Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It is no secret that this is a tight market for exactly the type of bright and capable lawyers who populate the Division. Every day I – and I’m guessing most of you – read and hear myriad jeremiads against the SEC, and Enforcement in particular, for “picking winners and losers” and “stifling innovation” in the crypto asset space.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 18, 2024

Most recently, we’ve seen these storms ravage investors in the crypto markets with the spectacular collapses of FTX and Terraform, among others. 5] But it’s not just in the crypto markets. With respect to the former, it’s been referred to as one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. I’ll simply note they exist. [5]

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 9, 2022

Not only is it challenging to find mermaids and unicorns, but the VC market has also changed over time. Public Relations – Partners act as firm representatives by speaking with news sources, attending conferences, and marketing the firm to the public. Final Investment Decisions – GPs have the final say on all investments.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 18, 2022

The Gold Standard of Capital Markets. These statutes created requirements and regulations around disclosure, registration, exchanges, and broker-dealers, and established the SEC to oversee the markets. laws became the gold standard for capital markets around the world. More retail investors than ever are accessing our markets.

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Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Just look at the financial markets, the crypto meltdown, deal volume at banks, inflation, energy prices, Russia/Ukraine, supply chains, and the hiring environment in tech and finance. But let’s start with my favorite topic: “ranking” banks, schools, and maybe a TV series or three. Bank, School, Dragon, and TV Rankings.

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Musings on Markets

MAY 6, 2022

The nature of markets is that they are never quite settled, as investors recalibrate expectations constantly and reset prices. Clearly, we are not in one of those time periods, as markets approach bipolar territory, with big moves up and down.

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IVSC

JANUARY 26, 2022

This interaction is like a compass that helps guide me and our organization on the topics and issues that are important and where the profession is heading. The profession is constantly evolving to meet the changing demands of the greater global financial markets especially during these challenging times.

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

If your clientele has growing interest in things like crypto currency, nonfungible tokens, or blockchain they will need your help navigating these worlds. As you offer them advice in your advisory services you will be engaging in conversations with them more often, and these topics are likely to be more positive too!

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 24, 2024

Jack’s paper was called “Market Failure and the Economic Case for a Mandatory Disclosure System.” [1] 3] Relying solely on market-based incentives would lead to under-production of the public good of information about securities. First, disclosure promotes more efficient markets. It also helps issuers access the markets.

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 11, 2022

There are few topics as heated as age and investment banking. But unlike other controversial topics – crypto, the CFA, or social media censorship – this one rarely generates long-running online arguments. They went to middle market or boutique banks. Instead, it mostly produces comments such as: “Am I too old?

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In a world where specialization is the norm, this does put me at a bit of a disadvantage, since there are many who know a great deal more about almost any topic that I choose to talk about, but I do think that it gives me a big-picture perspective that helps me find answers. firms in emerging markets or private businesses.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 16, 2023

As to why the activity of the Task Force, while important, has been lighter touch than anticipated, it may simply be a function of the rise of competing priorities at the SEC, most notably the allocation of significant enforcement resources to crypto-related investigations.

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Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 4, 2023

Any discussion of the financial markets in 2022 needs to acknowledge one important fact upfront: it was the worst year for stocks and bonds since at least 1871. Meanwhile, disasters kept emerging in the riskiest parts of the market, such as crypto (see: FTX , Celsius, etc.), Crypto: 0.01% [Down 15.63%]. 2020: +38%.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Many companies face capital constraints, some external (lack of access to capital markets) and some internal (a refusal to issue new equity because of dilution concerns), and consequently cannot follow this rule. US , Europe , Emerging Markets , Japan , Australia/NZ & Canada , Global ) 2.

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Today corporate crime intersects with our national security – in everything from terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, and the circumvention of export controls, to cyber- and crypto-crime. Many companies are responding commendably. Let me highlight some notable examples.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Market Conditions : Changes in global economic conditions, including volatile equity capital markets, may adversely affect a company’s business, revenues, and earnings. 2 For more information, see our prior alert, “ Inflation and increasing interest rates reshape US leveraged finance markets.”

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 11, 2022

Our economy benefits from a well-functioning swaps market, as it’s essential that companies have the ability to manage their risks. At the time, I had the honor of working with then-CFTC Commissioner Scott O’Malia, now the CEO of ISDA, on reforms to the swaps market. A decade ago, I called it a “new era for the swaps marketplace.” [1].

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 25, 2023

Our Goals Protecting the Investing Public; Maintaining a Robust, Relevant Regulatory Framework; Supporting a Skilled and Diverse Workforce The United States has the largest, most sophisticated, and most innovative capital markets in the world. capital markets represent about 40 percent of the global capital market.

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Brian DeChesare

JUNE 22, 2022

I published an article on this topic of investment banking in New York vs. Chicago vs. San Francisco vs. Los Angeles vs. Houston vs. other cities a long time ago – but a fair amount has changed since then: Remote / hybrid work means that some of the advantages and disadvantages of different cities are more nebulous. Tech / healthcare?

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 22, 2024

Alan’s legacy and work at the Commission staff still resonates on the securities industry and market participants today. 3] As a result, issuers faced uncertainty in determining whether a sale of securities did not involve “any public offering” and in applying case law on the topic, including the Supreme Court’s decision in SEC v.

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Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 20, 2022

SBF owned both FTX and Alameda Research, which his indictment repeatedly describes as his “proprietary crypto hedge fund.” The answer is that they very much need to rely on wire fraud, because it is very uncertain that the Supreme Court (or other appellate courts) will consider crypto currencies to constitute “securities.” CONCLUSION.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Which brings me to my next topic: the Fraud Section’s enforcement results over the past year. First, the Market Integrity and Major Frauds (MIMF) Unit, one of my old homes in the section. As its name suggests, this unit focuses upon schemes that not only victimize individual investors and taxpayers, but also undermine market integrity.

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 5, 2022

SPAC and crypto-related filings continue to be a focus of plaintiffs’ attorneys, even as the nature of these suits continues to evolve. Aspects of the decision in Goldstein suggest this is a topic that the court may be interested in exploring more in the future. A. Filing Trends. at *2–3, *46, *50. at *2, *47.

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Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Major financial institutions and world governments continue to move into the crypto space, with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York testing digital dollar tokens with major banks and China’s introduction of e-CNY, its central bank digital currency. In addition, the E.U.’s Engine No.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Most notably, the IPO market for tech companies (and generally) ground to an almost complete halt, with the number of tech companies raising at least $1 billion in their IPOs falling from twelve in 2021 to zero in 2022 and major anticipated IPOs, such as those of Instacart and WeTransfer, shelved for the foreseeable future. Senate and U.S.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 27, 2023

Although the market for SPAC IPOs has cooled relative to 2021, litigation arising out of SPAC transactions remains active, and courts have started to rule on motions to dismiss in SPAC-related shareholder lawsuits, with several recent decisions finding plaintiffs’ allegations to be sufficient to move forward. Figure 1 : B. Figure 3: C.

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 24, 2021

If you’ve been paying attention to market news lately, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain technology are dominating headlines. Dr. Ozair says, “As for the tokenization and crypto world, you can think about bitcoin as being the equivalent of the one-dollar bill. Around that time the crypto market boomed, and then burst.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

They begin with rules on Universal Proxy (11/17/21), implementation of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (12/2/21), and Proxy Advisors (7/13/22), and end with rules on Conflicts in Securitizations (11/27/23), Treasury Market Clearing (12/13/23), and SPACs (1/24/24). EPA in 2022. [4] 16, 2023). [8] Terraform Labs Pte.

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Reynolds Holding

JUNE 26, 2022

Cryptomania had been succeeded by the great Crypto Crash. Crypto was further criticized in some forms for high volatility and Bitcoin miners’ mammoth energy consumption. Crypto was further criticized in some forms for high volatility and Bitcoin miners’ mammoth energy consumption. On June 10, 2022, U.S.

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Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 9, 2023

Result in an overall increase in the market risk capital requirements and impose stricter requirements for using models in order to calculate market risk. Given the Biden Administration’s focus on antitrust, it is curious that the Capital Proposal does not discuss its potential impact on market concentration.

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