with consultations on revised ESRS and VESRS, new technical rules for ESG ratings...By: Hogan Lovells
Designing Executive Loan Programs in the Context of Incentive Equity: Key Considerations and Practices
Executive loan programs have become a popular strategic response to complex executive compensation demands in a competitive talent market. The use of loan programs in conjunction with incentive equity awards has also seen an increase in popularity in a slower market, when companies and executives are looking for new solutions as sponsor exits and liquidity events have been extended beyond their initial planned timing....By: Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits
UK Pensions: DC trustee agenda update—June 2026
Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DC pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on your next trustee agenda. We have a separate update for DB/hybrid schemes....By: A&O Shearman
The Mortgage Loan Assumption Process
Assuming a mortgage loan in a real estate purchase and sale transaction can be an attractive way to preserve favourable financing terms and avoid the cost and uncertainty of obtaining a new loan. However, stepping into an existing mortgage loan involves more than simply taking over payments....By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
[Video] AI Today in 5: June 4, 2026, The Circular Bet Edition
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI. Top AI stories include: • Why AI will reshape compliance. (FinTech Global):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 2026
No Severance, No Noncompete: Virginia Mandates Employers Pay for Enforceable Noncompete Agreements Against Laid-Off Employees - Virginia has become increasingly hostile to noncompetition agreements as of late. Starting July 1, 2026, Virginia employers will be prohibited from enforcing new noncompete agreements against employees who are laid-off or fired without cause—unless the employer pays them severance or another amount that it specifies upfront in the noncompete agreement. Before the law...By: PilieroMazza PLLC
[Video] Daily Compliance News: June 4, 2026, The Fighting Tariff Refunds Edition
Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional. Top stories include: • NBA player faces new gambling charges....By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
RegFi Episode 102: The CFPB's Rulemaking Authority to Advance Financial Innovation
John Coleman, Orrick Partner and former CFPB Deputy General Counsel, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority to interpret, tailor and exempt requirements under the consumer financial protection laws within its jurisdiction. Prompted by the May 19 Executive Order directing federal financial regulators to modernize financial services regulation, they discuss the CFPB's broad rulemaking powers under the Dodd-Frank Act...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
[Podcast] The Cloakroom with Peter Roskam: 37th Annual Legislative Seminar – Congressman Mike Carey, R-OH
Former Congressman Peter Roskam, who leads BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, provides listeners with a front-row seat to the most important policy and political debates in Congress. In this episode of “The Cloakroom with Peter Roskam,” Peter is joined at the 37th Annual Legislative Seminar in Washington D.C., by his BakerHostetler colleague, former Congressman Heath Shuler. Also joining is Congressman Mike Carey, a Republican from Ohio. He was first elected to the House in 2021, representing...By: BakerHostetler
RegFi Episode 101: The Mechanics of Tokenized Deposits
Orrick partners Dan Ullman and Ben Hutten join RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt to examine the mechanics of tokenized deposits and the evolving regulatory framework surrounding digital payments. They discuss the FDIC’s proposed treatment of tokenized deposits under the GENIUS Act, the infrastructure banks would need to support tokenized payment systems, interoperability challenges, and the implications for liquidity, compliance and financial crime monitoring. The conversation...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
CVM torna facultativa a divulgação de reportes financeiros relacionados à sustentabilidade (IFRS S1 e S2) para as Companhias Abertas
Em 29 de maio de 2026, a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) revogou1 a obrigatoriedade de elaboração e divulgação de informações financeiras relacionadas à sustentabilidade pelas companhias abertas (“Informações Financeiras de Sustentabilidade”)....By: Mayer Brown
Tokenisation of UK Wholesale Capital Markets: Key Takeaways from the FCA‘s and Bank of England’s Call for Input
This Legal Update summarises the joint Call for Input published by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the Bank of England ("BoE") (together, the "regulators") in May 2026. The paper invites industry responses by 3 July 2026....By: Mayer Brown
NYDFS Issues Two Industry Letters on Responding to a Heightened Cybersecurity Threat Environment, Including “Frontier AI Models”
On May 21, 2026, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) published two industry letters urging regulated entities to review their cyber programs in response to a heightened cybersecurity threat environment. These issuances are the latest guidance from the Department to the financial services industry related to cybersecurity and the changing threat environment....By: Mayer Brown
Investment Services Regulatory Update June 2026
On March 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a final judgment with respect to an enforcement action originally filed by the SEC in 2019 in which the SEC alleged that a dually registered investment adviser and broker-dealer (the adviser) failed to disclose......By: Vedder
FTI Consulting’s $1.05 Million OFAC Settlement: You Cannot Do Indirectly What You Cannot Do Directly
The Office of Foreign Assets Control delivered a pointed lesson in sanctions compliance this week with the announcement of a $1,050,000 settlement with FTI Consulting, Inc., one of the world’s most prominent business advisory firms....By: The Volkov Law Group
FinCEN Proposes Rule to Reform AML/CFT Compliance Framework
On April 7, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN, issued a proposed rule designed to reform financial institutions’ anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) programs under the Bank Secrecy Act....By: Vedder
Regulatory Snapshot for Private Fund Managers
The last few weeks were marked by some news from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that may affect private fund managers and their clients and investors....By: FBT Gibbons LLP
SEC Expands Co-Investment Relief to Open-End Funds and Streamlines Board Approval Process for Affiliated Transactions
On April 27, 2026, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter that (1) expanded the applicability of the streamlined co-investment relief process previously granted to closed-end funds and business development companies to also apply to open-end funds,...By: Vedder
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