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Challenging The Banks

Global Finance

Higher interest rates have given banks some relief over the past few years, increasing their net interest income while hampering competitors—particularly fintech startups dependent on equity financing. They are reluctant to set up fully fledged banks from a risk-compliance perspective.”

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Weekly Roundup: April 22-28, 2022

Harvard Corporate Governance

Liability for Non-Disclosure in Equity Financing. Tags: Broker discretionary voting , Compliance and disclosure interpretation , Cryptocurrency , Cybersecurity , Financial technology , Investment advisers , Private funds , SEC , SEC enforcement , Securities enforcement. Posted by Albert H.

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Skadden Discusses the Impact of Banking System Turmoil

Reynolds Holding

regional banks will likely bear the brunt of regulatory “reforms,” facing more scrutiny during normal examinations and perhaps an increased compliance burden if the regulatory requirements applicable to large institutions are applied to regional banks. Several forces could converge to produce more consolidation in the U.S. banking industry.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses the Implications for Financial Institutions of Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rules

Reynolds Holding

Compliance with the proposed rules would be phased in (see Appendix A for disclosure compliance dates). The proposed rules, if adopted as proposed, would have particularly significant ramifications on the cost and complexity of SEC compliance for financial institutions because of their financed emissions. Fair Access.

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Wachtell Lipton Discusses Mergers and Acquisitions–2022 and 2023

Reynolds Holding

2023, more than any year in recent memory, brings a unique slate of challenges and considerations for players in the acquisition financing markets, and corporate borrowers and sponsors will need to plan rigorously and be creative and flexible in order to thrive in this dynamic and challenging environment.

Equity 45
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Cooley’s 2024 Tech M&A Year in Review:We’re So Back (It’s So Over)

Cooley M&A

There were 19 take-privates of US-listed tech targets by private equity sponsors in 2024, up from 16 in 2023, and even approaching the 21 take-privates announced in each of the boom years of 2021 and 2022. [3] billion acquisition of Smartsheet. billion take-private of R1 RCM by TowerBrook and CD&R.

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