Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Lincoln Park Savings Bank, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver.

On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation – Division of Banking closed Bank of Illinois, headquartered in Normal, Illinois, and the FDIC was named receiver.

On Friday, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation closed Florida Community Bank , headquartered in Immokalee, Florida and the FDIC was named receiver. As receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Premier American Bank, National Association, headquartered in Miami, Florida, to assume all of the deposits of Florida Community Bank.

Yesterday, Treasury released its most recent completed transactions report for the period ending December 10, 2009.

Yesterday, the Georgia Department of Banking & Finance closed American United Bank, headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and the FDIC was named as receiver.

This evening, the Missouri Division of Finance closed First Bank of Kansas City headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and the FDIC was named as receiver. As receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Great American Bank, De Soto, Kansas, to assume all of the deposits of the failed bank.

Yesterday, the U.K. government published a report entitled "Developing effective resolution arrangements for investment banks" which sets forth, primarily in response to the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. (in particular its U.K. arm, Lehman Brothers International (Europe)), the U.K.

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for June 2017.

Please note that French legal concepts are translated into English for information only and not as legal advice. The concepts expressed in English may not exactly reflect or correspond to similar concepts existing under the laws of the jurisdictions of the readers.

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Hogan Lovells Corporate Insurance Newsletter June 2014 UK  PRA publishes PS5/14: PRA Rulebook  PRA publishes statement of policy on the financial stability information power  The PRA’s approach document to insurance supervision updated  PRA publishes SS7/14: Reports by skilled persons  PRA publishes statement of policy on the use of PRA powers to address serious failings in the culture of firms  PRA publishes its annual report and accounts 2014  FCA publishes a market study into retirement income: revised terms of reference  FCA publishes FG14/6 - Annuity comparison websites: financ

In the recent case of Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd v Forge Group Power Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (receivers and managers appointed)[1], the Western Australian Supreme Court has confirmed that the grant of a security interest under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) by a company to a third party will likely render any rights of set-off enjoyed by the company’s contractual counterparties worthless where the company subs