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In this edition of our banking litigation podcast, we consider some recent cases that will be most relevant to in-house lawyers at banks and financial institutions.

Blackstone announced it will no longer accept new investment in the Blackstone Alternative Multi-Manager Fund and it will liquidate the liquid alternative mutual fund by May 31.

The CFTC unanimously approved a final rule amending CFTC regulation 3.3 regarding the timing for filing chief compliance officer annual reports for certain registrants.

The CFTC unanimously approved amendments to its regulations regarding the financial reports commodity pool operators are required to provide on their operations.

The CFTC approved amendments to its Whistleblower Rules that will strengthen anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers and enhance the process for reviewing whistleblower claims.

The CFTC proposed to amend the de minimis exception within its regulations' "swap dealer" definition in several ways, including:

According to an Accenture poll, 89% of compliance executives with global financial services firms expect their companies to foot a much steeper bill to address compliance issues within the next couple of years.

Context Asset Management debuted the Context Strategic Global Equity Fund, the liquid alternative specialist firm's second alternative mutual fund.

The Department of Labor issued a final rule on Apr. 4 postponing the applicable date for its fiduciary rule from Apr. 10 to June 9.

Hubert de Vauplane wrote an article that appeared in the January 2016 issue of the French publication Revue Banque.

Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chairman Jerome H. Powell, in remarks made yesterday in Amelia Island, Florida, at the 24th Annual Financial Markets Conference ...

On Feb. 27, 2019, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, was asked by Representative Gregory Meeks

FS Investments completed two transactions, with each deal creating a large combined entity in the business development corporation (BDC) space.

FS Investments launched the FS Multi-Strategy Alternatives Fund, a liquid alternative mutual fund that seeks positive, low-correlated returns over a complete market cycle.

While the explosion in bitcoin's value dominated the news headlines, cryptocurrency in 2017 was filled with worthy topics of discussion.

Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, the retail affiliate of Highland Capital Management, added 14 independent broker-dealer sales professionals in the fourth quarter of 2015...

Peter Driscoll, acting director of the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, said the agency is exploring ways to strengthen compliance at independent advisers.

Almost two-thirds of those surveyed received returns of 12% or higher from their alternative allocations in 2015 and more than 25% had returns of at least 15%.