Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act
Legislative Progress
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
96pct
371d open
vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d
Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt regulations interpreting the meaning of the term "facility" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (National exchange facilities are regulated by the SEC.)
These links require the bill number to appear in the filing's source-reported specific issue text. Client expenses and lobbying-firm income are separate disclosure fields.
Filing registrants (13)
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 681.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-883.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
Bills with similar content found using semantic analysis.
Sources: Congress.gov
2022 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
| Republican |
| IL |
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act".
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3280 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018); H.R. 3555 (Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 6258 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); S. 2098 (Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017); S. 2499 (A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority); S. 3107 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); India Market Access Issues; India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations; Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the financial services industry; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA); Municipal information disclosure regulation; Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost); Executive Order 13772 (Core Principles for Regulation of the US Financial System) Executive Order 13777 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda); US and China 100-day trade talks; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; ETF Regulation; Issues relating to H.R. 6072 and S. 3023 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019).
Client expense: $2,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3280 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018); H.R. 3555 (Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 6258 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); S. 2098 (Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017); S. 2499 (A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority); S. 3107 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); India Market Access Issues; India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations; Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the financial services industry; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA); Municipal information disclosure regulation; Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost); Executive Order 13772 (Core Principles for Regulation of the US Financial System) Executive Order 13777 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda); US and China 100-day trade talks; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; ETF Regulation; Issues relating to H.R. 6072 and S. 3023 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019).
Client expense: $2,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Potential issues relating to investor access to information and market structure, including H.R. 3555.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House to discuss ideas for housing finance reform Met with House and Senate to discuss issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on FinTech Met with House and Senate on large bank issues Met with House and Senate staff on capital leverage matters Met with House and Senate staff on flood insurance issues Met with Senate staff to discuss draft financial institution bankruptcy reform legislation Met with House and Senate issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on reauthorization of the Commodities Exchange Act and derivatives regulation Met with House and Senate on bond market issues Draft House Bill - the Main Street Growth Act - all provisions Met with House on draft legislation to amend the Regulation NMS governance structure Met with House and Senate to discuss anti-money laundering laws and draft reform legislation Met with House and Senate to discuss the Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate to discuss data privacy issues. Met with House and Senate to discuss CCAR process General issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank (P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act). Discussion draft - the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act - all provisions H.R.238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3089, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3280, a bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions and the Volker Rule H.R.3439, the Financial Institution Security Act - all provisions H.R.3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5961, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions H.R.5534, the GUIDE Compliance Act - all provisions H.R.6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act - all provisions H.R.6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act - all provisions S.488 - the JOBS and INvestor Confidence ACt of 2018 - all proivisions S.828 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes -- all provisions S.881 - 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017 - all provisions S.2155 - the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions S.2098 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act - all provisions S.2499 - legislation to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority - all provisions S.3614 - Corporate Governance Fairness Act - all provisions H.R. 4790 - the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - the Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R. 4293 - the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5841 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - all provisions
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3280 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018); H.R. 3555 (Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 6258 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); S. 2098 (Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017); S. 2499 (A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority); S. 3107 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); India Market Access Issues; India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations; Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the financial services industry; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA); Municipal information disclosure regulation; Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost); Executive Order 13772 (Core Principles for Regulation of the US Financial System) Executive Order 13777 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda); US and China 100-day trade talks; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; ETF Regulation; Issues relating to H.R. 6072 and S. 3023 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019).
Client expense: $2,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R.1667; H.R.3179; S.2155; H.R.4292; H.R.4296; H.R.4293; H.R.2319; H.R.4790; H.R.4659; H.R.5749; H.R.5961; H.R.6258; H.R.6068; H.R.6147; H.R.6757; H.R.3555; H.R.5282; S.3107; S.2526; S.868; H.R.2055; H.R.695; S.488; H.J.Res.143; - Discussed implementation of the Basel capital accord and issues related to capital and liquidity. Discussed margin issues; and SEC and equity market structure reform. Discussed proposals related to bank structure, capital requirements, capital formation, market structure, and market liquidity, and proxy voting issues. Discussed issues related to financial institution bankruptcy reform, including issues related to resolution and recovery under the Bankruptcy Code. Discussed the recommendations from the Treasury Financial Reports. Discussed BSA/AML. Discussed retirement savings issues, including multi-employer pension plans. Discussed SEC's Best Interest Rule. Discussed money market reform. Discussed issues around financial technology policy.
Client expense: $690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank Act, Enhanced Prudential Standards and Early Remediation Requirements The Volcker Rule General Fixed Income Market Structure General Equity Market Structure H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 General Dodd-Frank Act Title VII Reforms S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act FY19 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bills H.R. 3555, The Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues arising from Dodd-Frank regulations - including systemic risk regulation of non-bank financial institutions, FSOC process improvements, SIFI designations for non-bank financial institutions, and approaches to reducing systemic risk in the financial system, including H.R. 4601 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act and S.3577 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2018 Issues related to systemic risk standards being developed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for mutual funds and fund companies Issues related to ETF regulation, including Proposed Rule 6c-11 Issues related to municipal bonds and other securities and the structure of the municipal securities market, including issues related to bankruptcy Issues related to equity market structure matters, Regulation NMS reform, minimizing latency of market data feeds, improving resiliency of technology and infrastructure to avoid single points of failure, access fees, the maker-taker model, ETF trading, limit-up/limit-down, and reopening processes Issues related to the SEC's proposed transaction fee pilot Issues related to FINRA Rule 5250 Issues related to the definition of a "facility of an exchange" H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act Issues related to margin rules for uncleared swaps, including eligible collateral, initial margin thresholds, variation margin and segregation of margin Issues related to supplemental leverage ratio Issues related to security-based swaps reporting Issues related to cross border derivative trading provisions Issues related to legislation and regulations affecting mutual funds and the mutual fund industry Issues related to the availability and management of liquidity in the fixed income markets Issues related to the delay of corporate bond market transparency Issues related to the structure of the fixed income markets, including the Treasury market Issues related to proposed regulation on best interest Issues related to modernization of mutual fund information reporting Issues related to operational risk in the asset management industry Issues related to liquidity management rules for mutual funds and ETFs Issues related to funds' use of derivatives Issues related to corporate governance Issues related to SEC rulemaking toward electronic delivery of mutual fund disclosures Issues related to money market fund reforms, including H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act Issues related to stress testing for asset managers, including H.R. 4566, the Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act"
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 2319, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act. H.R. 3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act. SEC Regulation Best Interest (Release No. 34-83062). SEC Form CRS Relationship Summary and related amendments (Release No. 34-83063). SEC Proposed Interpretation Regarding Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers (Release No. IA- 4889). SEC Proposed and Final Rule on Disclosure of Order Handling Information (Release No. 34-84528). SEC Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks (Release No. 34-82873). Regulation of exchange-traded funds, including SEC Proposed Rule on Exchange-Traded Funds (Release No. 33-10515). Financial regulatory examination consolidation and coordination. Issues related to the role and responsibilities of self-regulatory organizations.
Client expense: $860,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Market data issues. H.R. 3555, The Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act. Issues related to the use of financial product identifiers; economic data release issues. Derivatives issues and regulation reform including agency regulations pursuant to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. Issues related to CFTC Advisory Committee nominations; Regulation of Swaps execution facilities (SEFs) Swap Data Repositories (SDRs) and Straight Through Processing, (STP). Issues related to economic data releases. Data storage. Implementing H.R. 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, (P.L. 115-97).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Fiduciary Duty. H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act. H.R. 6743, Jobs and Investor Confidence Act (S. 488). Consumer Information Notification Requirement. Equity market structure and Market data issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5877, the Main Street Growth Act; clarification of legal certainty for the trading of private securities on the Nasdaq Private Market platform; transparency and conflicts of interest in the proxy advisory industry; implementation and expansion of the JOBS Act/capital formation agenda/IPOs; security market structure and price transparency; proprietary ownership and distribution of market data; corporate governance issues; cybersecurity and system infrastructure; computer trading and H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017; H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017; S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection; S. 3641, Corporate Governance Fairness Act; H.R. 5970, the Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act; H.R.3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act; H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017; short selling transparency; JOBS Act 3.0
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General issues relating to the following: Revitalize the market for small public companies/policies that promote IPOs, H.R. 10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, S. 488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018; Legislation to increase transparency and reduce conflicts of interest in the proxy advisory industry, H.R.4015 - Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016; Legislation on confidential filing and test the waters, H.R. 3903 - Encouraging Public Offerings Act; Trading and listings standards needed for a U.S. Venture Exchange, H.R. 5877 - Main Street Growth Act; Legislation requiring the prudential regulators to implement a risk-adjusted approach to value centrally-cleared exchange-listed derivatives, H.R. 5749 - Options Markets Stability Act; Legislation on 10-Q optionality, H.R. 5970 - Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act; SEC Conflict Minerals Rule, H.R. 4248 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals; Section 31 Fee Overpayments, S. 462 - Section 31 Fee Overpayments, H.R. 1257 - Section 31 Fee Overpayments; Cross border regulatory issues between the U.S. and Europe; Incentives for the trading of small cap stocks/ETFs; Implementation and expansion of the Jobs Act (S.488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018)/capital formation agenda/IPOs; H1B visa/immigration reform; Equity, fixed income market structure/Regulation NMS; Proprietary ownership and distribution of market data; Cyber Security and system infrastructure; Limitations on SEC regulation of non-exchange activities H.R.3555 - Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act; and Requiring transparency of short positions that match existing requirements on long position holders.
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial Technology ("Fintech") H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 1153, the "Mortgage Choice Act" H.R. 3072, the "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017" H.R. 4537, the "International Insurance Standards Act of 2017" H.R. 477, the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017″ HR 3746 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 HR 4439 -- Modernizing Credit Opportunities Act HR 4545 -- Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 4566 -- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 4607 -- Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act HR 5323 -- Derivatives Fairness Act Nominations for SEC, CFTC, FDIC S. 1020, the Carried Interest Fairness Act S. 2155 -- Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act SEC fiduciary rule Substitute Amendment to S. 2155 Treasury department review of financial regulations Brokaw bill HR 5877 -- Main Street Growth Act Small Business Lending Discrimination HR 5534 Give Useful Information to Define Effective Guidance (GUIDE) Act HR 6743 Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to US Supreme Court Nomination of Eric Dreiband as AAG at DOJ HR 6972 Consumers First Act S 3503 American Housing and Economic Mobility Act H.R.3555 - Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act H.R.6021 - Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R.6177 - Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R.6319 - Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R.6322 - Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R.6324 - Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R.6320 - Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R.6323 - Senior Security Act of 2018 S.488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 H.R.5059 - State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R.2128 - Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R.6741 - Federal Reserve Reform Act of 2018 H.R.6745 - ACCESS Rural America Act H.R.5381 - GRATER Act of 2018 Interagency rule regarding the implementation of CECL accounting rules Reg BI De minimis exemption is a critical element of the swap dealer rule Whistleblower program Volcker ruke amendments
Client expense: $83,504 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 2585, the 21st Century Glass Steagall Act HR 4545 -- Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 4566 -- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 4607 -- Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act HR 4771 -- Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 HR 4790 -- Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act HR 5323 -- Derivatives Fairness Act Treasury department review of financial regulations H.R.3555 - Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act H.R.6021 - Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R.6177 - Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R.6319 - Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R.6322 - Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R.6324 - Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R.6320 - Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R.6323 - Senior Security Act of 2018 S.488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 H.R.5059 - State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R.2128 - Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R.6741 - Federal Reserve Reform Act of 2018 H.R.6745 - ACCESS Rural America Act H.R.5381 - GRATER Act of 2018 Interagency rule regarding the implementation of CECL accounting rules Reg BI De minimis exemption is a critical element of the swap dealer rule Whistleblower program Volcker rule amendments
Client expense: $83,504 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 1459 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); H.R. 1585 (To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to codify certain qualifications of individuals as accredited investors for purposes of the securities laws); H.R. 1645 (Fostering Innovation Act of 2017); H.R. 3280 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018); H.R. 3299 (Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017); H.R. 3555 (Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 3758 (Senior Safe Act of 2017); H.R. 3857 (PASS Act of 2017); H.R. 3903 (Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017); H.R. 4061 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017); H.R. 4785 (American Customer Information Protection Act); H.R. 6035 (Streamlining Communications for Investors Act); H.R. 6130 (Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act); H.R. 6139 (To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study to evaluate the issues affecting the provision of and reliance upon investment research into small issuers); H.R. 6258 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); H.R. 6323 (Senior Security Act of 2018); S. 488 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 2098 (Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017); S. 2499 (A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority); S. 3004 (Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018); S. 3107 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); China - strategic and economic dialogue; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations; Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the financial services industry; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA); Municipal information disclosure regulation; Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost); Executive Order 13772 (Core Principles for Regulation of the US Financial System) Executive Order 13777 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda); US and China 100-day trade talks; Housing finance reform; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; ETF Regulation; Issues relating to H.R. 6072 and S. 3023 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019); Vietnam cybersecurity law.
Client expense: $1,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank Act, Enhanced Prudential Standards and Early Remediation Requirements The Volcker Rule General Fixed Income Market Structure General Equity Market Structure H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 General Dodd-Frank Act Title VII Reform s S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act FY19 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bills H.R. 3555, The Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act S. 488 JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House to discuss ideas for housing finance reform Met with House and Senate on FinTech Met with House and Senate on large bank issues Met with House and Senate staff on capital leverage matters Met with House and Senate staff on flood insurance issues Met with Senate staff to discuss draft financial institution bankruptcy reform legislation Met with House and Senate issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on reauthorization of the Commodities Exchange Act and derivatives regulation Met with House and Senate on bond market issues Draft House Bill - the Main Street Growth Act - all provisions Met with House on draft legislation to amend the Regulation NMS governance structure Met with House and Senate to discuss anti-money laundering laws and draft reform legislation Met with House and Senate to discuss the Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate to discuss CCAR process General issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank (P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act). Discussion draft - the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act - all provisions H.R.238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3089, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3280, a bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions and the Volker Rule H.R.3439, the Financial Institution Security Act - all provisions H.R.3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5961, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions H.R.5534, the GUIDE Compliance Act - all provisions H.R.6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act - all provisions H.R.6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act - all provisions S.488 - the JOBS and INvestor Confidence ACt of 2018 - all proivisions S.828 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes -- all provisions S.881 - 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017 - all provisions S.2155 - the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions S.2098 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act - all provisions S.2499 - legislation to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority - all provisions H.R. 4790 - the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - the Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R. 4293 - the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5841 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - all provisions
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House to discuss ideas for housing finance reform Met with House and Senate on FinTech Met with House and Senate on large bank issues Met with House and Senate staff on capital leverage matters Met with House and Senate staff on flood insurance issues Met with Senate staff to discuss draft financial institution bankruptcy reform legislation Met with House and Senate issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on reauthorization of the Commodities Exchange Act and derivatives regulation Met with House and Senate on bond market issues Draft House Bill - the Main Street Growth Act - all provisions Met with House on draft legislation to amend the Regulation NMS governance structure Met with House and Senate to discuss anti-money laundering laws and draft reform legislation Met with House and Senate to discuss the Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate to discuss CCAR process General issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank (P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act). Discussion draft - the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act - all provisions H.R.238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3089, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3280, a bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions and the Volker Rule H.R.3439, the Financial Institution Security Act - all provisions H.R.3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5961, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions H.R.5534, the GUIDE Compliance Act - all provisions H.R.6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act - all provisions H.R.6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act - all provisions S.488 - the JOBS and INvestor Confidence ACt of 2018 - all proivisions S.828 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes -- all provisions S.881 - 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017 - all provisions S.2155 - the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions S.2098 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act - all provisions S.2499 - legislation to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority - all provisions H.R. 4790 - the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - the Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R. 4293 - the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5841 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - all provisions
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R.1624; H.R.1667; H.R.3179; H.R.3439; S.2155; H.R.4292; H.R.4296; H.R.4293; H.R.2319; H.R.3978; H.R.2121; H.R.4790; H.R.4659; H.R.5749; H.R.5961; H.R.6258; H.R.6068; H.R.6157; H.R.6147; H.R.6757; H.R.3555; H.R. 5282; S.3107; S.2526; S.2499; H.R.2319 - Discussed implementation of the Basel capital accord and issues related to capital and liquidity. Discussed margin issues; CFTC reauthorization; and SEC and equity market structure reform. Discussed proposals related to bank structure, capital requirements, capital formation, market structure, and market liquidity, and proxy voting issues. Discussed issues related to financial institution bankruptcy reform, including issues related to resolution and recovery under the Bankruptcy Code. Discussed access to capital for emerging growth companies. Discussed budget and revenue measures involving the financial services sector. Discussed the recommendations from the Treasury Financial Reports. Discussed treatment of municipal securities. Discussed BSA/AML. Discussed retirement savings issues. Discussed SEC's Best Interest Rule. Discussed money market reform. Discussed issues around financial technology policy.
Client expense: $730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Potential issues relating to investor access to information and market structure, including H.R. 3555.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 2319, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act. H.R. 3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act. SEC Regulation Best Interest (Release No. 34-83062). SEC Form CRS Relationship Summary and related amendments (Release No. 34-83063). SEC Proposed Interpretation Regarding Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers (Release No. IA- 4889). SEC Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks (Release No. 34-82873). Financial regulatory examination consolidation and coordination. Issues related to the structure and regulatory responsibilities of the Federal Reserve. Issues related to the role and responsibilities of self-regulatory organizations.
Client expense: $820,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3555, "the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act"
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues arising from Dodd-Frank regulations - including systemic risk regulation of non-bank financial institutions, FSOC process improvements, SIFI designations for non-bank financial institutions, and approaches to reducing systemic risk in the financial system, including H.R. 4601 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act Issues related to systemic risk standards being developed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for mutual funds and fund companies Issues related to ETF regulation, including Proposed Rule 6c-11 Issues related to municipal bonds and other securities and the structure of the municipal securities market, including issues related to bankruptcy Issues related to equity market structure matters, Regulation NMS reform, minimizing latency of market data feeds, improving resiliency of technology and infrastructure to avoid single points of failure, access fees, the maker-taker model, ETF trading, limit-up/limit-down, and reopening processes Issues related to the SEC's proposed transaction fee pilot Issues related to FINRA Rule 5250 Issues related to the definition of a "facility of an exchange" H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act Issues related to margin rules for uncleared swaps, including eligible collateral, initial margin thresholds, variation margin and segregation of margin Issues related to supplemental leverage ratio Issues related to security-based swaps reporting Issues related to cross border derivative trading provisions Issues related to legislation and regulations affecting mutual funds and the mutual fund industry Issues related to the availability and management of liquidity in the fixed income markets Issues related to the structure of the fixed income markets, including the Treasury market Issues related to proposed regulation on best interest Issues related to modernization of mutual fund information reporting Issues related to operational risk in the asset management industry Issues related to liquidity management rules for mutual funds and ETFs Issues related to funds' use of derivatives Issues related to corporate governance Issues related to SEC rulemaking toward electronic delivery of mutual fund disclosures Issues related to money market fund reforms, including H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act Issues related to stress testing for asset managers, including H.R. 4566, the Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Market data issues. H.R. 3555, The Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act. Issues related to the use of financial product identifiers; economic data release issues. Derivatives issues and regulation reform including agency regulations pursuant to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. Issues related to CFTC Advisory Committee nominations; Regulation of Swaps execution facilities (SEFs) Swap Data Repositories (SDRs) and Straight Through Processing, (STP). Issues related to economic data releases. Data storage. Implementing H.R. 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, (P.L. 115-97).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Equity Market Structure issues. Fiduciary Duty. H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act. H.R. 6743 Consumer Information Notification Requirement. Equity market structure and Market data issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General issues relating to the following: Revitalize the market for small public companies/policies that promote IPOs, H.R. 10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017; Legislation to increase transparency and reduce conflicts of interest in the proxy advisory industry, H.R.4015 - Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016; Legislation on confidential filing and test the waters, H.R. 3903 - Encouraging Public Offerings Act; Trading and listings standards needed for a U.S. Venture Exchange, H.R. 5877 - Main Street Growth Act; Legislation requiring the prudential regulators to implement a risk-adjusted approach to value centrally-cleared exchange-listed derivatives, H.R. 5749 - Options Markets Stability Act; Legislation on 10-Q optionality, H.R. 5970 - Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act; SEC Conflict Minerals Rule, H.R. 4248 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals; Section 31 Fee Overpayments, S. 462 - Section 31 Fee Overpayments, H.R. 1257 - Section 31 Fee Overpayments; Cross border regulatory issues between the U.S. and Europe; Incentives for the trading of small cap stocks/ETFs; Repatriation/tax reform; Implementation and expansion of the Jobs Act (S.488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018)/capital formation agenda/IPOs; H1B visa/immigration reform; Equity, fixed income market structure/Regulation NMS; Proprietary ownership and distribution of market data; Corporate governance issues; Cyber Security and system infrastructure; Limitations on SEC regulation of non-exchange activities H.R.3555 - Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act; and Requiring transparency of short positions that match existing requirements on long position holders.
Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5877, the Main Street Growth Act; clarification of legal certainty for the trading of private securities on the Nasdaq Private Market platform; transparency and conflicts of interest in the proxy advisory industry; implementation and expansion of the JOBS Act/capital formation agenda/IPOs; security market structure and price transparency; proprietary ownership and distribution of market data; corporate governance issues; cybersecurity and system infrastructure; computer trading and H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017; H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017; S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection; issues related to capital formation; Voldex; H.R. 5970, the Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act; H.R.3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act; H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017; short selling transparency; JOBS Act 3.0
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Potential issues relating to investor access to information and market structure, including H.R. 3555.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House to discuss ideas for housing finance reform Met with House and Senate on FinTech Met with House and Senate on large bank issues Met with House and Senate staff on capital leverage matters Met with House and Senate staff on flood insurance issues Met with House and Senate issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on reauthorization of the Commodities Exchange Act and derivatives regulation Met with House and Senate on bond market issues Draft House Bill - the Main Street Growth Act - all provisions Met with House on draft legislation to amend the Regulation NMS governance structure Met with House and Senate to discuss anti-money laundering laws and draft reform legislation Met with House and Senate to discuss the Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate to discuss CCAR process General issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank (P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act). Discussion draft - the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act - all provisions H.R.238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3089, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3439, the Financial Institution Security Act - all provisions H.R.3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5534, the GUIDE Compliance Act - all provisions H.R.6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act - all provisions S.828 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes -- all provisions S.881 - 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017 - all provisions S.2155 - the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions S.2098 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act - all provisions S.2499 - legislation to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority - all provisions H.R. 4790 - the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - the Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R. 4293 - the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5841 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - all provisions
Client expense: $1,160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank Act, Enhanced Prudential Standards and Early Remediation Requirements The Volcker Rule General Fixed Income Market Structure General Equity Market Structure H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 General Dodd-Frank Act Title VII Reform s S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act FY19 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bills H.R. 4292, The Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3555, The Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act
Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 1459 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); H.R. 1585 (To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to codify certain qualifications of individuals as accredited investors for purposes of the securities laws); H.R. 1645 (Fostering Innovation Act of 2017); H.R. 3280 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018); H.R. 3299 (Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017); H.R. 3555 (Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 3758 (Senior Safe Act of 2017); H.R. 3857 (PASS Act of 2017); H.R. 3903 (Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017); H.R. 4061 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017); H.R. 4785 (American Customer Information Protection Act); H.R. 6021 (Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018); H.R. 6035 (Streamlining Communications for Investors Act); H.R. 6130 (Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act); H.R. 6139 (To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study to evaluate the issues affecting the provision of and reliance upon investment research into small issuers); H.R. 6258 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); S. 488 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 2098 (Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017); S. 2499 (A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority); S. 3004 (Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018); S. 3107 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations; Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the financial services industry; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA); Municipal information disclosure regulation; Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost); Executive Order 13772 (Core Principles for Regulation of the US Financial System) Executive Order 13777 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda); US and China 100-day trade talks; Housing finance reform; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; ETF Regulation; Issues relating to H.R. 6072 and S. 3023 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019); Vietnam cybersecurity law.
Client expense: $1,550,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General issues relating to the following: Revitalize the market for small public companies/policies that promote IPOs, H.R. 10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017; Legislation to increase transparency and reduce conflicts of interest in the proxy advisory industry, H.R.4015 - Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016; Legislation on confidential filing and test the waters, H.R. 3903 - Encouraging Public Offerings Act; Trading and listings standards needed for a U.S. Venture Exchange, H.R. 5877 - Main Street Growth Act; Legislation requiring the prudential regulators to implement a risk-adjusted approach to value centrally-cleared exchange-listed derivatives, H.R. 5749 - Options Markets Stability Act; Legislation on 10-Q optionality, H.R. 5970 - Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act; SEC Conflict Minerals Rule, H.R. 4248 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals; Section 31 Fee Overpayments, S. 462 - Section 31 Fee Overpayments, H.R. 1257 - Section 31 Fee Overpayments; Cross border regulatory issues between the U.S. and Europe; Incentives for the trading of small cap stocks/ETFs; Repatriation/tax reform; Implementation and expansion of the Jobs Act/capital formation agenda/IPOs; H1B visa/immigration reform; Equity, fixed income market structure/Regulation NMS; Proprietary ownership and distribution of market data; Corporate governance issues; Cyber Security and system infrastructure; Limitations on SEC regulation of non-exchange activities H.R.3555 - Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act; and Requiring transparency of short positions that match existing requirements on long position holders.
Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of