The SEC adopted changes to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System ("EDGAR") Filer Manual and associated rules. As previously covered, the SEC adopted an updated version of the EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume II). The Filer Manual outlines the technical formatting required for electronic filings submitted through EDGAR. In addition, the SEC amended Regulation S-T Rule 301 to "provide for the incorporation by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations" of the revisions. The modified Filer Manual and the related rule and form amendments became effective on April 1, 2019.

The CFTC interim final rule granting uncleared swaps "legacy status" in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit was published in the Federal Register (see here for previous coverage). The rule became effective on April 1, 2019. Comments may be submitted to the CFTC until May 31, 2019.

The CFTC's substituted compliance determination relating to Japanese swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register. The amendment became effective on April 1, 2019. As previously covered, the new determination updates a previous determination by finding comparability as to (i) the scope of entities subject to margin requirements and (ii) the treatment of inter-affiliate transactions.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") named Maryann Kennedy as the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision. Ms. Kennedy will be responsible for overseeing the country's largest national banks, federal branches and agencies, and serve as a member of OCC's Executive Committee. Ms. Kennedy will assume the role in April 2019. Ms. Kennedy currently serves as the Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision, a post she has held since June 2015. She began at the OCC in 1991 following almost 10 years in the banking industry and was commissioned as a National Bank Examiner

The Federal Reserve Board and FDIC finalized their evaluations of the 2017 resolution plans for 14 domestic banking organizations and issued expectations for future plans. The new plans must be submitted by December 31, 2019. The agencies did not note any inadequacies in the 2017 resolution plans. However, FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg voted against approval for one of the 14 banking organizations for insufficiently addressing deficiencies in the transfer of uninsured and foreign deposits.