Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States
June 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Treasury delivered its semiannual Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States.
Remarks by Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo at Consensus 2022 Addressing National Security Matters involving Digital Assets
June 10, 2022
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo gave remarks at Consensus 2022.
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Updates Exchange Act Q&A of General Applicability
June
The Securities and Exchange Commission updated Question 101.01 of the Exchange Act Sections Questions and Answers of General Applicability.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFTC Staff Issues Advisory on Swap Data Errors and Related Error Correction Notification Form
June 10, 2022
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Data issued an advisory that provides instructions for notifying staff when a swap execution facility, designated contract market, or reporting counterparty determines that it is unable to timely correct a swap data error.
State Agencies
California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
Lending Disclosure Regulations Finalized after Four Years
June 9, 2022
The California Office of Administrative Law approved the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s proposed commercial financing disclosure regulations, implementing final regulations to implement a 2018 statute. The final disclosure regulations will become effective on December 9, 2022.
International
Bank of England
Resolvability assessment of major UK banks: 2022
June 10, 2022
The Bank of England has published the findings from its first assessment of the resolvability of the eight major UK firms as part of the Resolvability Assessment Framework.
Minutes of the March London FXJSC Main Committee Meetings
June 10, 2022
The Bank of England released minutes from the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) meetings held in March 2022.
Summary Minutes of the Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates Sub-Group and Task Force Meetings – April/May 2022
June 10, 2022
The Bank of England published summary minutes of the Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates Sub-Group and Task Force meetings held in April and May 2022.
Bank of England/Ipsos Inflation Attitudes Survey
June 10, 2022
The Bank of England released the quarterly Bank of England/Ipsos Inflation Attitudes Survey.
Paper: What drives repo haircuts? Evidence from the UK market
June 10, 2022
The Bank of England published a staff working paper entitled, “What drives repo haircuts? Evidence from the UK market.”
UK Financial Conduct Authority
Speech: Innovation & Regulation: Partners in the success of Financial Services
June 10, 2022
The UK Financial Conduct Authority Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, Jessica Rusu, gave a speech at Money 20/20 Amsterdam entitled, “Innovation & Regulation: Partners in the success of Financial Services.”
Administration Changes
Vacancies
Federal Reserve Board
- Vice Chair for Supervision – Michael S. Barr nominated April 15, 2022 (Nomination Hearing held on May 19, 2022; committee approval on June 8, 2022; pending full Senate vote.)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Chair – Vacant (Martin Gruenberg serves as Acting Chair)
- Vice Chairman – Vacant
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Comptroller – Vacant (Michael Hsu serves as Acting Comptroller)
Commodity Futures Commission
- Three (3) Commissioner Vacancies
Appointments/Confirmation Hearings
U.S. Department of the Treasury – Janet Yellen (effective January 26, 2021)
Federal Reserve Board – Jerome H. Powell (effective May 23, 2022)
- Vice Chair Lael Brainard (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Governor Phillip N Jefferson (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Governor Lisa D. Cook (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Statement by Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell on his nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Governor Lael Brainard on her nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021) (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Statement on Federal Reserve Nominations (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Secretary Walsh on Federal Reserve Nominations (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Statement on the Renomination of Jerome Powell for Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Toomey Statement on Renomination of Jerome Powell for Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Applauds Biden’s Nomination of Governor Lael Brainard for Vice Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Applauds Biden’s Nominees for Fed Board (January 14, 2022)
- Toomey Statement on President Biden’s Fed Nominees (January 14, 2022)
- Waters Applauds Nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin, Lisa Cook, and Philip Jefferson to Leadership Roles in the Federal Reserve (January 14, 2022)
- Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Federal Reserve Nominations (January 14, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown Statement on Nomination of Dr. Lisa Cook (March 29, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Toomey Statement on Nomination of Dr. Lisa Cook (March 29, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown Statement on Nomination of Michael Barr for Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision (April 15, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Toomey Statement on Nomination of Michael Barr for Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision (April 15, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Statement on Senate Confirmation of Dr. Lisa Cook (May 10, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Statement on Senate Confirmation of Dr. Lisa Cook (May 10, 2022)
- Jerome H. Powell sworn in for second term as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Lael Brainard sworn in as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Lisa D. Cook sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Philip N. Jefferson sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – John C. Williams (effective June 18, 2018)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Martin Gruenberg (Acting Chair, appointed February 5, 2022)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Rohit Chopra (effective October 12, 2021)
Securities and Exchange Commission – Gary Gensler (effective April 17, 2021)
Small Business Administration – Isabella Casillas Guzman (effective March 16, 2021)
Commodity Futures Trade Commission – Rostin Behnam (effective December 17, 2021)
- Kristin Johnson, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (September 13, 2021)
- Christy Goldsmith Romero, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (September 13, 2021)
- U.S. Senate Unanimously Confirms Behnam as Chairman (December 17, 2021)
- CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Announces Executive Staff Appointments (January 20, 2022)
- CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Appoints Initial CFTC Leadership (January 25, 2022)
- Statement of CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam on the U.S. Senate Confirmations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham (March 29, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Initial Staff Appointments (April 22, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Goldsmith Romero Announces Staff Appointments (April 27, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Additional Staff Appointments (May 13, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Mersinger Announces Staff Appointments (May 16, 2022)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
National Credit Union Administration – Todd M. Harper
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Marcia Fudge (effective March 10, 2021)
Federal Housing Finance Agency – Sandra L. Thompson, (confirmed May 25, 2022)
U.S. Department of Education – Dr. Miguel Cardona (effective March 2, 2021)
PH Client Alerts
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Legislation/Legislative Updates
Click here to view the full text of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), Enacted March 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020, Enacted April 24, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, Enacted June 5, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Enacted December 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, Enacted March 11, 2021.
Click here to view the full text of the PPP Extension Act of 2021, Enacted March 30, 2021.
Click here to view a running list of proposed legislation from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, House Committee on Financial Services, and House Committee on Small Business.
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