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On January 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against nine defendants, alleging their participation in a previously disclosed scheme to hack into the SEC’s EDGAR system and extract nonpublic information to use for illegal trading. The SEC charged a Ukrainian hacker, six individual traders in California, Ukraine and Russia, and two entities. In 2015, the SEC charged the hacker and some of the traders for their involvement in a similar scheme to hack…
On January 8, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a Notice advising its members of updates to the Supplemental Statement of Income (SSOI). The updates are designed to conform with amendments adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission that simplify and update certain FOCUS reporting requirements applicable to broker-dealers. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 4524, the SSOI must be filed by all FINRA members to supplement the FOCUS Report. The SSOI must be filed within 20…
On January 9, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a Notice to remind its members that they should not report auction transactions in US Treasury securities—including auction awards to either direct or indirect bidders—to the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE), as these transactions are excluded from the TRACE reporting requirements under FINRA Rule 6730(e)(8). Similarly, the delivery of securities after the auction by a FINRA member to the indirect bidder that represents an auction…
On January 15, a draft version of the Financial Services Contracts (Transitional and Saving Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have been laid before Parliament, was published together with a draft explanatory memorandum.…
On January 9, a draft of the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (Draft Regulations 2019) was published together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The purpose of the Draft Regulations 2019 is to ensure that the regime established under EU Regulation on Key Information Documents for PRIIPs (PRIIPs Regulation) continues to operate effectively after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit).…
On January 7, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that the notification window for the temporary permissions regime (TPR) is now open. In the lead-up to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) on March 29 (Exit Day), the agreement on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal (Withdrawal Agreement) has not been ratified by the UK Parliament. If ratification fails, this would result in a so-called “no-deal Brexit,” meaning that the UK would leave…
On January 7, the Council of the European Union published a press release announcing that its Permanent Representatives Committee has agreed on its position relating to the proposed Investment Firms Regulation (IFR) and the proposed Investment Firms Directive (IFD). The Council also has published its compromise proposals on the IFR and the IFD.…
On January 8, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP19/2) on contractual certainty post-Brexit. In the lead-up to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) on March 29 (Exit Day), the agreement on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal remains to be ratified by the UK Parliament. If ratification fails, this would result in a so-called “no-deal Brexit,” meaning that the UK would leave the EU without having agreed on any…