The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled its latest portal created to satisfy changes to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The agency gave the mortgage industry a first look at the gateway in August. The CFPB portal will be useful for institutions seeking organized reporting and transparency. Instead of providing obscure HMDA reports and [...]
Welcome to the world of financial engineering. Allow us to introduce you to the power and simplicity of some basic financial engineering techniques that will expand your business opportunities, allow you to entertain new lending strategies and help you understand that when Wall Street does financial engineering (referred to hereafter as FE), it is what [...]
On the campaign trail, candidate Donald Trump frequently discussed the need to scrap the Dodd-Frank Act (the “Act”). Following the election, the President-elect’s transition team signaled that reform will most likely come incrementally. The area most likely to be tackled first encompasses the portions of the Act that have hampered lending by small lenders and [...]
On May 18, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) posted its semiannual update regarding the Bureau’s rulemaking agenda. The Spring 2016 agenda contains an overview and timetable for the CFPB’s current initiatives. We have provided an overview of the most significant initiatives below. Arbitration Agreements The Bureau issued a Notice of Proposed [...]
The SEC proposed a rule under Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Act requiring companies to disclose whether employees and board members are permitted to hedge against declines in company's stock - including stock granted as part of compensation. Under the proposal, publicly held companies would be required to make the disclosures on their proxy statements [...]
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