An investment adviser settled charges with the SEC for failing to timely disclose the adviser's "control" purpose, with respect to an issuer whose shares it had acquired for the account of a hedge fund that it managed.
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The CFTC withdrew its original proposal and newly proposed to allow an FCM, subject to certain conditions, to treat separate accounts of a single beneficial owner as if they were owned by different persons, for purposes of margin withdrawals from the separate accounts.
The OCC, FRB and FDIC requested comment on a set of rules as part of a process to identify "outdated" or "unnecessary" regulatory requirements on insured depository institutions and their holding companies.
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu argued that careful consideration should be given to any regulatory enhancements to help ensure that "updated liquidity risk management practices are implemented and sustained systematically and consistently, especially across midsize and large banks."
The SEC adopted final rules on (i) the mandatory clearing of transactions in Treasury securities and (ii) the application of the broker-dealer customer protection rule to Treasury securities.