Web seminars

New bank capital rules: are CoCos the answer?

SLIDES: Contingent capital and related developments

Hybrid securities: an overview

Contingent capital FAQs

A blueprint for contingent capital securities?

UK treatment of capital instruments under Basel III

JOBS Act: Growing Momentum

• JOBS Act: Growing Momentum
• JOBS Act Quick Start

How foreign banks can finance in the US

• How foreign banks can finance in the US
• Considerations for foreign banks financing in the US

Are you FATCA ready

• Client Alert: Treasury releases FATCA intergovernmental model agreements
• Tax Talk Vol. 5, No. 3
• Tax Talk Vol. 5, No. 2

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A Dodd-Frank derivatives update

• Dodd-Frank derivatives - slide show presentation
• CFTC adopting release excerpt: SD and MSP status exemptions
• CFTC adopting release excerpt: mandatory clearing exemptions

The Dodd Frank’s second anniversary

• The Dodd Frank’s second anniversary - slide show presentation

Basel III American style: US regulatory capital framework changes

• Basel III American style - slide show presentation
• Basel III American style - supplementary materials

Structured products: an update of recent US and EU regulatory developments

• Structured products - slideshow presentation
• Structured products - supplementary materials

Proposed US offering reforms

• US offering reforms – further reading
• US offering reforms – slide presentation
• Registered Offerings after the JOBS Act
  Immediate effectiveness; Emerging Growth Company Definition; Confidential Submission of Registration Statements; Content of Registration Statement; Pre- and Post-Filing Written and Oral Communications to QIBs and Institutional Accredited Investors; and Permissible Research and Research Activities; and Public reporting after the registered offering.
• Private Offerings after the JOBS Act
  Lifting of the General Solicitation/General Advertising Ban on Rule 506 Offerings; Analogous changes to Rule 144A; Matching services; and Timetable.
• Exempt Public Offerings After the JOBS Act - Crowdfunding
  Background on crowdfunding; Offering Thresholds; Offering Mechanics; Role of Brokers and Funding Portals; Funding Portal Regulation; Ongoing post-offering obligations; and Timetable.
• Exempt Public Offerings After the JOBS Act - Section 3(b) Exempt Offerings
  Background on Regulation A; New Section 3(b)(2) Exemption; A Comparison to Regulation A; Preemption; Ongoing post-offering reporting obligations; and Timetable.
• Exchange Act Registration Thresholds After the JOBS Act
  For issuers other than banks and bank holding companies; For banks and bank holding companies; and Exemptions relating to employee compensation plan and crowdfunding securities.

Recovery and resolution planning: a US and European view

• Defining global systemically important banks and additional loss absorbency requirements
• “R&R” the hard way – the FSA’s consultation on recovery and resolution
• Lords of the ring-fence: UK banking commission publishes its final report
• A proposal to resolve the distress of large and complex financial institutions
• Regulating Wall Street
• The repurchase agreement (Repo) market
• Living wills: the final rule a user guide
• IFLR webinar: recovery and resolution planning: a US and European view