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Investment committees of nonprofit corporations will feel the effects of the evolving market conditions.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) required that the definition of "accredited investor" in rules issued under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) exclude the value of a natural person’s primary residence for purposes of determining whether a natural person has a net worth in excess of $1 million.

The Court reiterated that using a computer to perform calculations more efficiently does not provide an inventive concept.

The OCC issued an interpretive letter ("Letter 1016") holding that federal law does not preempt state lending laws simply because the loans were purchased by national banks acting as trustees in connection with the issuance of mortgage-backed securities. A nonbank lender made the loans and sold them to the securitization trusts. When the national banks, acting as trustees, tried to foreclose on the loans the borrowers raised the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act as a defense.

The SEC approved a final rule on affiliate marketing, implementing Section 214 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ("FACTA"), which amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Infrastructure projects are no longer exclusively the domain of the government, and momentum is building for private capital investment in U. S. infrastructure projects.

A group of more than 50 fixed income investment managers, The Credit Roundtable, has just proposed a set of model covenants for investment grade bonds.

In order to implement Sections 939 and 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act"), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has proposed amendments to several rules and forms under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") and the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") in order to remove key references to credit ratings.

On Friday, October 3, the House passed H.R. 1424, the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008," a controversial piece of legislation that authorizes a $700 billion financial bailout package.

On March 2, 2009, Senator Carl Levin reintroduced a bill to the Senate and Representative Lloyd Doggett introduced a companion bill to the House, entitled the “Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act.”

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has circulated a draft Directive setting forth the standards the Department proposes to impose for determining whether a professionally-managed fund is a "trader" or "investor" for Massachusetts personal income tax purposes.

The United States Supreme Court today granted two petitions for certiorari filed in the Cuno case — DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno and Wilkins, Tax Comm’r, Ohio v. Cuno.

On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the Order) instructing federal agencies to expand access to alternative asset investments for participants in defined-contribution retirement plans...

dupe Two decades ago, HighVista Strategies set out to transform alternative investing by tapping into less efficient markets in search of alpha.

Development of Italy’s southern regions has always been a key element of the Italian economic policy, and state aid acts as the main tool of this policy. Under the scrutiny of the European Commission, state aid has avoided becoming mere financial dumping but, instead, has emerged as a rather powerful incentive to increase competitiveness.

In April 2018, the SEC released its proposed rules on Form CRS Relationship Summary ("Form CRS"), which would assist retail investors in choosing investment firms, professionals and account types...

The PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE") issued the Circular on Certain Issues of Improving Administration of Foreign Exchange in Connection with Mergers and Acquisitions by Foreign Investors ("Circular") on January 24, 2005.