President Obama renominated Dr. Christopher James Brummer and Brian D. Quintenz to fill two CFTC commissioner vacancies.

President Trump announced his intent to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo as CFTC Chair.

Even amongst a battle of supply and demand between GPs and the banks, subscription lines of credit remain resilient.

The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the National Credit Union Administration and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors encouraged financial institutions to work with consumers impacted by the federal government shutdown.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance designated a New Zealand stock exchange as a "designated offshore securities market" under Securities Act Regulation S, Rule 902(b).

The Drawdown has announced an awards program to acknowledge "the most influential members of the fund finance market." The awards aim to highlight innovation, creativity...

The original expiration date was April 15, 2018.

In a new advisory, the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") alerted financial institutions to the risk that proceeds of political corruption from Nicaragua may enter the U.S. financial system.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance granted exemptive relief to Mphasis Limited, an Indian company, from Exchange Act Rules 14e-1(a) and (c) ...

Extending the effectiveness of the no-action position it took in 2016, the SEC Division of Trading and Markets granted relief to certain broker-dealers

The Department of the Treasury named Acting Under Secretary Adam Szubin as Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

REF News & Views readers, as the holiday season approaches, we want to take a moment to express our gratitude for your continuous support throughout the year.

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Charles Rettig was sworn in as the 49th Commissioner of the IRS. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Rettig was a tax attorney at the law firm of Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.

In a speech at the LendIt USA 2017 conference, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry outlined the function of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC")...

IOSCO summarized its 2019 initiatives in the following five priority areas: crypto-assets, artificial intelligence and machine learning, market fragmentation ...

The New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") granted a virtual currency license to the "first and only" company operating Bitcoin teller machines ...

NYDFS Authorizes Digital Currency Exchange to Offer Custody Services.

The SEC announced that Christopher Hetner will continue to serve as Senior Cybersecurity Policy Advisor under SEC Chair Jay Clayton. Mr. Hetner served in that capacity under former Chair Mary Jo White.

The Senate Banking Committee will meet on October 4, 2017 to discuss the recent Equifax cybersecurity breach.