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Spring Fever
April 20, 2023

Maybe it's a bit of spring fever or maybe (fingers crossed) we're starting to see a return to normal after a challenging start to the year, but there were no screaming headlines this week.

Congress is back this week and having hearings, but after a two-week holiday recess, there wasn't an overabundance of news coming out of Washington. Chances are, that is likely to change in the weeks to come. 

For now, please reach out here if there’s anything you'd like to talk about.   

Daniel Meade 
Partner and Editor, Cabinet News and Views

Partner | Financial Regulation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board held an open meeting on Tuesday to receive the semiannual update on the Deposit Insurance Fund Restoration Plan.

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Post-Brexit, the Bank of England assumed responsibility for recognising and supervising incoming, non-UK central counterparties, and on 14 April, the Bank and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that the relationship between the two authorities meets the expectations of the Bank’s Level 1 Informed Reliance Assessment.

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Special Counsel | Global Litigation

Last month, the Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after conducting a “preliminary review” of ESG benchmarks, “the overall quality of ESG-related disclosures made by benchmark administrators was poor” and improvements were necessary to ensure that the benchmarks were based on quality, consistent, and reliable data. On March 23, the FCA sent a letter to benchmark administrators explaining that it expected the administrators to develop, and be prepared to explain upon request, their strategies to address a number of issues raised in the letter.

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Our new partner expands the firm’s capabilities in structured and asset-backed financings.

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