The FDIC reminded FDIC-supervised institutions subject to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ("HMDA") of a recently Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") interpretive and procedural rule that implements and clarifies Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ("HMDA") amendments made by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act. The HMDA amendments provide partial exemptions to certain insured depository institutions and insured credit unions (collectively, "eligible IDIs") from reporting requirements related to closed-end mortgage loans and open-end lines of credit. The

The U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") issued temporary regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act ("FIRRMA"). FIRRMA, enacted earlier this year, broadened the powers of the President and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") to scrutinize and halt foreign transactions with national security implications. The regulations includes a pilot program, effective November 10, 2018, to expand the scope of transactions subject to CFIUS review to include certain non-controlling investments made by foreign nationals in U.S

The North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA") identified recent enforcement trends in an annual summary of enforcement actions.

The U.S. "prudential regulators" final rule on uncleared swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register. The final rule, issued by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the Farm Credit Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, will become effective on November 9, 2018. As previously covered, legacy swaps that have not been subject to margin requirements will not become subject to margin requirements if they are amended solely to comply with the new regulations restricting certain qualified financial contracts of