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Federal Reserve Issues Guidance for Banks Considering Crypto Activities

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday issued additional guidance for banks considering activities involving cryptocurrencies, emphasizing that firms must notify the Fed beforehand and make sure whatever they do is legally permitted. The Fed said in a statement that while …

Data ‘Surveillance’ Crackdown Begins With FTC Privacy Pitch

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public feedback on a proposed rulemaking to limit what it’s dubbed “commercial surveillance” by businesses that sell or share information collected about people, with potential new powers to levy fines for data protection violations. …

Viewpoint: Regulatory Interest in Big Data, AI More Than a Carrier Problem

The California Insurance Commissioner and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently issued a bulletin regarding industry bias and discrimination. The bulletin acknowledged allegations of bias and discrimination in the industry and gave notice to insurance players that the CDI …

Explainer: Will U.S. Supreme Court EPA Ruling Rein in Federal Regulators?

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a 6-3 ruling that some legal experts said would more broadly curb the federal government’s regulatory power. Below is …

Corporate America Looks for Leeway on U.S. Climate Disclosures

Business associations for top U.S.-listed companies have pushed back against a landmark proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make corporate America disclose a range of greenhouse gas emission figures. Groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the …

New Layer of Federal Oversight for Climate Disclosures Not Needed: Triple-I

Creating a new layer of federal oversight would neither enhance nor standardize the climate-related disclosures U.S. insurers make to investors, the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) said in a letter sent today to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Triple-I’s …

Challenge to SEC ‘Gag’ Rule Turned Away by Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a challenge brought by a former Xerox Corp executive and backed by Elon Musk to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule requiring people who agree to settlements with the agency not to …

ESG Fund Bosses Hit by ‘Reckoning’ as Goldman, DWS in Crosshairs

One of the top legal firms advising asset managers on ESG says the industry needs to brace for a more rigorous enforcement of regulations, effective immediately. There’s “a reckoning” under way, said Sonali Siriwardena, partner and global head of ESG …

U.S. Senators Unveil Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrency

A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would establish new rules for cryptocurrency, and hand the bulk of their oversight to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The bill, introduced by Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis, …

U.S. SEC Chair Says Much to Be Done to Protect Crypto Investors

Cryptocurrency assets are highly speculative and investors in them need more protections or they could lose trust in the markets, Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said on Monday. Generally, people who buy cryptocurrencies do not …