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Recorded on: Dec. 17, 2012

LEE A. MEYERSON: As I mentioned at the beginning of this conference, at one point within living memory, this conference was actually the bank M&A conference. Bank M&A has now been reduced to a 45-minute panel with three panelists. But I'm sure some day it's all going to change, and we'll stop talking about enforcement actions and start talking about doing deals. We have three of the leading market players in such bank M&A as there is. ...

Recorded on: Dec. 6, 2012

PATRICK T. QUINN: OK, welcome back. We're ready to start our second panel. As I mentioned this morning, in a year where regulatory activity across the securitization markets was a little lighter than expected-- the derivatives markets are certainly an exception. There's been quite a bit of regulatory activity, and that's going to be the subject of this upcoming panel. Let me introduce to my right, Jeff Robins. Jeff is my partner at Cadwalader. To ...

From the program: New Developments in Securitization 2012

Released on: Dec. 14, 2012

As the securitization world begins to emerge from the financial crisis, it faces an onslaught of new regulation and uncertainty.  Many transactions have been downgraded and have suffered unforeseeable losses.  Additionally, investor confidence in structured products has been badly shaken.  Moreover, many transactions have been subject to restructurings and litigation of various types.  Will these reforms be sufficient to restore ...

Recorded on: Feb. 4, 2011

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Greetings. My name is Amy Taub and I'm a program attorney with PLI, and I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "Dodd-Frank Act, Impact on Broker-Dealers." Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook ...

Recorded on: Apr. 28, 2010

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I am a Program Attorney with PLI, and I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Dodd Bill and Prospects for Financial Regulatory Reform. Before we began I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2012

JULIA B. STRICKLAND: We're going to start the 4:00 o'clock panel. And this panel, which is actually newly added to this program, addresses Emerging Payment Models and Related Litigation. And to my right, we have two people who are very involved in these issues. To my immediate right is David Teitelbaum, who is a partner at Sidley Austin. He has a broad regulatory practice for all types of financial institutions and assists these companies in a wide ...

Recorded on: Apr. 14, 2010

CHRISTINE HAMM: My name is Christine Gould Hamm. I'm an attorney in the Kansas City office of Husch Blackwell and Sanders. I get the pleasure of following up the exciting discussion of chattel paper with the discussion of equipment financing and fixture financing. I also got you at the perfect time of day, so hopefully I can keep you awake right after lunch. I'm going to try very hard to not spend a lot of time on the topics you've already covered ...

From the program: ERISA Fiduciary Investment Basics 2013

Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program ERISA Fiduciary Investment Basics 2013 recorded February, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:44] Understanding Basic Financial Institution Activities  [01:00:44] What is a prime broker? What is a swap? Parties in interest, prohibited transaction rules, and key exemptions The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online:  ...

From the program: Ethics in Banking and Financial Services 2013

Released on: Aug. 22, 2013

Lecture Topics  [Total time 02:46:42]Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Ethics in Banking and Financial Services 2013 [02:46:30]C. Evan Stewart, Michael J. Dell, Professor Samuel Issacharoff, Brent J. McIntosh, Jessie K. Liu The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online: New York Rules of Professional Conduct (Effective ...

Recorded on: Aug. 22, 2013

JANET SIEGEL: And now it's my pleasure to introduce to you our program chair for this morning's program. Evan Stewart is a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder, here in New York City. Mr. Stewart was featured by the New York Law Journal in the top trials of 2005, and more recently, Mr. Stewart prevailed against the Securities and Exchange Commission after three-week bench trial in Federal Court in May of 2013. He has substantial experience in the financial ...

Recorded on: Apr. 14, 2010

CHRISTINE HAMM: Hey, you're in the home stretch, the last hour. The last section of the program we're going to explore some of the ethical issues that arise in the practice of asset-based financing. I'm going to go over some basic rules on conflicts and confidentiality. And then leave the really tough and exciting stuff to Ed. So let's start with a quick look at the rules that apply. First are the ethical rules of the jurisdiction in which you are ...

Released on: Nov. 1, 2012

Taken from the briefing FATCA: The Deadline Looms... Will You Be Ready? recorded October, 2012. In the wake of the massive criminal tax prosecutions of UBS and other foreign firms by the Department of Justice in the late 2000s, Congress enacted FATCA to combat tax evasion by U.S. persons and to deter the facilitation of tax evasion by foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”).  To achieve these goals, FATCA requires that foreign ...

Released on: Feb. 28, 2013

Taken from the briefing Final FATCA Regulations: What Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds Need to Know recorded February, 2013. The FATCA regime represents the IRS’s far-reaching effort to require “foreign financial institutions,” including offshore investment vehicles, to assist it in enforcing the US tax obligations of US persons. The lengthy final FATCA regulations were published on January 17, 2013. The FATCA regime will ...

Recorded on: Mar. 3, 2011

ARTHUR H. KOHN: A few minutes of preparatory kind of introductory remarks about the topic that we're going to discuss. And then, we'll circle around. If anybody wants to interrupt us during the course of our presentation, please feel free to raise your hands. We're very happy to take questions. And so while the deck is being prepared, let me introduce my co-panelists. To my immediate right is Erin Cho. Erin is a partner at Davis Polk in the DC office. ...

Recorded on: Jun. 14, 2012

AMY TAUB: My name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome to today's briefing, Force-Place Insurance, Current Trends Following the Financial Crisis. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook tab in ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012

Released on: Oct. 29, 2012

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are key elements in many of our financial markets. The Dodd-Frank Act is substantially changing how these important instruments are regulated and transacted. This program will introduce you to both the instruments and their new environment. A derivative is a financial instrument that allocates the risks and price exposures associated with a designated reference asset or entity between the parties thereto. Derivatives ...

Recorded on: Jul. 22, 2013

Taken from the briefing Growing Criminal Risks of Intermediaries for Cross-Border Financial Crimes recorded July, 2013.In the last couple of decades the U.S. and the world have experienced growing prosecutions of intermediaries for cross-border financial crimes.   A U.S. bank was convicted by a Spanish court for moving money in the Pinochet criminal investigation instead of freezing it.  The U.S. and State of New York have ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2012

ALAN S. KAPLINSKY: Well, first of all, I want to thank everybody for attending our program, both those of you that are here in person and the many people who are-- actually, more people-- participating on the web, I believe. And we really appreciate it. I know I'm going to sound like what you hear when you fly on an airline. We really appreciate your business. We know there's a lot of competition out in the area. Oh, as Stacy from PLI told me, there's ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Insurance Group Solvency Supervision-- Proposed Enhancements. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part I: The Federal Reserve's Proposed Prudential Regulations for Foreign Banks recorded February, 2013. On December 14, 2012, the Federal Reserve proposed significant new regulations affecting the operations of foreign banks in the United States. The proposals are designed to implement the enhanced prudential regulation and early remediation requirements of Dodd-Frank Act sections 165 and ...

Recorded on: Feb. 21, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello, my name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, International Banking Part One: The Federal Reserve's Proposed Prudential Regulations for Foreign Banks. Before I begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. And, time permitting, they will be addressed. Please ...

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part II: Foreign Banks Accessing the U.S. Markets recorded March, 2013. Foreign banks are increasingly seeking to diversify their financing opportunities.  With careful planning, banks can access U.S. investors without subjecting themselves to the securities registration requirements applicable to public offerings and to ongoing disclosure and governance requirements applicable to U.S. ...

Recorded on: Mar. 22, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello, my name is Amy Taub. And I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, International Banking Part Two-- Farm Banks Accessing the US Markets. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello, my name is Amy Taub. And I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, International Banking, Part Three-- SEC Registration for Foreign Banks. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the Course Handbook ...

Released on: Apr. 4, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part III: SEC Registration for Foreign Banks recorded March, 2013. Foreign banks seeking to diversify their financing opportunities may consider SEC registration. This briefing will focus on the registration process; disclosure considerations for financial institutions; and compliance, governance and ongoing reporting. Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:05:06] The registration process and ...