The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rules that would impose certain business conduct standards upon security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants when those parties engage in security-based swap transactions.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has published for consultation a discussion paper outlining its proposals to introduce a new prudential standard for authorised deposit-taking institutions that issue covered bonds.

The Irish Law Reform Commission has launched a consultation paper on insurance contracts which assesses current insurance contract law and makes a number of detailed recommendations on potential reform of the law in this area.