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SEC Permits Shortened Offering Period For Certain Equity Tender Offers
On April 16, 2026, the Division of Corporation Finance for the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an exemptive order (the “Order”) permitting certain equity tender offers to utilize an abbreviated offer period of as few as 10 business days, rather than requiring a tender offer remain open for at least 20 business days, as is currently required under Rule 13e-4(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).
United States Commercial
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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IOSCO Reports On Pre‑Hedging And Financial Asset Tokenization
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has issued two significant final reports addressing pre-hedging practices and financial asset tokenization, both carrying major implications for US and global derivatives regulation. These principles-based guidance documents may reshape how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approaches market-conduct standards while balancing technological innovation. The reports explore frameworks for managing conduct risks in pre-hedging activities and assess
United States Finance
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WilmerHale
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Basel III Endgame Evolution: Strategic Implications For Retail Banking
On March 19, 2026, the federal banking agencies issued a package of proposed changes to the regulatory capital requirements for banking institutions of all sizes, from the largest GSIBs and super-regional banks to community banks. This package of proposals (the “Proposed Rules”) is a second full attempt at implementing the 2017 “Basel III Endgame” international framework—following the agencies’ initial package of proposals in July 2023 (the “2023 NPR”)—to better reflect credit, trading and operational risk in the calculation of regulatory capital ratios.
United States Finance
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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Basel III Endgame Evolution: Strategic Implications For Alternative Asset Managers
On March 19, 2026, the federal banking agencies issued a package of proposed changes to the regulatory capital requirements for banking institutions of all sizes, from the largest GSIBs and super-regional banks to community banks. This package of proposals (the “Proposed Rules”) is a second full attempt at implementing the 2017 “Basel III Endgame” international framework—following the agencies’ initial package of proposals in July 2023 (the “2023 NPR”)—to better reflect credit, trading and operational risk in the calculation of regulatory capital ratios.
United States Finance
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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The U.S. Basel III Endgame Reproposal: Analysis Of The Securitization Framework
The Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC have issued concurrent notices of proposed rulemaking that would fundamentally transform the risk-based capital framework for U.S. banking organizations, introducing a new expanded risk-based approach and revising the standardized approach. This whitepaper examines the proposed securitization framework changes, including the replacement of current bifurcated methodologies with a single SEC-SA methodology, new operational criteria for synthetic securitizations, and modifica
United States Finance
CW
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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