Douglas Thomson

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• Commission’s EMIR 3.0 plans “harmful to capital markets”, ISDA says
• Sidley and Greenberg Traurig hire Reed Smith partners
• Fed promises “level playing field” for crypto activities as it rejects Custodia bid
• FSB’s Knot says NBFIs, crypto, and climate key risks for next crisis
• Overconfident and underprepared: implementation fears as Consumer Duty deadline approaches
• Greenberg Traurig hires from BNY Mellon
• Simpson Thacher hires new co-head for European finreg practice
• “A great loss”: UK’s FSCB to shut up shop
• New partners for Linklaters in Singapore and WFW in London
• CMS hires ex-PRA enforcement head
• Hogan Lovells promotes in US and Europe
• Fed and FDIC slam “poor quality” Credit Suisse living will
• Estonian branch failings cost Danske US$2.68 billion
• News in brief – week ending 16 December 2022
• Covington hires in DC
• News in brief – week ending 9 December 2022
• White & Case hires from A&O in Frankfurt
• In-House: GBRR meets Nimesh Christie of Mizuho
• A&O, Linklaters and Wachtell Lipton advising as RBC attempts HSBC Canada acquisition
• This week’s news in brief – week ending 2 December 2022
• Morgan Lewis hires from Citi and Davis Polk
• News in Brief – week ending 25 November 2022
• Banks should be able to issue stablecoins without specific approval, Sullcrom memo argues
• New FTX chief describes litany of control failures
• This week’s news in brief – week ending 18 November 2022
• Regulators brace for FTX fallout
• This week’s news in brief – week ending 11 November 2022
• This week’s news in brief – week ending 4 November 2022
• This week’s news in brief – week ending 28 October 2022
• France’s AMF gets first female head
• This week’s news in brief
• Green light for US Bank’s MUFG acquisition, as large bank resolvability plans emerge
• London community roundup: Addleshaw Goddard hires from Barclays, FCA’s Fox to join Schroders
• FSOC calls for crypto spot market legislation
• Freshfields and Linklaters advising on Bahrain-Kuwait bank merger
• Fed names six banks for its “not a stress test” climate scenario exercise
• Competitiveness objective won’t interfere with the main job, UK regulators insist
• Former City minister to keynote first-ever GBRR Live
• Meet the regulator: José Manuel Campa, chair of the European Banking Authority
• “It’s a little bit of a journey”: the road to climate transition
• OCC hires New York DFS climate chief
• A “philosophical shift” in UK regulation? Financial services in the Truss-Kwarteng era
• Fed’s Barr to prioritise merger review
• Hogan Lovells hires partner in Dublin
• Introducing the BBF: Germany to create new AML authority
• London to host the first-ever GBRR Live
• Canada’s OSFI announces first crypto exposure rules
• Barr confirmed for Fed role
• Roundtable: Why so few “global” banks?
• Ex-OCC head leaves Simpson Thacher for Patomak

• Heads Up: with Satish Kini at Debevoise & Plimpton
• Ex-FDIC chair McWilliams to lead new Cravath DC office
• Clifford Chance hires fintech hand from Goldman Sachs
• CFTC quartet confirmed
• A sit-down with Rostin Behnam
• Fintechs should invite the regulators in
• Fed nominee Raskin withdraws
• “Banking is on the front lines now”: OCC’s Hsu links geopolitical and climate risk at IIB summit
• SRB reaches split decision on Sberbank Europe
• Heads Up: with Jenny Stainsby at Herbert Smith Freehills
• Paul Hastings recruits Covington’s securities co-chair
• PRA financial stability objective could be undermined by secondary “growth and competitiveness” agenda, Commons hears
• Nonbank charter showdown averted
• Raskin leads new Fed nominations
• Hong Kong regulator mulls tighter rules for stablecoins
• Natwest names Linklaters alum as GC
• Biden fills out CFTC posts as Behnam confirmed
• OCC search continues as Omarova withdraws
• Mizuho CEOs resign after regulatory interventions
• Credit Suisse retrenches following Archegos and Greensill debacles
• The Consultation: GBRR meets Philippa Allen, CEO of ComplianceAsia
• Next stop: Glasgow
• ESMA’s Ross to step up, FCA’s Randell to step down
• Heads Up: with Damian Carolan at Allen & Overy – Part 2
• Heads Up: with Damian Carolan at Allen & Overy
• CFTC’s Berkovitz reunites with Gensler at SEC
• HSF hires from Linklaters, MoFo from Reed Smith
• Mizuho to get direct oversight after string of IT failures
• EBA gets international pushback on third country equivalence
• Jones Day hires from JPMorgan Chase, Reed Smith hires from Jones Day
• Biden moves to fill CFTC vacancies
• Bank of America names in-houser as GC
• Simmons & Simmons hires from Hogan Lovells in London
• Skadden hires from OCC
• Former Obama aide tapped for NYDFS
• Danske Estonia class action dismissed in New York appeals court
• Supreme Court petition against SEC “power grab” gets FinCEN alumni backing
• Heads Up: with Linklaters’ Peter Bevan
• Lacewell to exit NYDFS following Cuomo report
• FCA loosens “presumed suspension” rule for SPACs
• Binance and Coinbase shed recent regulatory hires
• Gibson Dunn launches financial regulatory practice
• OCC appoints climate risk officer
• Mayer Brown hires from White & Case
• Brown ally named to Treasury financial institutions unit
• Community round-up: senior hires at FINMA and Bank of Canada
• Binance hires California’s top regulator, as FinCEN creates digital currency post
• FCA names new in-house legal team
• New leadership at Canada’s OSFI
• CBDCs get BIS seal of approval