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Policy reforms and economic tailwinds drive global M&A higher
Welcome to the latest edition of M&A insights, where we explore the forces shaping transactional activity and predict what will drive dealmaking in the year to come. M&A data for 2025 reveals more confidence among market participants to execute big-ticket transactions in the second half of the year, including the battle to acquire one of the biggest names in Hollywood, which if approved will be one of the largest M&A transactions in history....By: A&O Shearman
Changes to the Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime
The past week has seen some interesting developments in New Zealand’s anti-money laundering framework under the Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime. We outline brief summaries of these developments below....By: DLA Piper
FCA responds to Committee recommendations in 2024 “Sexism in the City” report
Overview - On 28 October 2025, the House of Commons Treasury Committee (the Committee) published a letter from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), outlining the steps that the FCA has taken to investigate and uncover instances of non-financial misconduct (NFM) in response to the Committee’s 2024 “Sexism in the City” inquiry report. NFM includes behaviours such as bullying, harassment or violence, and is now a matter of regulatory concern and the letter provides the latest insight into the...By: DLA Piper
[Video] 2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 65 – The This Is Nuts Edition
What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s episode! ABC protests topple the Bulgarian government, a French tennis player is suspended for 20 years over corruption, a UM coach is fired over an affair with a staffer, and Trump puts the DOJ in a no-win position over Warner Bros. Stories this week include: • NY state could...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Three Non-Profit Organizations Represented By Public Citizen Litigation Group Open Up New Front In War Against the CFPB
On December 5, 2025, Rise Economy, the National Reinvestment Coalition and the Woodstock Institute filed a lawsuit against the CFPB and its Acting Director Russell Vought in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief related to Vought’s determination not to seek funding from the Federal Reserve Board because of an opinion provided to the CFPB by the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice (“OLC”) that...By: Ballard Spahr LLP
Department of Energy Releases Interim Final Rule for Energy Dominance Financing Program
On Oct. 28, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) released an interim final rule amending the regulations for the Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program. This interim final rule implements the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) provisions enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4. The rule takes effect immediately while inviting public comment through Dec. 29, representing a significant transformation of the program....By: Ankura
Federal Banking Agencies Finalize the eSLR Rule, With Some Adjustments
The federal banking agencies have finalized their rule to recalibrate the enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio (eSLR) for U.S. global systemically important bank holding companies (GSIBs) and their covered depository institutions. The final rule sets a simple and transparent limit on a banking organization's leverage......By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
OCC Issues Another Crypto-Friendly Interpretive Letter: Permissibility of Riskless Principal Crypto-Assets Transactions
On December 9, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued Interpretive Letter 1188 (IL 1188), confirming that a national bank is permitted, as part of the business of banking, to engage in riskless principal crypto-assets transactions....By: Foley & Lardner LLP
What Every Multinational Should Know About . . . U.S. Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Both the Biden and the Trump administrations have been expanding U.S. export controls (particularly regarding China) and promulgating new and comprehensive economic sanctions. To reflect the increasing risks of these international regulatory regimes, this article is the first in a series that will explore key export control and economic sanctions issues that arise for multinational companies......By: Foley & Lardner LLP
[Podcast] Bangladesh’s Battle with Power, Corruption, and Justice
Bribes wired across borders. Judges who flee the bench. A nation whiplashed between rival leaders while their corrupt regimes leave a money trail a mile long. In this episode, hosts Tatiana Sainati and Diana Shaw sit down with their guest, former FBI agent Debra LaPrevotte, to dissect Bangladesh’s tumultuous corruption saga and the rise of Tarique Rahman, once branded “Mr. 10%.” From secret accounts in Singapore and London to courtroom theatrics and acquittals, we ask the hard question:...By: Wiley Rein LLP
Lowering the Stakes on Exchange Traded Products: IRS Guidance Safe Harbors Staking Activity in ETPs
The Internal Revenue Service published Revenue Procedure 2025-31 (the “Rev. Proc.”), granting safe harbor relief (the “Safe Harbor”) to exchange traded products (“ETPs”) seeking to engage in staking activities on November 10, 2025. Prior to this relief, there was significant uncertainty as to the activities an ETP could undertake while maintaining its classification as an investment trust and a grantor trust......By: Seward & Kissel LLP
SEC Director Daly’s Speech Regarding the Division’s Four-Year Workplan
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Directors of Registered Investment Companies; Investment Advisers; Hedge Funds - Quick Take: At the December 2, 2025 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Federal Regulation of Securities Committee’s Private Funds Subcommittee and Investment Advisers and Investment Companies Subcommittee in Washington, D.C., SEC Division of Investment Management Director, Brian Daly, highlighted a preference for a pragmatic, incremental approach...By: Seward & Kissel LLP
SFDR 2 0: Proposal for amending regulation published
On 20 November 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) formally published its legislative proposal to amend the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the PRIIPs KID Regulation and repeal the SFDR Delegated Regulation (SFDR 2.0). The publication follows a leaked draft of the amendments in circulation earlier in November....By: Walkers
Guernsey regulator launches Digital Asset Consultation Paper
The GFSC is driving future growth and positioning Guernsey as a trusted, innovative hub for digital finance and digital assets. The Digital Finance Consultation proposes regulatory changes to support tokenisation, stablecoins and digital asset custody, while also encouraging technology in financial crime compliance. It removes the blanket ban on retail VASPs, which will now be assessed case by case....By: Walkers
[Video] Compliance Tip of the Day – Ethical Deployment of AI Powered Controls
Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast that brings you daily insights and practical advice for navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned compliance professional or just starting your journey, we aim to provide you with bite-sized, actionable tips to help you stay on top of your compliance game. Join us as we explore the latest industry trends, share best practices, and demystify complex compliance issues to keep your...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Crypto Bankruptcy Claw-Backs: Strategic Imperatives for Creditors
The collapse of major digital-asset platforms in recent years has propelled bankruptcy avoidance actions into the spotlight. Among these, claw-back claims under the Bankruptcy Code – especially § 547 (pre-petition preferential transfers) and § 550 (recovery of value from transferees) – present complex, high-stakes terrain for creditors, trustees, and asset-recovery practitioners....By: IR Global
Still in motion – Revisiting our Global FSR Outlook 2025
The 2025 edition of our annual flagship publication, Global FSR Outlook, took as its theme 'perpetual motion'. This seemed to aptly describe how the financial services community felt as we all looked out on the ever shifting geopolitical, technological and socio-economic landscape....By: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Buyer’s Perspective in M&A: Balancing Speed and Diligence in Competitive Auctions
How Buyers Can Win Fast Without Losing Control - In today’s M&A landscape, competitive auctions are increasingly common, especially in industries where private equity is active and strategic buyers are flush with capital. These processes are designed to create urgency, drive up valuations, and reward decisiveness. For buyers, the pressure to move quickly is real. But speed without diligence is a recipe for regret....By: Cranfill Sumner LLP
EBA Consults On Amendments To RTS Under CSDR Prudential Framework
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper on draft amendments to the regulatory technical standards (RTS) under Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/390, supplementing the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) prudential framework. The changes respond to the CSDR Refit (Regulation (EU) 2023/2845), which now permits banking CSDs to provide banking-type ancillary services to participants of other CSDs, including foreign currency cash settlement....By: A&O Shearman
CFPB Signals It Will Issue Interim Open Banking Rule as Funding Lapse Approaches
On December 10, in a federal court filing, the CFPB stated that it plans to issue an interim final rule revising its open banking framework under the Dodd Frank Act’s Section 1033. The disclosure came in a status report filed in the Kentucky federal court litigation challenge over the rule that directed banks to make account data available free of charge for consumer sharing with fintechs....By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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