REVERSEinquiries: Volume 1, Issue 2

REVERSEinquiries is Mayer Brown’s new structured and market-linked products-focused newsletter. In this issue, we discuss:

• LIBOR Replacement Mechanisms: Where Are We Now?;
• SEC Denies Extension of Markup Disclosures Deadline; Rule Effective;
• Clayton Speech on Proposed Regulation Best Interest;
• SEC Announces New Investor Protection Tool;             
• FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Amendments to the Quantitative Suitability Obligation under FINRA Rule 2111;
• FINRA’s New Guidance on Implementing Heightened Supervision for Associated Persons with a History of Past Misconduct;
• SEC Proposes to Tighten Regulations on High-Risk Brokers and the Firms That Hire Them;        
• FINRA360 Progress Report;
• Index Providers as Publishers; and
• DOL Field Assistance Bulletin.