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On Nov. 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule (Rule), pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 5514(a)(1)(B), to establish supervisory authority over nonbank entities identified as larger participants in the general-use digital consumer payment applications market.

As the United States government transitions from the Biden Administration to the Trump Administration, significant changes are already impacting infrastructure policy, with likely consequences to both planned.

In this time of continuing digital transformation, the use of smartphones and messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, and Telegram...

Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin's monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market.

With March Madness upon us, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is joining the action by implementing a sweeping set of technical updates known as EDGAR Next that will change how all SEC filers access the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system to make their securities filings.

Business development companies have evolved sophisticated financing structures spanning subscription facilities, asset-based lending, CLO issuances, and structured credit products.

On this episode of the R&G Dugout podcast, Ropes & Gray asset management partners Amanda Persaud, Lindsey Goldstein, and Jon Rash explore the upsurge of private funds raising capital for investment.

On September 20, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") voted to adopt final amendments to modernize Rule 35d-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").

Recent years have seen significant growth and innovation in the fund finance industry — and, with an increase in the number and complexity of products in the market, it has become commonplace for industry...

Pop quiz: Who is in the best position to finance a construction project? If you answered, "The owner," you'd be right.

It is more common for this structure to be used on closed-end funds, as the finite term and lack of redemption rights correspond well to a note with a fixed maturity.

On July 28, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order "Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs," also known as "Invent it Here, Make it Here.

On August 28, 2024, the SEC published a release (the "Release") containing guidance based on the SEC staff's monitoring of funds' liquidity classifications and liquidity risk...

Midway Progress: COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is at its halfway point, having made significant progress but with much work remaining. The conference continues efforts to meet the Paris Agreement goals of limiting.

Over the past 50 years, the retirement landscape has steadily shifted from defined benefit (DB) pension plans to defined contribution (DC) plans. In fact, as of the fourth quarter of 2024...

On August 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 (with Commissioners Peirce and Uyeda dissenting) in favor of adopting new and amended rules...

In 2022, the failures of prominent crypto companies overshadowed broader discussions in Congress about how crypto assets should be regulated.