In this issue of CFWD we discuss:

  • SEC Issues Final Report on Improvements to Investor Financial Reporting 
  • Second Circuit Dismisses Claims but Validates “Corporate Scienter” Theory
  • Plaintiff Adequately Pleaded Defendants’ Failure to Disclose Material Facts 
  • NYSE Euronext to Acquire Amex and Rename it “NYSE Alternext US”
  • NYSE Euronext to Waive in Amex Members and Trade Amex Securities
  • SEC Proposes Guidance on Directors’ Duties to Oversee Portfolio Trading Practices
  • Identity Theft Prevention Rules Apply to Certain Investment Companies
  • SEC Re-Opens Comment Period on Investment Company Disclosure Proposals
  • American Securitization Forum Files UDAP Comment Letter with Federal Reserve Board
  • House Financial Services Committee Approves Credit Card Legislation
  • FDIC Modifies Deposit Calculation Rules for Some Banks
  • FSA Concludes HBOS Investigation 
  • European Commission Clarifies MiFID Exemption Rules