6/28/2019 12:00:00 AM CFTC Launches LabCFTC Accelerator and Announces Second Annual FinTech Forward Conference By A&O Shearman On June 27, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced two new programs as part of its LabCFTC initiative. The...
6/24/2019 12:00:00 AM Would-Be Bitcoin Fund Asserts Bitcoin Are Securities By A&O Shearman Are bitcoin securities? One would-be closed end fund says yes.Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the sponsor of a closed-end fund...
6/21/2019 12:00:00 AM Striking the Right Regulatory Balance for the Investment Management Industry: Cryptocurrency Holdings and Digital Asset Custody By A&O Shearman At the inaugural FinTech Forum that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sponsored on May 31, the investment management panel...
6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM Financial Services Regulation for FinTech Companies By A&O Shearman Partner Nathan Greene and Associate Justin Reda (both New York-Investment Funds) have published a two-part article in Law360 titled...
6/11/2019 12:00:00 AM International Body Consults on Issues Relating to Regulating Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms By A&O Shearman The International Organization of Securities Commissions has launched a consultation on the key issues to consider for regulating...
6/10/2019 12:00:00 AM SEC Sues Kik Interactive for Conducting Unregistered ICO By A&O Shearman On June 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Canadian mobile messaging company Kik Interactive, Inc. (Kik) for...
6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM U.K. Financial Conduct Regulator Seeks Input on a Cross-Border Sandbox By A&O Shearman The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a Call for Input on a Cross-Sector Sandbox, seeking input on whether a U.K....
6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM In Pursuit of Perfection? A Primer on Digital Asset-Related ETPs By A&O Shearman Partner Jay Baris (New York-Investment Funds) co-authored an article titled “In Pursuit of Perfection? A Primer on Digital Asset-Related...
6/5/2019 12:00:00 AM Big Data: A Legal and Compliance Guide for Investment Managers By A&O Shearman Partner Nathan Greene (New York-Investment Funds) authored an article titled, “Big Data: A Legal and Compliance Guide for Investment...
6/3/2019 12:00:00 AM SEC Shoots Down Bitcoin Interval Fund Application By A&O Shearman In a letter dated May 28, 2019, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked a registrant to withdraw a registration...