The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned an audit firm and its owner for multiple violations of PCAOB rules and standards related to inadequate audit evidence, failure in engagement quality reviews and non-compliance with reporting requirements and quality control standards.
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CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger asserted that the Basel III Endgame Proposal, if adopted, would have a significant negative impact on derivatives markets.
In CFPB v. National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust, et. al., a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit considered two issues: (i) whether the fifteen appellant trusts were "covered persons" subject to the CFPA and (ii) whether the original lawsuit had to be ratified because the action was initiated while there was a constitutional deficiency within the CFPB.
Comments on CFTC proposed rules on governance and conflict standards for Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities are due on or before April 22, 2024.
A bank registered as a swap dealer and an introducing broker settled CFTC charges for recordkeeping and supervision failures.