Geoffrey Goldman

Oct 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | David Lucking |Geoffrey Goldman |Jonathan Cho

On September 20, 2024, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") announced that it had approved final guidance (the "Final Guidance") for designated contract markets ("DCMs") that list voluntary carbon credit ("VCC") derivative contracts ("VCC Derivatives").1 The Final Guidance is the latest development in a multi-year focus on the VCC market during which the CFTC called numerous convenings and took the unusual step of issuing a call for whistleblowers in relation to potential...

Oct 22, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jonathan Cho |Jonathan Flynn |Geoffrey Goldman

On September 20, 2024, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced that it had approved final guidance (the “Final Guidance”) for designated contract markets (“DCMs”) that list voluntary carbon credit (“VCC”) derivative contracts (“VCC Derivatives”).[1] The Final Guidance is the latest development in a multi-year focus on the VCC market during which the CFTC called numerous convenings and took the unusual step of issuing a call for whistleblowers in relation to potential...

Jan 29, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Geoffrey Goldman |Jennifer Morton |Lona Nallengara

Overview: On December 13, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) adopted rule amendments (the “Amendments”)[1] under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that will, in effect, require direct participants of covered securities clearing agencies (CCAs)[2] to submit for clearing all their repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions involving U.S. Treasury securities and other cash market transactions in U.S. Treasury securities with certain types of regulated...

Oct 17, 2023 | lexology.com | Richard B. Alsop |Geoffrey Goldman |Harald Halbhuber |Erika Kent |Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan | +5 more

On October 10, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments to the rules governing the reporting of beneficial ownership of securities under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The amendments accelerate the deadlines by which Schedules 13D and 13G must be filed. While the SEC decided not to adopt proposed rules regarding disclosure of cash-settled derivatives and group formation, it issued guidance on these topics.