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The Biden Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk (the Executive Order) is the latest significant step by the Administration to analyze and mitigate the risks that climate change poses to the U.S. economy, businesses, workers and the financial system. Our…
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The Biden Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk (the Executive Order) is the latest significant step by the Administration to analyze and mitigate the risks that climate change poses to the U.S. economy, businesses, workers and the financial system. Our…
Continue Reading Davis Polk Client Memo: Private Sector Implications of Biden’s Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (the Staff) recently issued a risk alert reminding broker-dealers (firms) of their obligations under anti-money laundering (AML) rules and regulations, in particular requirements related to monitoring for and reporting of suspicious…
Continue Reading SEC Continues Focus on Broker-Dealer Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
A recent guilty conviction, after a jury trial, shows how complex and fraught the zigzag path to marijuana legalization is in the payments space. At a time when the federal government has signaled that criminal prosecutions in states that have…
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Financial services regulatory reform will continue to be active in 2021, with the Biden Administration focused on activity at the intersection of financial regulation and social policy. As we observe the changing landscape, here is the Spring Forward Edition of…
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On March 19, 2021, the SEC’s Asset Management Advisory Committee (AMAC) held a meeting to discuss the December 2020 potential recommendations that its ESG Subcommittee provided to the SEC on ESG disclosure requirements. During the meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion…
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Digital dollars and central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are in the spotlight, and questions abound as to the potential design, availability and functionality of a CBDC in the United States. This deck tracks U.S. congressional legislative efforts that may lead…
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Today, the SEC released a statement by Division of Corporation Finance Acting Director John Coates on ESG disclosure. In this post, we provide our observations on what his statement may indicate about the direction of globally coordinated efforts on ESG…
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