On November 27, 2023, the US Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final Securities Act Rule 192 (“Final Rule 192”) prohibiting certain conflicts of interest in securitization transactions. In general, Final Rule 192 prohibits a “securitization participant” with respect to an “asset-backed security” (“ABS”) from directly or indirectly engaging in any “conflicted transaction” during the applicable

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) published proposed Rule 192 (Conflicts of Interest Relating to Certain Securitizations) on January 25, 2023 and closed the public comment period on March 27, 2023. After several months of review and discussions with industry trade groups, the Commission appears ready to publish a final rule in the near

The regulatory and judicial developments of the last few days relating to the loan markets and to loan funds have been significant.

On Tuesday, lenders and borrowers were concerned about a world in which syndicated and other loans would be treated as securities. And managers of collateralized loan obligation vehicles (“CLOs”) were concerned about being

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently implemented amendments to most fee-bearing forms and related rules with a stated goal of modernizing filing fee disclosure and enhancing the validation speed and accuracy of filing fee amounts. Most of the rule changes went into effect on January 31, 2022, and directly affect shelf registration statement filings and prospectus filings made after such date.
Continue Reading SEC Adopts Amendments to Change the Format and Procedure on Filing Fee Disclosures

On October 30, 2019, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton announced that the SEC will review its RMBS asset-level disclosure requirements with “an eye toward facilitating SEC-registered offerings.”   The announcement notes the absence of SEC-registered RMBS securitizations in recent years and seeks input from investors, issuers and other market participants with respect to several questions posed in

On September 26, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission extended the ability to test the waters to all issuers by adopting the highly anticipated new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act). The new rule allows any issuer, or any person acting on the issuer’s behalf, to engage in test

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced an increase in the filing fees to be paid by public companies and other issuers during the SEC’s 2020 fiscal year. Effective October 1, 2019, the filing fee rate will increase approximately 7.1 percent from the current rate of $121.20 per million dollars to $129.80 per million dollars for, among other things: (1) the registration of securities under the Securities Act of 1933; and (2) the repurchase of securities in going private transactions pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act).
Continue Reading SEC increases filing fees for fiscal year 2020

On August 8, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to Regulation S-K that are intended to modernize business, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosures (link).  The proposed changes are meant to update the rules to improve the readability of disclosures for investors while discouraging repetition and disclosure of information that