Douglas Thomson

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• 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
• “Exceptional circumstances” continue: ECB extends leverage ratio relief
• China set to tighten shareholder behaviour rules
• Bank of England launches “fiendishly complicated” climate stress tests

• Second Circuit dismisses New York’s “unripe” fintech charter suit
• Jones Day hires five in Paris
• FCA sets out its “tough legacy” plans
• Italian regulators intervene to rescue local Greensill casualty
• Australian banks deny “virtue signalling” on climate plans
• Ashurst hires former Deutsche GC
• Privatbank bail-in recognised in UK
• Ashurst and Travers Smith promote in London
• Bird & Bird hires in Stockholm, Arnold & Porter in New York
• Existing risk categories can capture climate risk drivers, Basel says
• Basel finalises resilience principles as FDIC chair points to legacy systems
• MAS consulting on foreign branch exemptions
• FinCEN issues ANPR for beneficial ownership reporting, as director departs
• Shariah standard-setter warns of Ibor transition risks
• Euroyen Tibor administrator proposes 2024 end-date
• UK outlines mandatory climate disclosure plans
• US & Canada signal end of covid-era capital indulgence
• A&O’s Katz joins Ashurst
• Basel III monitoring to be mandatory in Europe
• Jones Day hires from Goldman Sachs
• FCA and MAS name women to senior leadership roles
• New Philippine digital bank framework prompts South African entrant
• FCA pulls the Libor trigger
• “The new normal”: Singapore addresses work-from-home risks
• Treasury fintech review urges unified UK regulatory strategy
• EBA sets out supervisory cooperation plans
• Sanction banks standing in the way of PSD2 success, EBA says
• Nigerian regulators deny split on crypto policy
• Former SEC chair returns to Sullivan & Cromwell
• CFTC’s Sterling to Jones Day, FCA’s Woolard to EY
• Cravath hires Debevoise partner Portilla
• Market “woefully unprepared” for SFDR with one month to go
• Darrois Villey advising as BPCE seeks Natixis squeeze-out
• ESMA should regulate crypto, AMF chair says
• Baker McKenzie advising on Swiss Libor switch documentation
• Baker McKenzie advising on three-way shariah bank merger
• Too Big To Fail has wedged banks by profitability, Basel report finds
• EU Court rejects Latvian bank’s SRF repayment request
• Lebanese banks sell Egyptian units amid capital requirements push
• Skadden hires old SEC hand
• Biden Begins
• Community roundup: Linklaters names global banking heads; Davis Polk hires OCC alum in DC
• Crédit Agricole sells Romanian unit, with Clifford Chance advising
• New year, new promotions
• OCC faces blowback for “fair access” proposal
• White & Case hires Milbank fintech practice lead
• Bangkok Bank integrates Indonesian branches after Permata M&A, with White & Case and Baker McKenzie advising
• Regulators dial back dividend and buyback restrictions
• Cadwalader and Sidley announce 2021 promotions in US and UK
• More departures from SEC