Notice 23 Jun 2025 compliance, treasury, municipal securities, occ, government securities

📊OCC Seeks Comments on Municipal Securities Dealers Registration

The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled, "Municipal Securities Dealers and Government Securities Brokers and Dealers--Registration and Withdrawal."

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Rule 15 Apr 2025 compliance, regulation, government contracts, securities, banking, financial services, business and industry, electronic filing, administrative practice and procedure, accounting, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, aliens, intergovernmental relations, penalties, law enforcement, investigations, conflict of interests, small businesses, indians, treasury, authority delegations (government agencies), brokers, terrorism, banks, savings associations, crime, investment companies, gambling, holding companies, indians-tribal government, indians-law, citizenship and naturalization, insurance companies, time, commodity futures, currency, foreign currencies, foreign banking, government securities

📉Treasury Direct Final Rule on Eliminating Unnecessary Regulations

Pursuant to an Executive order, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is conducting a review of existing regulations, with the goal of reducing regulatory burden by revoking or revising existing regulations that meet the criteria set forth in the Executive order. In support of that objective, this direct final rule streamlines titles 12 and 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by removing regulations that are no longer necessary or no longer have any current or future applicability.

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Notice 27 Mar 2025 regulatory compliance, ficc, financial risk management, market volatility, intraday mark-to-market charge, government securities

📈Business Implications of the Proposed Intraday Mark-to-Market Charge

The SEC has published a notice regarding the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation's proposal to implement an Intraday Mark-to-Market Charge at GSD. This rule change aims to mitigate intraday risk exposures for members by assessing fees based on portfolio fluctuations. Comments are being sought from interested parties to evaluate the implications and facilitate broader market safety.

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